National Institute of Nutrition wants high sodium content in ready-to-eat foods reduced

The federal government has spent years considering whether to take steps to help keep dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria out of the food supply, a question that has become even more urgent in the face of a deadly wave of E.

Nestle on Wednesday ramped up its distribution of disease-resistant cocoa trees to farmers in Ivory Coast, part of a plan to boost productivity per hectare and improve the notoriously poor quality of the top grower's cocoa beans.

The world's biggest food maker, which has distributed some 140,000 saplings since 2009, said it will hand out 600,000 saplings by the end of the month and a further on

BHUBANESWAR: Despite the raging issues of land acquisition and local resistance, industrialisation has gone off in a big way in the State.

Instead of looking at the business of food, growing healthy food may be the target Once again there is a food safety scare. A deadly strain of E coli bacterium has hit Germany, where it has so far taken the lives of 25 people and affected another 2,300.

Sales of soft drinks have long been stymied by erratic power supply, but an environment-friendly innovation developed by Coca-Cola India now promises to change all that.

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced the launch of India Water Body, an initiative aimed to address the challenge of water scarcity in India.

Nitin Paranjpe, CEO & Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever, said,