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Farmers make hay thanks to food crisis
Profits for Britain's 30,000 grain farmers will increase by 40 per cent this year because of global food shortages, agricultural analysts said yesterday.
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Fast food invasion hits Mediterranean diet in its heartland
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
The Mediterranean diet's guarantee of lightness, flavour and health has gained devotees all over the world because it is low in animal fat and high in fruit, vegetables and olive and sunflower oils. But a report by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reveals that the people of Mediterranean countries increasingly spurn it.
Knives out as Wareing turns on his culinary mentor Ramsay
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Gordon Ramsay was best man at his wedding, but the celebrity chef's friendship with his most successful protégé, Marcus Wareing, is definitely over.
Hard-pressed families turn to frozen food to cut bills, says Northern Foods
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Cash-strapped families are buying cheaper frozen foods, rather than fresh products, as they attempt to cut their outgoings, Northern Foods, which supplies leading supermarkets, said yesterday.
A threat to Coca-Cola? Japan sips the eel thing
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Forget cola, lemonade or beer – Japanese people sweltering in the summer heat now have a new canned drink to quench their thirst – made out of eels.
M&S; sandwiches have more fat than Big Mac and chips
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Sandwiches are not always a healthy fast-food option: some contain more fat than two McDonald's cheeseburgers; others contain as much salt as several packets of crisps.
Soya products linked to low sperm count
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Too much tofu may affect a man's fertility, according to a study linking soya and low sperm count.
Mystery plague set to wipe out France's crop of baby oysters
Monday, 21 July 2008
Baby oysters are dying in their millions along the French coast from Normandy to the Mediterranean, puzzling scientists and plunging France's shellfish industry into crisis.
In the red: here's food for thought in these inflationary times
Saturday, 19 July 2008
'Home economists tell me to plan my meals a week ahead. It's bound to be cheaper – but doesn't it sound dull!'
Funding crisis at Dawnay Day could lead to sale of Wolseley restaurant
Monday, 14 July 2008
The financial services conglomerate Dawnay Day has called in administrators from Ernst & Young to carry out an emergency review of several of its businesses after failing to raise the funds it needs to keep the company afloat.
Who are you calling fat? We are bigger than ever, but think we're thinner
Saturday, 12 July 2008
We are getting fatter but we think we are thinner, and the trend could have serious implications for the obesity epidemic, a study has found.
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