A Japanese aquaculture company recently announced it has succeeded in hatching eggs of fully farmed octopus in western Japan. The seafood company confirmed the hatching of about 140,000 eggs produced by octopus conceived by artificial incubation and is hoping to ship fully farmed octopus to retailers and restaurants across Japan as early [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ever wonder where your T-Bone Steak or the juicy sirloin tips you had for dinner the other night come from? While most meat eaters know that both a filet mignon and a burger come from a cow, the majority don't give too much thought to where each meat cut comes from [...]
GRAS is an acronym for Generally Recognized as Safe. This is a designation made by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that means the food additives added to a food product are considered to be safe and exempted from the usual Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) food additive tolerance [...]
As a food product turmeric is best known for being the main ingredient in curry and a key spice used in Indian and other Asian food recipes. Turmeric, or Curcuma longa, belongs to the ginger family and naturally occurs in Southern Asia and India. The spice that is used in cooking and [...]
Ever wonder where your T-Bone Steak or the juicy sirloin tips you had for dinner the other night come from? While most meat eaters know that both a filet mignon and a burger come from a cow, the majority don't give too much thought to where each meat cut comes from the [...]
Clarence Birdseye, the inventor of frozen vegetables, revolutionized the way we think about and consume fresh produce. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1886, Birdseye was a naturalist and explorer at heart, who spent much of his life observing and experimenting with the natural world. Birdseye's interest in freezing food began in [...]