Lentil chips? Fruit snacks? Is the end nigh for good old sugar and powdered beetle wings?? Sing it with me folks, I Want Candy! [The Atlantic]
The USDA’s food pyramid is so ubiquitous, most Canadians think it’s the system we use as well. But it’s getting a redesign and will apparently look more like a plate, which might actually be a better gauge for people to calculate their food portions. [CBS Atlanta]
Would you like some tea with your Secret Pickles? This supper club is laid back and unpretentious. [The Grid]
Heston Blumenthal creates a pommery mustard ice cream for UK supermarket Waitrose. [Daily Mail]
Canadians share a common border with our neighbours to the south, but we have very different tastes in snack food. [Toronto Sun]
If you could redesign the nutrition label on packaged foods, what would it look like? Now’s your chance to show the world. [Food Politics]
Could foods containing a potentially lethal chemical have been shipped to Canada? [Globe and Mail]
An e.coli outbreak in Germany has killed 14 and may be linked to cucumbers. [Toronto Sun]