Over eight weeks, 56 volunteers drinking low-calorie cranberry juice twice a day ended with lower levels of 5 of 22 cardiometabolic risk indicators than volunteers given a flavor-matched placebo. Ocean Spray funded the study and supplied the juice but did not run or analyse it.
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United Fresh Report Highlights Foodservice Menu Trends for Fresh Produce
United Fresh's Spring 2016 Fresh Insights for Foodservice tracks menu growth for Meyer lemons, chefs' use of fennel and asparagus, produce in Mexican and Southern dishes, and hospital dining. Its MenuTrends data now covers fast casual restaurants too.
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"Sweet Taro Pie" Fro-Yo at 16 Handles
16 Handles is adding a 'Sweet Taro Pie' frozen yogurt flavor after years of customer requests, CEO Solomon Choi says. The release suggests topping combinations and calls taro a fine source of dietary fiber, protein and calcium.
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Lettuce Entertain You CEO Kevin Brown to Headline United Fresh 2016 CEO Kevin Brown to Headline United Fresh 2016
Kevin Brown, president and CEO of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, will keynote the United Fresh 2016 Breakfast General Session on June 22 at McCormick Place in Chicago. His company runs more than 100 restaurants across 51 concepts.
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Lowering the Risk of Infection with Grapes
In a USDA crossover study, obese participants drank freeze-dried grape powder in water or a placebo twice daily for three weeks, then switched. ARS molecular biologist Susan Zunino reports grape phytochemicals may cut certain blood fats tied to heart disease and lower infection risk.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk lower in black coffee drinkers
Among 3,497 Korean patients with prediabetes followed up to four years, progression to type 2 diabetes was lowest in those drinking black coffee three times a day. None of these studies are trials, so whether coffee itself prevents diabetes remains unclear.
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Pulmuone Signs Asset Purchase Agreement with Vitasoy USA to Acquire Nasoya®, America's No.1 Tofu Brand
Pulmuone Foods signed an agreement to buy substantially all of Vitasoy USA's commercial assets, including the Nasoya, Azumaya and San Sui brands. The company says the deal makes it the U.S. tofu leader, with operations across Korea, the U.S., Japan and China.
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Treat Yourself Well to Zemas Cookies
Zemas Madhouse Foods launched ready-to-eat cookies in four flavors made with ancient whole grains and a chia, hemp and flax blend, free of gluten, dairy, rice, GMOs and the top eight allergens. Its Sweet Potato Spice cookie won Prevention's 2016 Cleanest Packaged Food Award.
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Tops Markets and United Fresh Start Foundation Celebrate National Nutrition Month by Donating Salad Bars to Four Buffalo Public Schools
Tops Friendly Markets and the United Fresh Start Foundation unveiled the first of four salad bar donations to Buffalo public schools, with a ribbon cutting at School #81. The donations come through the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative.
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United Fresh Women In Produce Honor - Nominations Being Accepted
United Fresh is accepting nominations for its 2016 Women in Produce honoree, the speaker chosen each year for a reception held alongside its convention. A committee of peers, including honorees from the past 19 years, reviews nominations submitted by members.
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Huge News from General Mills!
An EWG appeal celebrating General Mills' announcement that it will label GMO ingredients in all its products, following Campbell's January decision and the defeat of the DARK Act, and asking readers to thank the company.
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What to eat on St Patrick's Day (March 17, 2016)
Abbott Nutrition suggests five green foods for St. Patrick's Day: green tea for antioxidants such as EGCG, spirulina for protein and micronutrients, kiwi for vitamin C, edamame for protein, and spinach for vitamins A, B6 and C plus calcium, iron and potassium.
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Winners of 9th Annual Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards
Seven chefs and foodservice professionals will be honored at the ninth annual United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards during the association's June convention in Chicago, recognizing innovative use of fresh produce. PRO*ACT LLC sponsors the program.
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Cranberry Compound May Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections
USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists and collaborators purified a compound they call the SSGG fraction from enzyme-treated cranberry pulp. In laboratory tests it kept E. coli, the most common cause of UTIs, from sticking to human cells. The work was supported by Ocean Spray.
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Sonoma Flatbreads™ introduces taste bud tempting, USDA Organic Certified pizzas
Jane's Dough Foods added a USDA Organic, non-GMO line to its Sonoma Flatbreads gluten-free pizzas, offering four varieties on a thin, crispy crust with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
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16 Handles Launches MMMilk & Cereal Flavor
16 Handles launched MMMilk & Cereal frozen yogurt for National Cereal Day, blending real Corn Flakes bits into a sweet yogurt base. The chain, founded in 2008, introduces a new flavor on the first of every month and now runs 38 locations across six states.
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Potato Industry Teams with United Fresh Start Foundation To Move Salads Bars to Schools
The U.S. Potato Board challenged the potato industry to donate 300 school salad bars a year and matched every one. Through February 2016 the industry gave 84 bars; with the Board's match and extra donations, 180 salad bars have reached schools in 16 states.
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Dietary protein, some amino acids increase bone mineral density
A Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study of 135 twin pairs linked higher alanine and glycine intake in women to higher spine bone mineral density, and an analysis of 3,160 women aged 18 to 79 tied protein and six amino acids to higher density at the spine and forearm.
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