Tag: nutrition

With the holiday season around the corner ushering in numerous gatherings and celebrations centered around food, new data suggests that Americans believe they understand nutrition but in reality aren't making the grade.

The produce industry has done a good job showing Americans that fresh fruits and vegetables are good for them. It can’t congratulate itself quite so grandly on convincing people to change their eating behavior.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase Fresh Apples for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.

Designed to spark conversation and action, Malnutrition Labels: Nutritional Ink, launched today by the Dole Sunshine Company (DSC), calls attention to the low nutritional value in some of Britain's favourite snacks and on-the-go food options by printing ads using ink made almost entirely of fruit.

Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen participated in the Conference aimed at ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity among Americans.

Ultra-processed foods account for nearly 60 percent of calorie intake in America, according to the Washington Post. So why are surveys still giving us this fluff?

The Biden-Harris Administration announced a historic package of new actions that business, civic, academic, and philanthropic leaders will take to end hunger and to reduce diet-related disease. Here is a full list of those participating, from vertical farms to online grocers.

"Six of eight of our moonshot recommendations are in the 44-page report, including produce prescriptions, and more fruit and vegetables in SNAP," Burns said, of the strategy ahead of visits with legislators on Capitol Hill, as part of The Washington Conference on September 27.

To advance the President’s goal—and build on the federal government’s existing work to address hunger and diet-related diseases—this strategy identifies ambitious and achievable actions the Biden-Harris Administration will pursue across five pillars.

According to Deloitte's annual report on fresh food, consistent demand for products that foster health and wellness may provide a ray of light for the industry to influence where and how they shop.