News tagged with freshness
What's a little mold? Why consumers have different freshness standards at home
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Why is it acceptable for someone who would never purchase "expired" milk at the store to pour "expired" milk into a cup of coffee at breakfast? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research explores the reasons consumers are mo ...
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Lays classic chips recalled in north Texas
Dec 11, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of 2,460 1.5-ounce bags of Lay's Classic Potato Chips in northern Texas because of a labeling error.
Average shoppers are willing to pay a premium for locally produced food
Jun 03, 2008 |
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New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option to enter a niche market that could boost their revenues.
Organic or local? What's on consumers' minds when it comes to produce?
Sep 04, 2009 |
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The emerging trend toward healthier, fresher foods that are also gentle on the environment presents new dilemmas for conscientious consumers. Marketers tout the attributes of "organic" food, while the "local foods movement" ...
Understanding the desire for ‘freshness’ – a first step towards saving water
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Earlier this year the government announced a new strategy for a more efficient and sustainable use of water. This would involve a reduction in per capita consumption from 150 litres per day to 130 litres per day.
A new idea for how anti-aging products delay ripening of fruit and wilting of flowers
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May 02, 2008 |
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When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers – all of which ethylene ...
Increasing food quality risks are affecting global food supply chain
Mar 06, 2008 |
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A new study from the Journal of Supply Chain Management illustrates the real potential for contamination of globally sourced foods and proposes a conceptual framework of supply chain quality management.
Flame retardants prove ineffective on fresh-cut Christmas trees
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Dec 12, 2008 |
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This Christmas season, think twice about spending money on a commercial flame retardant for your Christmas tree. The good, old-fashioned method—keeping your tree in a container of fresh water—is probably all you need to keep ...
WOWD, the real-time search engine
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...
Do cigarette warning labels work -- results from 4 countries
Feb 06, 2007 |
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As the second leading cause of death in the world, cigarette smoking is a preventable behavior. Most countries require warnings about health risks on every package, but the effectiveness of these warnings depends upon the ...
New metasearch engine leaves Google, Yahoo crawling
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 25, 2009 |
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One day in the not-too-distant future, you'll be able to type a query into an online search engine and have it deliver not Web pages that may contain an answer, but just the answer itself, says Weiyi Meng, ...
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