From a summary of the 2012 US Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook at the August 2012 convention of the AVMA (American Veterinary Association) in a 2012 September 6 article in PetfoodIndustry.com: “This survey of nearly 50,000 US households found that US pet ownership decreased by 2.4 percent from 2006-11, while pet spending increased. The average expenditure…
Category: Nutriate Research
Food and body care research notes.
AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets
AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets. – 2012 September 6 PetfoodIndustry.com I feel that if the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) were truly concerned over the potential hazards associated with the consumption of raw food by companion animals then they would emphasize keeping animals from unintended prey feeding. For example, cats allowed to catch…
Ice Cream Terminology
‘Overrun’ refers to the air content in ice cream. Commercial ice cream uses various stabilizers to enable higher overrun and to avoid the formation of ice crystals.
Cucurbitaceae Family
Luffa can be used not only as a skin scrubber but also as a vegetable much as its cousin cucumber would be used. Alameda Natural Grocery Produce Manager Marc describes luffa as a vegetable as “kind of like a ‘zucucumbokra,’ or has having qualities of zucchini, cucumber and okra all rolled into one”. Persian cucumber…
Chili Peppers
Chili peppers are high in Vitamin C (per NutritionData, one raw, green hot chili pepper has 182% of the USDA recommend amount). Raw green hot chili peppers are mildly anti-inflammatory and red are strongly anti-inflammatory. Canned hot chili peppers are also nutritionally beneficial but raw is better. Serrano Jalapeno Poblano Chipotle Shishito Pepper is a…
Foodie Furniture
Macaron Pillow & Blanket – Pillows – nissen Global – online store for clothing. Ice Cream Sandwich chair (nissen Global calls is a “Biscuit Mini Chair”)
Coconut Water
A 2012 August 20 Food Business News article on the benefits of coconut water observes that coconut water has five times the potassium of popular sports drinks and comparable amounts of magnesium and carbohydrates, but only 2/3 the sodium. The conclusion drawn in the article is that coconut water is recommend as a beverage to…
Apples
Types of Apples Tart to Sweet: Granny Smith, Empire, McIntosh, SweeTango, Lemonade, Lucy Glo, Cosmic Crisp, Hunnyz, Lucy Rose, SnapDragon, Honeycrisp, Sugarbee, Envy, Rockit. Rave – boring in mid-October 2024. SweeTango – very tasty in mid-October 2024; a little watery and thin skinned in mid-November. Apple Beverages Apple beverages are created by pressing apples. In…
Malic Acid
Food Business News | Technology makes flavor enhancers out of raw materials. – 2012 August 16 In talking about deriving malic acid from ‘raw materials’ (presumably first generation, unprocessed plant material), a 2012 August 16 article in Food Business News on flavor enhancers implies that currently most commercially produced malic acid is derived from (petroleum)…
Canawa and Quinoa
Quinoa Organic Baby Canawa – 25#** – Bulk Items – Associated Buyers. A quinoa seed straight off the plant is unpalatable due the saponin coating. Commercially available quinoa in the United States has been washed to remove the saponin. Canawa is in the same family as quinoa and is similarly high in protein and has…