Baby food pouches low in key nutrients, lab testing finds

Baby food pouches low in key nutrients, lab testing finds

Catrin Nye, Adam Eley and Oliver Englehart BBC Panorama Getty Images Baby food pouches from six of the UK’s leading brands are failing to meet key nutritional needs of babies and toddlers – with parents being “misled” by their marketing – BBC Panorama has been told. Laboratory testing of 18 pouches made by Ella’s Kitchen, … Read more

Junk food ban: The ‘unhealthy’ foods restricted in Welsh shops

Junk food ban: The ‘unhealthy’ foods restricted in Welsh shops

Getty Images Snacks high in sugar, fat and salt with not be allowed to be displayed at tills or the end of aisles from next March Supermarkets will be banned from displaying unhealthy snacks near tills or on their website homepages from next year after the Senedd narrowly approved obesity-tackling plans. The new rules mean … Read more

Food prices to be under control, critical imports mired in uncertainty: Nirmala Sitharaman

Food prices to be under control, critical imports mired in uncertainty: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Food prices are expected to be under control in the coming year, going by advance estimates of crop output, but the government will keep monitoring prices and act … Read more

Try handmade pizzas by Kochi couple Sanoop and Jithu George

Try handmade pizzas by Kochi couple Sanoop and Jithu George

From the outside, Adam’s Pizza does not look like a takeaway restaurant. One might easily pass it by without knowing it is a pizzeria. But the regulars know it, students and IT professionals, too, know of it. Adam’s Pizza is a slice of passion and love for Sanoop AK and Jithu George. Opened on March … Read more

Centre has agreed to consider proposal to set up food tech institute in Belagavi, says MP

Centre has agreed to consider proposal to set up food tech institute in Belagavi, says MP

BJP MP Jagadish Shettar in a meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on Friday, seeking financial approval for a National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management for Belagavi. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Union government has agreed to consider a proposal to set up a national-level food technology institute … Read more

A cookery book from a Sahitya Akademi winner explores traditional recipes of Nanjil Nadu

A cookery book from a Sahitya Akademi winner explores traditional recipes of Nanjil Nadu

Sahitya Akademi award winner Nanjil Nadan’s book ‘Nanjil Naatu Unavu’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Food is an integral part of society, and like the fine arts, it flourishes in regions where basic human needs are met. The food habits — both vegetarian and non-vegetarian — of Nanjil Nadu in Kanniyakumari district are, in a … Read more