The National Coffee Association (NCA) in the US has issued a statement in which it claims to ‘set the record straight’ on the subject of diacetyl formed during coffee roasting and its alleged health risks. The NCA said it recently posted a position statement in light of continuing media reports concerning diacetyl in the workplace. […]
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US has issued final guidance to help growers, manufacturers and food service operators take steps to reduce levels of acrylamide. Acrylamide is a chemical that may form in certain foods during high-temperature cooking, such as frying, roasting and baking. The National Toxicology Program (an interagency programme that
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The National Coffee Association (NCA) in the US has issued a statement about new dietary guidelines for Americans, which include coffee for the first time but fail to mention its potential health benefits. The 2015 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans mention coffee for the first time, acknowledging that moderate coffee consumption ‘can be incorporated into
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A paper published in Toxicology Reports suggests that roasting and grinding coffee could expose workers to levels of diacetyl – a compound associated with chronic lung disease – that exceed recommended short-term occupational exposure levels. Diacetyl is found in flavouring added to products in the food industry but is also now known to formed naturally,
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Late May 2015 saw the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) publish its much anticipated scientific opinion on the safety of caffeine, in which it estimates acute and daily intakes that raise no safety concerns for the general healthy population. EFSA’s scientific opinion of caffeine was broadly welcomed by the coffee industry, but unfortunately led to
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The National Coffee Association (NCA) in the US recently filed comments with California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the state regulatory agency that enforces Proposition 65. The NCA comments focused on misapplications of the law that have made coffee the subject of claims which forced the industry into court. Coffee is not alone,
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South Korea’s per capita coffee consumption is five times greater than consumption in the rest of the Asia Pacific region, and despite the economic downturn it continues to grow, particularly as the younger generation embraces Western coffee culture. According to the latest report on the market from the US Department of Agriculture’s Global Agricultural Information
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However you measure it – and the way the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) does is to look at the level of net imports – Chinese cocoa consumption is extremely low. But the agency’s Executive Director, Jan Vingerhoets, reckons that the potential for expansion is huge – and he has very clear ideas about how to
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