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Tuna's Red Glare? It Could Be Carbon Monoxide
Buyers of fresh tuna, whether at the sushi bar or the supermarket, often look for cherry-red flesh to tell them that the fish is top-quality. But it has become increasingly likely that the fish is bright red because it has been sprayed with carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide, a gas that is also a component of wood smoke, prevents the flesh from discoloring. It can even turn chocolate tuna red, according to some who have seen the process.
People in the seafood industry estimate that 25 million pounds of treated tuna, about 30 percent of total tuna imports, were brought into the United States last year, mostly from processors in Southeast Asia. Retailers in the United States buy it already treated.
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/06/dining/06TUNA.html?ex=1098138633&ei=1&en=9920ea462067f5bc
Family dinner
America’s constant quest for convenience has driven some of the most popular trends in eating out: the drive-through lane, the Styrofoam container, the to-go counter.
Take all those conveniences, add the cell phone and the Internet, and you have the fastest-growing sector in casual dining: curbside to-go [Read more…] about Family dinner
Sund fastfood sælger
https://www.foedevarebranchen.dk/foedevarenyt1-ny.asp
Fastfood-industrien vokser støt, og maden bliver mere og mere sund. I Europa såvel som i USA ser mange nye fastfoodkoncepter dagens lys – alle med det til fælles, at sundhed, friskhed og høj kvalitet er drivende parametre. Og ikke kun de nye er sunde. Giganter som McDonalds, Burger King og Kentucky Fried Chicken har ligeledes kastet sig ud i det ene sunde tiltag efter det andet. Skriften på væggen er klar: Junkfood-æraen er ved at være slut.
Ovenstående var hovedbudskabet ved seminaret Fremtidens fastfood, som Børsen FødevareSundhed arrangerede under Madfestival i Tivoli i den forgangne uge. Blandt talerne var eksperter i den internationale udvikling samt repræsentanter fra den danske fødevareindustri, fra den hyperkvalitetsfokuserede bageri/kolonialkæde Emmerys over sundhedsfokuserede Agrova Food til McDonalds.
På seminaret var der også indlæg af trendspotter Mike Hohnen, Retalia A/S. Han fortalte, hvordan de varmeste nye amerikanske fastfood-koncepter har fokus på sundhed og friske råvarer.
– Friskhed er af helt afgørende betydning, og i USA har det stor betydning for virksomhedens profil, om man bruger friske eller frosne råvarer. »The good guys« har ingen frysere eller mikroovne, og det gør de tydeligt opmærksom på i deres markedsføring, forklarede Mike Hohnen.
Børsen 03.08
Most people multitask, so most people don't sit down to eat
If you eat breakfast in the car, gobble lunch while working at your computer, and watch TV while cooking or eating dinner, you’ve got a lot of multitasking company.
About 62% of people in a nationally representative online survey say they are sometimes or often too busy to sit down to eat, and about nine out of 10 say they do other things while preparing meals. On top of that: 31% do not consistently wash their hands when switching tasks during meal preparation.
https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-09-30-multitask-usat_x.htm
Patternoster Chop House
Health trends shape innovation for dairy products
A key factor driving growth in dairy product sales in developed markets is the increasing demand for products with functional properties, such as probiotic yoghurts. Euromonitor looks at the different types of functional dairy products available and the main players in this competitive market.
https://www.just-food.com/features_detail.asp?art=901&lk=rss
Not just spiffier pumps but also comfortable cafes, kiddie areas, and massage chairs
“Japan’s sixth largest gas station chain” — Jomo — is raking it in by encouraging its patrons to linger, reports Mariko Mikami in Business 2.0 (Oct 04). “Our objective is to make hanging around more fun,” says Yuihito Fujita, of Jomo. And more profitable: Over a three-month period ending in July, following a makeover of eight of its stations, “average monthly vehicle visits per station were up 22 percent over the previous year … driving a 15 percent sales increase” and triggering an 82 percent jump in per-station operating profits.
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