The detrimental effects of industrial trans fatty acids (TFAs) on heart health are beyond dispute and limiting their intake will lower cardiovascular disease (CVD), a new study has concluded.
Scientists exploring how to improve the fatty acid profile of beef by manipulating the diets of cattle are confident they can deliver meat containing enough healthy fat to make ‘source of omega-3’ nutrition claims on pack.
A novel milk containing significantly reduced levels of saturated fat could offer fresh hope to manufacturers under pressure to improve the nutritional profile of butter, cheese and cream, FoodManufacture.co.uk has learnt.
Food manufacturers' careless use of omega-6 could be partly to blame for rising obesity levels, according to Reading University's professor of animal...
Lipgene is a huge pan-European research project that could result in manufacturers adopting radically different ingredients and processes, as Sue Scott reports
