Sugar may seem innocuous enough, but sweet-toothed Western consumers could be fuelling conflict between poor farming communities and big business with every spoonful. Sam Campbell reports from Phnom Penh
… Revealed: the bitter taste of Cambodia’s sugar boom Sam Campbell | 13th April 2011 News Tea Africa Cambodia Sugar Food And Farming cambodia-im,age-main-piece.jpg Sugar may seem innocuous enough, but …
In an extract from his new book, The Power of Self-Healing, Dr Fabrizio Mancini explains why sugar and food additives - from aspartame to trans fats - could have a severely detrimental effect on your health
… | 18th January 2012 Ethical Living Additives Sugar Food Intolerance Allergy Cancer Food And … Dr Fabrizio Mancini explains why sugar and food additives - from aspartame to … actually processed foods, loaded with fat and sugar. The Suppressors Any dietary problem can …
The Chancellor's 'sport not sugar' move to tax sugary drinks was extremely welcome, writes Simon Bullock. But we need a similar Treasury approach to protect people from other threats too. So how about tackling the air pollution that's killing tens of thousands of Britons a year?
… Chancellor is right to act on sugar. Next, air pollution! Simon Bullock | … The Chancellor's 'sport not sugar' move to tax sugary drinks was extremely welcome, writes …
After 40,000 Facebook posts on General Mills Facebook page demanding GM-free Cheerios, the company announces - 'original' Cheerios contain no GM ingredients.
… corn starch in cooking, and just one gram of sugar per serving for taste. But our corn … corn, and we use only non-GMO pure cane sugar." Health and environment concerns The … corn starch in cooking, and just one gram of sugar per serving for taste. "So we were able …
Following The Ecologist's revelation about Ecover's use of synthetic biology to make laundry detergent, the company has put its trials on hold, writes Jim Thomas. But to regain public trust, the company must re-engage honestly with its critics, and its customers.
… forth with definitions." Bonsucro - ethical sugar? Ecover went on to defend their use of Brazillian sugar. The sugar that the engineered algae feast on, it …
It has spawned a dozen urban legends. It gets praised and reviled by bloggers. And it tastes like carbonated cough syrup. But does Red Bull do you any good? Pat Thomas reports
… Bull Food Health Green Livng Drink Additives Sugar Risk Food And Health Supplements Food … of ‘crack in a can’, but the mixture of sugar and caffeine can have a powerful and … coffee – produces the trademark ‘buzz’. But sugar is the only ingredient in Red Bull that …
Agriculture is big business and with the EU pumping money at the sector, the corporate profiteers are holding all the aces, writes Chris Lang. The documentary ‘Land Grabbing’ investigates what happens when well-financed agro-investors take over rural communities' land and water.
… team travelled to Cambodia, to investigate a sugar plantation that has taken people's land. … The plantation belongs to Phnom Penh Sugar, a company run by Senator Ly Yong Phat. The sugar is exported to the European Union. Under …
A 'slow genocide' is unfolding in Ethiopia - one driven by greed rather than hatred. With Chinese and World Bank finance, massive dams and plantations are robbing the Omo Valley's 500,000 indigenous people of their land and water. The UK 'sees no evil'.
… indigenous groups to make way for state-run sugar plantations in Ethiopia 's Lower Omo … Heritage Site -including dam construction, sugar plantations, and commercial agriculture. … people who live in the vicinity of the sugar plantations into permanent sedentary …
It's the condiment of choice for a million fast-food outlets and a staple sauce in homes around the world, but there's more to tomato ketchup than meets the eye, says Pat Thomas
… Label Pat Thomas Sauce Tomato Ketchup Heinz Sugar Salt Food Vinegar Food Standards Agency … from natural ingredients – tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt and spices – what can possibly be … at the fine print, the FSA also defines high-sugar content as being 10g per 100g. Heinz …
Human rights violations have been reported at plantations in virtually all major tea producing countries, while tea growing itself has a profound effect on the local environment. William McLennan reports
… Revealed: the bitter taste of Cambodia’s sugar boom Sugar may seem innocuous enough, but … white stuff leaves a bad taste Unlike tea and sugar, the fresh milk we drink with our cuppa …
A new GM bacterium can produce bioethanol from coarse switchgrass, rather than using food crops like maize, writes Tim Radford. It does this by 'digesting' the tough cellulose that yeasts are unable to break down.
… food. The conversion of energy-rich corn or sugar cane to biofuels is therefore an … plants into bioethanol, not just grains and sugars. Switchgrass can be grown on waste … initially converts biomass cellulose to sugars, before turning the sugars to ethanol …
The Kwegu people of Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley are facing starvation because of the loss of their land to a huge sugar plantation, the destruction of their forest and the damming of the Omo river - supported by a UK, EU and World Bank funded 'aid' program.
