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LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- F. Gavina & Sons, Inc., (Gavina) producers of California's own Don Francisco's Coffee announced that Michael Gavina has been appointed to serve on the Sustainable Development and Energy Efficiency Commission (SDEEC) with the City of Vernon. The seven-member commission, which includes local business leaders, will meet once a month to set sustainable and energy efficient standards in community zoning and development for the City of Vernon....
According to new evidence, unroasted coffee beans may be able to play a big role in those who are trying to lose weight. Scientists found that unroasted, or green, coffee beans can produce a substantial decrease in body weight in a short period of time. They reported their findings at the 243rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The study involved 16 overweight or obese people between the ages of 22 and 26 years old. The participants were...
LOS ANGELES, April 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- F. Gavina & Sons, Inc., (Gavina) producers of California's own Don Francisco's Coffee, today announced that Michael Gavina will be speaking at this year's Southern California Food Industry Conference at Chapman University in Orange, CA on April 20, 2011. This year's conference will focus on how to institute green practices in the food industry. Mr. Gavina will be discussing the company's industry-leading green manufacturing practices and its...
Food scientists at the University of British Columbia have been able to pinpoint more of the complex chemistry behind coffee's much touted antioxidant benefits, tracing valuable compounds to the roasting process.Lead author Yazheng Liu and co-author Prof. David Kitts found that the prevailing antioxidants present in dark roasted coffee brew extracts result from the green beans being browned under high temperatures.Their findings will appear in a forthcoming issue of Food Research...
Autodesk Names Ponderosa Roasting as Inventor of the Month for January 2009 SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ponderosa Roasting (Ponderosa), a specialty manufacturer of coffee roasting machines, has been named as the Autodesk (Nasdaq: ADSK) Inventor of the Month for January 2009. Ponderosa used Autodesk Inventor software to design and manufacture coffee roasting machines that give greater control over various aspects of the roasting process, ensuring that each coffee...
