Soda prices may only partly bubble up if taxes pass

Four cities will be voting Nov. 8 on whether to tax soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages. Some proponents say the taxes would raise prices by exactly the amount of the tax, encouraging consumers to cut down on soda and ...

Detecting potentially harmful mycotoxins in beer

Beer is one of the world's most popular alcoholic beverages. But, made with barley, brews can contain low levels of mycotoxins, which are produced by fungi that can contaminate grains. Although not a major health threat, ...

Scientists produce agave-based hydrating drink for athletes

Researchers at Jiquiquilpan's Institute of Technology (ITJ) in Mexico have developed a hydrating beverage for athletes that is based on agave's fructans, which not only supplies adequate water levels, but offers other benefits ...

Study shows brewer's yeast hybridizes in wasp gut

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from Italy, Uruguay and Spain has found via lab study that common brewer's yeast not only mate in the guts of wasps, but interbreed with other yeast species, producing hybrids. In their ...

Study—Berkeley soda tax falls flat

A Cornell-University of Iowa analysis of a soda tax passed last fall by voters in Berkeley, California – the first such city ordinance in the country – found the measure so far has fizzled, raising retail prices for high-calorie ...

Healthy fractions of oats efficiently recovered

In his PhD thesis, Juhani Sibakov, MSc (Tech) from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developed methods to broaden the use of oats in, for example, snacks and beverages. Fractions with 56% beta-glucan and 73% protein ...

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