… because of the loss of their land to a huge sugar plantation, the destruction of their … of much of their land for the huge Kuraz sugar plantation, the destruction of their … the clearing of their land for a government sugar plantation. Omo Valley indigenous …
Fruit and vegetables as nature intended them, delivered direct to your door. Matilda Lee reports
… olive oil, vinegar, butter, milk, eggs, sugar, basil, garlic, oregano, thyme, … 25 g butter, salt and pepper, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp sugar, ½ tsp nutmeg, 225ml/1 cup milk, 9 1/2 … salt and pepper 3. Beat the eggs, add the sugar and nutmeg. Add the milk. Stir into the …
Every Hallowe'en the UK throws away enough pumpkin to make 360 million portions of pumpkin pie, soup, or cake, writes Gavin Ellis - a shocking waste in these hungry times. Hence a bold new initiative to rescue all those pumpkins from landfill, and turn them into delicious food we can all enjoy as part of our seasonal festivities.
… allspice / Pinch of salt / 150g soft brown sugar / 60g softened butter / 1 large egg / … pumpkin puree. Beat together the butter and sugar until pale, add the egg and continue to … Ingredients: 750g 1cm diced pumpkin / 500g sugar / 400ml cider vinegar / 1 large onion, …
Why is the dairy industry joining in the legal action against Vermont's GMO labeling law? Could it be because a fifth of US 'cheese' can be vegetable oil and starch from GMO crops, asks Alexis Baden-Mayer - and even more of a 'frozen dairy snack' or 'processed cheese food'?
… Bt toxin. It is also more toxic than regular sugar. A recent study compared two groups of rats, one fed HFCS and the other table sugar, both in doses equal to what many people … gone HFCS-free. But Yoplait still contains sugar, which likely comes from sugar beets …
Unilever denies some female employees at its Rainforest Alliance-certified tea plantation in Kenya are subjected to sexual harassment. But Dutch research outfit SOMO paints a very different picture. Verity Largo and Andrew Wasley report
… a day of uji (maize porridge) with salt. No sugar,' says Oberon. 'We’ve got twenty minutes … Revealed: the bitter taste of Cambodia’s sugar boom Sugar may seem innocuous enough, but …
Renewed calls for a tax on less nutritious foods do not take account of the importance of issues like education, advertising and social justice say campaigners
… food healthier and to reduce fat, salt and sugar, and of course they have gone a long way … work out their daily intake of salt, sugar and fat. Only this June, the NHS … advertising for foods high in fats, salt and sugar. However, the EU food industry lobby …
Is it worse than Mc Donalds? The BLT sandwich is an icon, the ultimate symbol of convenience culture. Tesco alone sells 5 million a year. This is what the £1.80 you pay for your BLT buys...
… plants in either Germany or the UK. Sugar and apple are used to off-set the … the bacon in your BLT is injected with salt, sugar, apple, flavouring, sodium triphosphate, … gets its sharp taste from added alcohol. Sugar British Sugar is the UK’s largest …
India's food system, essentially clean just a generation ago, has been comprehensively contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives, GMOs and pesticides under the country's neoliberal 'great leap forwards', writes Colin Todhunter. The result? a surge in obesity, diabetes and cancer incidence, but no let-up in the under-nutrition of those too poor to join in the over-consumption.
… has been comprehensively contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives, GMOs and … well as higher intakes of fat, sodium, added sugars and sugar-sweetened beverages and lower intakes of …
Raspberries, mackerel and broad beans are all on the menu this month
… throughout the UK. They can be eaten raw with sugar andcream or made into a sauce to … French dressing 1slightly rounded tbsp caster sugar Method • Preheat oven to 200C / 400F / … together with the silken tofu and the caster sugar. Blend for about 30 seconds until …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… farming would see cereal, rapeseed and sugar beet yields fall by between 30 and 60 … could have organic cereals, potatoes, sugar, vegetables and fruit, fish, pork, …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… farming would see cereal, rapeseed and sugar beet yields fall by between 30 and 60 … could have organic cereals, potatoes, sugar, vegetables and fruit, fish, pork, …
Hot date? Annie Levy shares some bitter-sweet, spicy secrets for a very special Valentine's night ... guaranteed rhino horn free, and not tested on animals.
… things chocolate, Valentine's Day is so over-sugared, we've diminished the breadth of the … of a friend who always made his cocoa without sugar, and how I enjoyed experiencing the …
As the nights draw in, Susan Clark settles in for winter with a store of mulling syrup that captures the distinctive, old-English taste of juniper berries.
… make quite a light mulling syrup. (Use more sugar if you want yours heavier.) The one … your own taste 500ml water 50g granulated sugar 50g dark brown soft sugar (this helps give the syrup that rich …