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Growing concern about UPF (Ultra Processed Food)

Association Between Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Risk of Mortality Among Middle-aged Adults in France

A person has a 14 percent higher risk of dying an early death with every 10 percent increase in the amount of ultra-processed food they eat, according to a study published Monday, February 11, 2019 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Food Fax®

Written to inform the food industry since 1994

Our quarterly one-page, complimentary newsbulletin devoted to an issue prevalent in the food industry

2023:  “Protein Wars”  •  Archives  •  Order

The latest Food Fax®

Food Fax illustration In this first 2023 issue of Food Fax, we cover the basics of protein formation.  We highlight the invaluable work of the plant-kingdom which, through photosynthesis, is the source of more than 500 amino acids, including the nine amino acids essential (EAA) to human and animal health.  The animal kingdom is beholden to the plant kingdom, as animals cannot exist without protein and cannot create the nine EAA’s.  Finally, we delve into the ongoing issues regarding the requirement for valid analytical methods to measure both protein quantity and protein quality.
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What’s New

Finalization of Canada’s Edible Cannabis Regulations, which received Royal Assent on June 26, 2019, and came into force on October 17, 2019.  See the 2019 Q2 edition of Food Fax for more on this ground-breaking development.

Plant-based “meat”
Read The Economist’s October 12, 2019 article “Plant-based meat could create a radically different food chain – Fake moos”, a comprehensive article on the marketplace dynamics of the emerging sector of pulse-based meat alternatives.

Canada’s new food policy
This first-in-Canada multi-sectorial guideline supports evidence-based decisions in, and accountability of, the entire Canadian food sector and includes action on food waste and climate change

Overview of Canada’s Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) – came into force January 15, 2019
Click here for overview (PDF)

Canada’s Food Guide

Upcoming Seminars, Webinars & Speaking Engagements

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What’s Next

Here we list the emerging factors which have the potential to carve out new and permanent sectors in the agri-food industry.  For each dynamic, we provide links to solid information and knowledgeable opinion.

Cannabis Cuisine

Cell-grown main dishes (aka cultured meat, cultured tissue, clean meat)

Growing concern about UPF (Ultra Processed Food)

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