PLA is already used for vegetable and fruit packaging as well as food and beverage containers. With further improvement of thermal stability and barrier properties, PLA is expected to expand its packaging applications to more food products.17,39,40 Starch-based polymers comprise another major ...
Lectins were discovered almost 130 years ago, in 1888. That’s well over a decade before aviation, something we have since mastered. Yet these commonly occurring compounds largely remain a mystery. And while you may not be flying every day, it’s guaranteed that you are eating foods containin...
This work provides a database of the U.S. food system’s energy consumption and GHG emissions at the national and state levels by food supply chain (FSC) stage, fuel type, and food commodity. We estimate that the U.S. FSC consumed a total 4660 TBTU (4900
Moreover, cases have been identified when the synthetic dyes were used to disguise grave defects of the low-quality food. Despite possible adverse effects on human health and on the environment, today, SPs are widely used in the food production and other goods, representing more than 60% of ...
Bill Esparza, author of L.A. Mexicano, suggests Doña Roberta’s tejate stand on West Adams for the pre-Hispanic maize and cacao beverage popular with Mixtec and Zapotec communities. In Koreatown, the unofficial hub, you’ll hit bakeries like El Valle Oaxaqueño (get the pan dulce), ...
… to a de-luxe apartment floaty thing in the sky. With the help of some very patient friends, I have finally moved. MichaelProcopio.wordpress.com is dead. Long live FoodfortheThoughtless.com I am forever bewildered by technology. There will be details to iron out; curtains and throw pill...
Alternatives to dairy products are becoming part of mainstream food culture in Western societies amidst growing concerns for more sustainable and healthy d
Although it rejected a petition by an environmental group to outlaw the compound in food and beverage containers, the agency did not close the door on future regulation. “This is not a final safety determination on BPA,” FDA spokesman Douglas Karas said. “There is a commitment to doing a...
to link Food and Beverage entities to consumers. Additionally, home delivery of raw produce ranging from fresh vegetables to chilled meat to dry goods have become commonplace in most of Southeast Asia and are exemplified by the big players like Lazada or smaller home-grown entities like Urban ...
To lose that is a much worse death than physical death. I wish you the strength and resolve to cope with your loss. Mourn his death, but also celebrate the life that he helped give you. That’s what he would have wanted. (“Grief Without Belief – How Do Atheists Deal With Death,...