It's no secret that many food companies have deliberately engineered their processed food products to be 'hyper-palatable,' meaning they light up the reward centers in the brain, fueling ...

Research published in Obesity on 5 November 2019 has devised specific parameters that could help to classify certain foods as “hyper-palatable”, a term used to describe food that overpowers the ...

A popular U.S. brand of potato chips once promoted itself with the slogan, "betcha can't eat just one!" Maybe that's because potato chips, like so many foods in the American diet, can pack a mix of ...

IN THE secret labs of corporate giants, scientists are engineering foods with “hyperpalatable” formulas to hijack our brains’ reward mechanisms, turning us into addicts for their products. This claim ...

Next year, it will be 30 years since Joe Pine wrote the book Mass Customization, in which he coined the term personalization. So much has happened in the restaurant industry over the last 30 years ...

When it comes to your kids’ diets, it’s not just about what they eat; it’s also about how certain foods might affect their behavior. Many common snacks and meals can unexpectedly lead to hyperactivity ...

At Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick, New Jersey, food is more than charity—it’s a way to build connections in the community. Along with a soup kitchen, the nonprofit runs a workforce training program ...

The complexities of providing fresh food products to even a limited local market demand the most sophisticated tools for managing routes, drivers and deliveries. Washington’s Green Grocer is a ...

Taste buds have never been so bamboozled. Welcome to the age of sneaky cakes, where loaves of sourdough bread, pizzas and steaks, when sliced, reveal a sugary cake interior. The trend doesn’t stop at ...