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The Salt
Wrigley: Maybe We Won't Sell Caffeinated Gum After All
May 9, 2013 No caffeinated chew for you! The Wrigley Company pulled its Alert Energy caffeinated gum off the market after the product roused concern from the Food and Drug Administration.
The Salt
No More Fakelore: Revealing The Real Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine
May 6, 2013 The Pennsylvania Dutch didn't invent the whoopie pie and other dubious tourist fare. Instead, they developed a complex, largely unknown cuisine that reflects the pressures and possibilities of becoming American.
The Salt
Grocery Home Delivery May Be Greener Than Schlepping To The Store
May 2, 2013 Getting groceries delivered may be the easiest environmentally friendly thing you've ever done, new research says. Think of it as your food taking mass transit.
The Salt
Caffeine-Laced Gum Has Energized The FDA
April 30, 2013 Wrigley's new caffeinated gum has raised eyebrows at the FDA, which is worried about the potential health impacts on children and teens.
The Salt
Food Fraud Database Lets Us All Play Detective
March 26, 2013 Spices colored with carcinogens? Milk that "never saw a cow"? A free global database opens the door on the many ways that people adulterate or fake food.
The Salt
Sleep Less, Eat More, Gain Weight
March 11, 2013 Less sleep equals more eating, according to a rigorous new study. People who slept just five hours a night burned more energy but also ate more — so much more that they gained almost 2 pounds in less than a week.
The Two-Way
In Noma's Norovirus Episode, Ignored Emails Get Some Blame
March 11, 2013 While its true that noroviruses are "perhaps the perfect human pathogens," as The Journal of Infectious Diseases reports, it also seems that Noma could have spared some of its diners from the pathogens if the staff had read emails from health inspectors.
The Two-Way
'World's Best Restaurant' Blamed For Diners' Illnesses
March 8, 2013 Noma, the Danish eatery that has won fans with its innovative and artful cuisine — and won Restaurant magazine's "World's Best Restaurant" title three times — is getting some unwelcome press, after dozens of people who ate at the Copenhagen restaurant fell sick.
The Salt
More Antioxidants In Your Diet May Not Mean Better Health
February 21, 2013 Antioxidants in foods may have health benefits, but it's not one size fits all. Having a diet high in overall antioxidant levels didn't prevent stroke and dementia in one recent study, although eating more vitamin C and E specifically did seem to help.
The Salt
Chain Restaurants Boost Sales With Lower-Calorie Foods
February 7, 2013 Who says healthy doesn't sell? McDonald's, Panera Bread and other restaurant chains that offered more lower-calorie food choices saw a 9 percent jump in food and beverage sales from 2006 to 2011, a new report finds. Restaurants without these options saw sales drop.
The Salt
First, Personalized Pez Dispensers. Next, Printed Food?
February 5, 2013 Making a candy dispenser head that looks just like you is pretty cool in its own right. But some people are taking 3-D printers much further, using the new technology to spit out actual food, like chocolate — and maybe one day, raw meat.
