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Nutella exhibition at the Maxxi in Rome: was it necessary?
I share the thought of Il Fatto Alimentare: 'it is disturbing to think of initiatives aimed at children to promote a jar that could be taken as a symbol of junk food... Following this model, the new minister Alessandro Giuli could host an exhibition with workshops for children by Coca-Cola in the summer and replicate with McDonald's in the autumn. They are not Italian brands like Nutella, it is true, but they are produced with local raw materials (including Coca-Cola) and this is probably enough to promote them in the Olympus of Made in Italy food and perhaps include them in the Mediterranean diet model of the 21st century'.
I hope some of you remember Slow Food's denunciation of Mc Donald's.
On the subject, read also this article.
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YouTube beats Netflix
Netflix added over 20 million new subscribers during this year... It seems a paradox: instead of making Netflix more like YouTube, it is YouTube copying Netflix. The channels will become the new TV series, organised by season and episode. As of today, YouTube already does frightening numbers on TVs: users watch more than 1 billion hours of YouTube content on their TVs every day, and in 2023, according to Nielsen, YouTube was the absolute leader in streaming viewing time in the US...And here comes the big question for Netflix. Since 2012, when it launched its first original, it has spent over $120 billion on original productions. YouTube, over the same period, has spent 0.
Source: Technicisms
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Progression of pancreatic cancer in France: the trail of pesticides used in agriculture
France is one of the countries where the incidence of pancreatic cancer is increasing the most and the fourth most affected country in the world in absolute terms. Le Monde.
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Cocoa: source price increased by 180% from January 2024
Consumer prices have risen by 30% in four years.
Below: cocoa bean processing and price increases from 2022 to 2024 of 4 items from Ferrero, Nestlè, Poulain and Lindt in France.
Read also : Food groups develop a taste for cocoa alternatives
Drafted 24 December, updated 30 December 2024
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Microplastic pollution: “increased risk of pollution of soil subject to human intervention compared to natural areas”
Microplastic pollution: "increased risk of pollution of soil subject to human intervention compared to natural areas"
Le Monde
The European Commission has decided to ban, as of 15 October 2024, the sale of products containing intentionally added microplastics.
On the subject read this article, Microplastics are everywhere and they also come from food. Written on 26 December, updated on 30 December 2024
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Lidl: everyone queuing up for the discounter’s private-label scooter
Source
Lidl's marketing phenomenon slippers but also shoes, another success for the German multinational.
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Italian mountains: 63% less snow
compared to the average of the last 10 years
Volume of water in the form of snow deposited on Italian mountains.
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Butter cost: 83% on an annual basis
Why is the price of butter so high? Butter is made from milk fat and cream and therefore its production requires a lot of milk, the global supply of which has declined, partly due to the diseases that have affected dairy cow herds in Europe, and partly due to the high cost of feed. Then there is the issue of climate change highlighted last summer by the analysis 'The EU dairy sector: main features, challenges and prospects' conducted by the European Parliament's study centre. According to the research, 13% of dairy cow herds could disappear in the next decade. The reasons for this are heat stress, which has negative effects on milk production and milk fat content, as well as on the production performance of cows, especially grazing cows. Extreme weather conditions also facilitate the outbreak of diseases. Under Auchan butter in Russia.
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US: e-commerce booms but returns weigh on margins
E-commerce sales in the US in the third quarter increased 7.5 per cent year-on-year to $289 billion while total retail sales grew 2 per cent, according to the Census Bureau but Americans returned 17.3 per cent of their online purchases last year compared to only 10 per cent of in-store purchases, according to the National Retail Federation. This is especially true for clothing, where shoppers tend to order an item in different sizes and colours and return those they don't like.
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Food ad Drug Administration USA: Cassette bread will finally be taken off the healthy food list
Foods such as white cassette bread (with added sugars and no wholegrain cereals), fruit yoghurt, cereals and bars with a high sugar content, fruit snacks and juices that are not 100 per cent fruit-based(full list of promoted and failed food categorieshere, for more details) fall off the ideal healthy food list.
Below is its history: the industrial loaf was born between 1928 and 1930 with the first automatic slicing machines and bread from the Wonder company. The turning point came in 1943, during World War II, when the army requested 'enriched' bread - with vitamins and minerals - to feed American troops. This is a turning point as chemistry enables the transformation of bread into an ultra-processed foodstuff.
