While plastic wrapping on cucumbers, lychees, and other fruits might be protective and convenient, the plastic used has a negative impact on the environment and is not necessary to enjoy fresh fruit. Plastic packaging is often used to protect the fruit from dirt and other contaminants, to extend the fruit’s freshness, and to be able…
Month: November 2019
Legal requirements to food declaration
There are model food laws that exist in every nation. Each country develops its own unique National Food control System, which is based on the WHO (World Health Organization) guidelines. Each model varies from the next, depending on the legal system in the country. The Model Food law or declaration matters, and conceptions keep changing…
Packaging influence on Customer Behaviour
While busy selecting products from the shelf and adding them in your cart, you might not have realized but the packaging design of the products has a direct impact on the likelihood that you choose a certain product. There are instances that you might have picked up a product from the shelf, casually looked at…
Plastic Leftovers in Food: How Bad is it?
There has been a lot of hype recently surrounding the presence of plastic in food products. Indeed, the general public are right to be concerned about this topic which can have so many implications for a person’s health and wellbeing; many people struggle to actually understand how bad the level of plastic leftovers is in…
How to know where the food comes from?
When it comes to shopping from supermarkets, we all have experienced a barrage of information about the prices and descriptions of the food items we buy. Beyond the shadow of doubt, we all want to spend money on products that are healthy, organic, in short, all those items that are worth spending. One can know…
Engineered Food – where from?
Many people enjoy highly engineered food products as part of their diet. There are a number of different reasons why people choose to consume these highly engineered and processed food products instead of fresh foods. Some people love the taste of these products, while others are happy to tolerate engineered food to save a little…
Palm Oil – Destroying nature for cheap fat
Mostly it is fossil fuels and crude oil that cause a stir. But recently, it has been another oil that is causing the stir. Palm oil – the universal food ingredient also used for cleaning cupboards and beauty products – is now hitting the headlines Palm Oil It is a vegetable oil that is extracted…