Arnott’s claims the Temptin’ chocolate biscuits sold by Dick Smith Foods unfairly cash in on the good name of its famous Tim Tams and is breaching trademark rules
Conservation experts say overproduction of cheap robusta coffee beans — commonly used in instant coffee — may be contributing to the loss of tigers, elephants, orangutans and rhinos in Sumatra
Seattle retailers can continue to sell food products that contain hemp — at least for the time being — after a US appeals court said it would review a federal ruling making such products illegal
An enzyme-catalysed battery has been created that could one day run mobile phones and laptop computers on shots of vodka
US citizens have turned on French fries and toast to vent their frustration at France’s anti-war stance on Iraq. Now the French have joined in the food war by urging people to send pretzels to the retarded monkey boy
A physics grad student in the UK has come up with the mathematical formula for how to flip a pancake and have it land correctly back in the pan
Michael Fey, a priest from Duisburg Germany, built a computer interface into his washing machine to let it run an automatic brewing program
The US Army is working on a Transdermal Nutrient Delivery System which works similarly to nicotine or birth control patches but delivers vitamins and other micronutrients. It was developed to help warfighters sustain their physical and mental performance
during high intensity conflict. Stand aside lest the herd of code geeks trample you in their rush for a supply of food patches — via Slashdot
Scientists say the steak knife is destined for the scrap heap thanks to a new DNA test able to identify cattle carrying a tenderness gene
A New York meat processing company is recalling hundreds of thousands of pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with potentially deadly E coli bacteria. A ridiculous situation as the beef would have been consumed long before the recall was issued
Reproductive physiologist Roger Short, from the University of Melbourne‘s obstetrics department, said a few drops of lemon juice can be a cheap, easy-to-use solution to protect women from both HIV and pregnancy. The Australian Society for HIV Medicine is taking a cautious approach to the claims
Fortnum & Mason in London’s Piccadilly — one of London’s most prestigious addresses — is looking for a chocolate buyer to travel the world, taste as much chocolate as possible and select only the best for its discerning customers
US lawyer John Banzhaf was the first to sue the tobacco companies in the mid-Sixties. But now he wants to prosecute the junk food industry for making Americans obese. Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant company, lost a legal bid to stop a British-based restauranteur from using the name McChina. Frank Yu Kwan Yuen opened the first McChina restaurant in Wimbledon, south-west London in 1991, under the names McChina Stir Fried and McChina Wok Away
The supermarket supremos Woolworths and Coles are exerting enormous influence even beyond the farm gate, they have helped drive thousands of fruit and vegetable sellers to the wall and is forcing many farmers to get bigger or get out
Just when you thought it wasn’t possible for McDonald’s to get any worse… the 78 McDonald’s restaurants in Hawaii are adding a new menu item — spam
A group of artists have created a field of Wombles to show their support for May Day protestors. The anonymous group have used hundreds of soft toys originally given out with McDonald’s Happy Meals. The piece called Auto-Destructive Art will be dismantled on 1 May and the toys given to anti-globalisation campaigners
The Royal Society of Chemistry decided to investigate after a member of the public asked for an explanation of the science behind the James Bond cocktail. They are researching why martinis which are shaken not stirred are colder and have a different taste
Capable of surviving airdrops, rough handling and extreme climates, and just about anything except a GIs jaws, the new indestructible sandwich is designed to stay fresh
for up to three years at 26°C, or for six months at 38°C
A fire in a Swiss warehouse destroyed between 3.5 and four million Easter chocolate bunnies. The fire swept a central distribution warehouse containing nearly half of the total output needed to cover demand at Migros, Switzerland’s largest retailer
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