Canned foods are not only a staple in healthier diets, they are associated with higher intakes of fruit and vegetables, dairy, lean protein and whole grains.

The study's author concludes it has not been proven that saturated fat itself may increase the risk of heart disease.

With the wide variety of vitamins, minerals, botanicals and nutraceuticals that can be used to fortify foods and beverages, premixed ingredient systems exist to allow manufacturers benefits and savings that require almost no effort to attain.

Foods like broccoli and blueberries which have long been described as superfoods may not pack as powerful a nutritional punch as long thought.

Eating cereals and nuts might be helpful for cutting the risk of pancreatic cancer.

Recommended fiber consumption varies by age and gender, but it ranges between 21-38g per day. Considering Americans average roughly 15g of fiber per day, there is clearly room to grow.

Increasingly, food manufacturers want to use nanoparticles to boost nutrition by adding compounds with health benefits such as carotenoids, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins A, D and E.

Eating white or brown rice helps improve diet and manage weight and other risk factors for disease.

Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine wanted to look at what impact, if any, live bacteria in popular yoghurts have on digestion.

The nutrition label on the front of a box of cereal, a frozen dinner or any other food should be as quick and easy to read as the Energy Star label on a clothes washer or an air-conditioner, according to a study requested by Congress.