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When Your Protein Bar Is Basically Camouflaged Candy
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (249+ words) Your "healthy" protein bar might not be that far off from a Snickers after all. Writing for the Atlantic , Nicholas Florko walks through how the booming protein-bar... When Your Protein Bar Is Basically Camouflaged Candy Your "healthy" protein bar might…...
Spring Breakers May Have a Sargassum Problem
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (269+ words) Spring breakers may find more than crowds and cocktails on the beach this year. A massive bloom of sargassum, a type of seaweed'estimated at 9.5 million tons'is stretching... Spring Breakers May Have a Sargassum Problem Spring breakers may find more than…...
Big Brother Isn't Listening to Burger King Staff. But 'Patty' Is
1+ day, 25+ min ago (290+ words) Burger King employees are getting a new voice in their heads: an AI chatbot named "Patty" that will listen in on their interactions with customers. The company says... Big Brother Isn't Listening to Burger King Staff. But 'Patty' Is Burger…...
Latest to Flex Muscle on Yanking Food Dyes: Target
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (292+ words) Target is about to turn the cereal aisle into a petri dish for food policy. The retailer tells Axios it will require all cereals on its shelves'store brands and big names... Latest to Flex Muscle on Yanking Food Dyes: Target…...
Elderly Father-Son Duo Holds Eatery to Its Oyster Promise
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (315+ words) A long-running joke of sorts on the wall of an Alabama oyster joint just got very real for one father-son duo with a combined age of 179. Wintzell's Oyster House in Mobile... Elderly Father-Son Duo Holds Eatery to Its Oyster Promise…...
Check Your Fridge for Walmart Cottage Cheese
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (248+ words) Shoppers in two dozen states may want to check the cottage cheese in their fridge. Walmart says several Great Value cottage cheese products are being pulled because some dairy... Check Your Fridge for Walmart Cottage Cheese Shoppers in two dozen…...
Scientists May Have a Way to Stop Banana Apocalypse
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (649+ words) Bananas may not be doomed after all . Australian researchers say they've pinpointed a key stretch of DNA that helps some bananas fend off a major fungal threat'a finding... Scientists May Have a Way to Stop Banana Apocalypse Bananas may not…...
UK Has Become Overrun With Chocolate Thieves
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (427+ words) In parts of the UK, a $3.50 Cadbury chocolate bar now comes with a clear plastic force field around it. Sainsbury's, Tesco , and Co-op are among the chains putting chocolate... UK Has Become Overrun With Chocolate Thieves In parts of the…...
Family Farms Are Running Out of Heirs
1+ week, 35+ min ago (442+ words) America's family farms have a succession problem. The Wall Street Journal reports that aging farmers across the country are confronting a stark reality: Their children... Family Farms Are Running Out of Heirs America's family farms have a succession problem. The…...
They Bet on China's Durian Appetite. Then Came a Twist
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (267+ words) Malaysian durian growers spent years banking on China's love for the spiky, pungent fruit. Now that bet is backfiring. The New York Times reports that while China's... They Bet on China's Durian Appetite. Then Came a Twist Malaysian durian growers…...