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Marion Nestle

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    The Nasty Details of the Tuna Scrape Recall

    Since last month Gut Check has been following Moon Marine's voluntary recall of frozen Nakaochi Scrape, which is tuna backmeat that has been scraped from the bone. In the United States, consumers are most likely to encounter this product as the tuna inside spicy tuna rolls. In response to last week ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2011

    Take Me to Your Feeder: Welcome to the world's largest candy convention. Be advised: Resistance is futile.

    Since last month Gut Check has been following Moon Marine's voluntary recall of frozen Nakaochi Scrape, which is tuna backmeat that has been scraped from the bone. In the United States, consumers are most likely to encounter this product as the tuna inside spicy tuna rolls. In response to last week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Comedian Mo Rocca Attempts to Explain My Plate

    Who better to teach America about the new My Plate healthy-eating guide than former Daily Show correspondent Mo Rocca? And since when did the CBS Evening News become so hip? Or is Mo Rocca no longer hip? This is more confusing than the 2005 food-guide pyramid revamp, or as Rocca called it, "an Egyp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Slashfood Folds, Atlantic Food Changes Format

    AOL​ Have the big food blogs officially run out of topics, or are they succumbing because of foodie backlash? Forbes reported yesterday that AOL's axing 30 of their brands, including six-year-old food website Slashfood. The website will be absorbed by the still-new food section at the Huffin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Pepsi Wants You to Snackify

    Time to snackify your soft drinks. The Wall Street Journal says that Pepsi believes customers wants to "snackify" their drinks. What the hell does that mean? It means they're looking for ways to market a new fruit puree that's thin enough to drink but thick enough to be a food. Apple, grape, and che ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Alcoholic Energy Drinks Out, Alcoholic Aerosol Whipped Cream In

    Washington state's declared war on caffeinated alcoholic beverages after boozey energy drink Four Loko helped land nine underage drinkers in the hospital, according to U.S. News and World Reports. The kiddos love the buzzed booze. As the piece's author says, "An awake drunk is just as dangerous and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    13 New Names (Besides Corn Sugar) for High Fructose Corn Syrup [Updated]

    ​As Robin reported in today's Morning Brew, Gut Check's dear friends at the Corn Refiners Association is trying to gain permission to market high fructose corn syrup as "corn sugar."The cynic inside us doesn't begrudge the Corn Refiners Association this attempt at damage control, but we feel compe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Corpses Aren't Lovin' It in Anti-McDonald's Ads

    It's all McDonalds' fault. The Wall Street Journal reports that nonprofit group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine will air advertisements in Washington, D.C., targeting McDonald's as a cause of heart disease. The spot features a dead man in a morgue, hamburger in hand, with the golden a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Europe's Largest Fruit Seed Bank Endangered by Real Estate Development

    Yesterday we mentioned that a heat wave has threatened Russia's wheat crop. Now the country's in danger of losing its fruit seed bank. Marion Nestle writes in The Atlantic that the Global Crop Diversity Trust has issued a warning that real estate developers are threatening the home of the Pavlovsk E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 3.18

    ​Kraft to cut sodium in their processed foods by 10 percent. It's still not enough. (Los Angeles Times) Michelle Obama takes her childhood obesity battle to the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Food scientist Marion Nestle summarizes the speech, given to an organization based on the foods ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Monday, 8.17

    ​Supervalu, the parent company of Shop 'n Save, recalls frozen mac and cheese for listeria contamination. (Associated Press)Marion Nestle has some ideas for improving school lunches. So do Whole Foods and Ann Cooper. (San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times)Peaches top the Environmental Wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 8.12

    ​Dr. Marion Nestle explains the current food safety legislation. (The Atlantic)High shipping costs lead to innovations in plastic wine bottles. (Chicago Tribune)Chefs confession their fast food habits. (Esquire)Grocery store meat cutters get educated in culinary methods, while a mobile slaught ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 1, 2009

    Where's the Beef?: Has Allison Burgess created faux food, fad food — or a groundbreaking meat substitute?

    ​Dr. Marion Nestle explains the current food safety legislation. (The Atlantic)High shipping costs lead to innovations in plastic wine bottles. (Chicago Tribune)Chefs confession their fast food habits. (Esquire)Grocery store meat cutters get educated in culinary methods, while a mobile slaught ... More >>

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