Tip: Some attention for the home fridge

How do you organise your fridge? By size, with tall bottles and containers together? Meats on one shelf, dairy on another? Where do leftovers go – wherever they fit?  I recently came across this article from thekitchn.com which had a great tip for organising your home fridge the way professional kitchen fridges are organised – [...]

July 26, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: News, Reference  No Comments

Part 4: Popular terms in food and nutrition (S-Z)

By Food Advisor contributor Catherine Saxelby from foodwatch.com.au
In the fourth and final part of the series, we continue covering the 50 most commonly questioned terms – including nutrients, additives, chemical names and allergens – that puzzle and perplex shoppers today.
S-Z
Salicylate. An aspirin-like substance which occurs naturally in fruit, vegetables, herbs, honey and tea. In the 1970’s US [...]

February 25, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reference  No Comments

Part 3: Popular terms in food and nutrition (M-R)

By Food Advisor contributor Catherine Saxelby from foodwatch.com.au
In the third part of this series, we continue covering the 50 most commonly questioned terms – including nutrients, additives, chemical names and allergens – that puzzle and perplex shoppers today.
M-R
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs). Fats of a smaller size (shorter length of their carbon chain) than ordinary fats and oils which [...]

February 18, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reference  No Comments

Health food aisle label concerns – news article

A member of our team caught an interesting article in the weekend papers warning supermarket health food aisles are increasingly stocked with sugary, fattening snacks containing as many as 16 food additives.
There’s input from consumer group Choice, nutritionists and the Australian Food and Grocery Council among others in the article, but for more information you [...]

February 9, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: News  No Comments

Part 1: Popular terms in food and nutrition

By Food Advisor contributor Catherine Saxelby from foodwatch.com.au
If you’re concerned about healthy eating, you may have wondered, “What’s additive number 282?” or “What are trans fatty acids?” In the supermarket, you may think, “What is PKU and why is there a warning about it on diet foods?”
In the following series, we cover the [...]

February 1, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Reference  One Comment