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We’ve long recognized that what we eat affects our health. But distances to stores offering healthy and affordable foods—as well as travel modes—can play a role in what gets purchased and consumed. Are the poor at a disadvantage when it comes to getting to a grocery store? How do shoppers—poor and not poor—travel to their main grocery store and how far do they travel to get there?

As growth picked up moderately in the U.S. consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry in 2014, small- and medium-size companies continued clawing away market share from their larger competitors, a trend that has been at work for the last several years, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI).

According to the Packaged Facts report, Functional Foods & Beverages: Key Trends by Product Categories and Benefits, all three are also undergoing major shifts in the marketplace that reflect cultural and lifestyle changes including heartier breakfasts and more, healthier snacking.

New research published in the February 2015 issue of the Journal of Nutrition shows twice-daily whey protein supplementation, as part of an energy-restricted diet, is better than soy protein or carbohydrate supplementation at preserving muscle protein synthesis (MPS) during weight loss in obese and overweight adults.

The supermarket industry's "center store" of shelf-stable and frozen products is hardly sedentary. Take sriracha hot sauce, as the center store very much did.

From E. coli to salmonella, the headline-grabbing pathogens that can contaminate our food supply are meeting their match, thanks to an array of technology advancements that will impact both food producers and consumers, say food safety research and policy leaders.

The Protein Engineering Market is segmented on the basis of product, technology, protein type, end user, and region. By product, the protein engineering market is categorized into instruments, reagents, and services and software. The instruments segment accounted for the largest share-41.4%-of the global protein engineering market in 2014.

Zinc, an important mineral in human health, appears to affect how the immune system responds to stimulation, especially inflammation, new research from Oregon State University shows.

According to a new survey by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) of families across the nation, today's moms and dads know more about organic, and empowered with that knowledge, more parents are deciding to purchase organic than ever before.

Helping to drive a robust functional foods market in 2015 is a nation still struggling to shed extra pounds and keep them off, consumers recognizing the importance of engaging in regular physical activity to promote overall good health, and adults of all ages seeking out foods and beverages to help them maintain enough energy to support fast paced lives that less and less frequently involve food preparation and healthful, sit-down meals with family or friends.