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By Rhiannon Harris is a nutritionist AN old school friend is coming to stay, I knew she was a vegetarian, but she tells me she is now a vegan. What's the difference and what could I serve her for breakfast? Vegetarians don't eat anything that involves killing an animal, but will normally eat eggs and dairy foods. Vegans go one stage further and won't eat any product that comes from an animal, so exclude milk or its products and even honey. There are a number of options - simple cereal...

OIL palm industry-based Kwantas Corp Bhd has reported a huge jump in net profit for its year ended June 2008, helped largely by higher crude palm oil (CPO) prices and better margins. The group reported a net profit of RM191.87 million, a significant improvement from RM93.95 million recorded last year. Its revenue was also higher at RM3.42 billion, compared with RM1.95 billion previously. The group also attributed the good performance to the increased palm and soyabean oil processing volume...

By Douglas Morino They've helped make 16 million Californians too fat, contributed to alarming rates of heart disease and played a role in creating what could be the first generation of Americans with a lower life expectancy than their parents. No wonder, then, that few people jumped off their couches to protest California's restaurant ban on trans fats, signed into law July 26. A cheap, artery-clogging ingredient used to preserve the shelf life of cookies, salad dressing, candy and other...

SAO PAULO, Brazil, July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perdigao closed the second quarter 2008 with gross sales of R$ 3.3 billion, 81.2% more than the same period in 2007. Growth reflects the increase in sales in both volume and revenues in the domestic and export markets. In addition to these factors, performance was also driven by the consolidation of the results from the acquisition of Eleva/Cotoches, among others, as well as outsourced production agreements signed with other dairy product...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that will ban restaurants and other retail food establishments from using oil, margarine and shortening containing trans fats. In a statement, Schwarzenegger noted that consuming trans fat is linked to coronary heart disease. "Today we...

SACRAMENTO -- Artery-clogging trans fats are out in such food-loving cities as New York and Philadelphia. On Friday, California became the first to try to kick the trans fat habit on a statewide scale. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation that will ban restaurants, bakeries and other retail food establishments from using oil, margarine and shortening containing trans fats. "Today we are taking a strong step toward creating a healthier future for California," the governor...

Family physicians across the state today commended the Governor's signature of a bill making California the first state in the U.S. to bar restaurants from using health-compromising trans fats in food preparation. "California is at the forefront of protecting our children's and our families' health," said Jeffrey Luther, MD, president of the 7,000-member California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP), a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 97, which Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law this...

SACRAMENTO - California is joining the health crusade against artery-clogging trans fats. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Friday that will prohibit restaurants and other "food facilities" from using oil, margarine and shortening containing trans fats. Violations could result in fines of $25 to $1,000. Food sold in their manufacturers' sealed packaging would be exempt. New York City and Philadelphia have ordinances banning trans fats, but Schwarzenegger's office says...

By David B Caruso NEW YORK - Making cannoli is serious business in New York. It's a dessert so tempting that even a hit man in the "Godfather" couldn't leave a box behind. But even the most respected chefs of this and other pastries are being ordered to make changes by Tuesday - the day New York's trans fat ban takes full effect. New York is the first American city to adopt such a stringent rule. Starting this week, the ban extends to almost all prepared food in restaurants, bakeries,...

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Target(R) announced today that every product in its premium owned food brand, Archer Farms, contains zero grams of added trans fat. Available exclusively at Target and SuperTarget(R) stores across the country, Archer Farms is the first national proprietary food brand to eliminate added trans fats from its entire product portfolio, based on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) definition of zero grams added trans fat. The Archer Farms...