Struggling With Late-Night Snacking? Read This.
Late-night snacking has a bad reputation because it’s often associated with less healthy foods, weight gain or a lack of willpower. But many people report engaging in…
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What is Food Combining?
While most Americans eat meals with a mix of healthful nutrients, a small set of eaters are going in the opposite direction: completely separating out their food…
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Labs or Plants: Which Makes the Best Meat?
In the past year, our consumer research has explored peoples’ perceptions of environmentally sustainable and healthy diets and what they might mean for protein consumption. We’ve also…
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Six Tips To Make Your Holiday Meal Planning Easy
A few years ago, I hosted my first Thanksgiving dinner, which turned into a wild scramble in my tiny apartment kitchen while I cooked a meal for…
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Nutrient Density: Consumer Understanding, Perceptions and Behaviors
Download the full report. Many Americans make food and beverage decisions every day with the goal of eating a healthy, well-balanced diet. Most people are generally aware…
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Understanding Date Labels on Packaged Foods
Our 2019 Consumer Behaviors & Perceptions of Food Waste research found that a top reason consumers throw away food is because it’s become spoiled or stale. This…
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Can Calorie-Dense Foods Also Be Healthy?
For so long, we’ve been taught that high-calorie means bad. But what if we told you that way of thinking was outdated, and more importantly, wrong? A…
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All About Monk Fruit
Download the Monk Fruit Fact Sheet for Consumers here Download the Monk Fruit Fact Sheet for Health Professionals here Why would I use a no-calorie sweetener? Almost…
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Transglutaminase: Safety, Function and Benefit to Our Food Supply
With the rise and fall of nutritional trends, scary news about new food ingredients, and rediscoveries of traditionally used ingredients, some common parts of our food supply often fall in and out of public scrutiny. One such ingredient is Transglutaminase (TG), a naturally occurring enzyme…
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IFIC Foundation Creates One Health Day Awareness
One Health Day is an international initiative which started in 2016 and is celebrated worldwide on November 3. Co-coordinated by the One Health Commission, the One Health…
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