| Food makers sings 2 oz. bar medley | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 10:57:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | It's goodbye grease, hello greens for Wes Felton, co-founder of Oakland's Creative Energy Foods. Felton headed snack food company Granny Goose Foods for 13 years before launching the health-food processing plant in 1998. Now, Felton is raising the bar -- the energy bar, that is. Creative Energy makes and packages some 26 million 2 ounce energy bars a year. The food maven's move mirrors the changing tastes of many Americans. The consumer market for nutrition and energy bars in the United States grew 169 percent between 1999 and 2004, hitting $838 million in 2004, excluding sales through Wal-Mart Stores, according to research group Mintel International. Leading energy bar makers include PowerBar, which is based in Berkeley but is moving its headquarters later this year to Glendale, and Clif Bar, which is based in Berkeley but plans to relocate to Alameda in 2008.... | |
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| | | Earth-friendly alternatives | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 1:39:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | Do you aspire to a lifestyle that will transport you to a new level of health and vitality? Knowing that vegetarians weigh in at 10 to 20 pounds less than non-vegetarians, do you hope to eat that way, at least part of the time? (Qualify this: you would if you could find decent tasting veggie choices.) Do you want to shift your kids’ diets from fast food to items they’ll like and that deliver good nutrition? Do you have a health concern, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, hypertension or obesity, which you know diet may play a major role in preventing and healing? For a lifestyle change to become a permanent part of your life, a few key elements need to be in place. First, you must set your sights on your goal. You could add some new recipes to your repertoire and include more health-oriented people in your network of friends.... | |
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| | | County health officials caution residents to avoid raw oysters | | Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 10:58:36 AM by Blog57 Team | | REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Health officials are warning area residents not to eat raw oysters after the confirmation of a three cases of a bacterial-borne illness associated with the shellfish, along with two suspected cases. “We're warning people against the consumption of raw oysters until the ban is lifted by the states of Washington and California," Director of County Environmental Health Dean Peterson said. The bacteria, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, is naturally found in oysters, and it is most prevalent during the warm summer months, when water temperatures in the Pacific Northwest are favorable for its growth, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Vp can cause mild gastrointestinal disorders in healthy individuals; older persons and those with weak immune systems are at a greater risk for more serious illness," according to a prepared statement by the FDA.... | |
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| | | GOING ORGANIC | | Posted Monday, July 03, 2006 8:59:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | LAKE ORION - Darlene Hendrix stopped at Lucky's Natural Foods on Wednesday to pick up walnuts, soymilk and datealmond rolls. [an error occurred while processing this directive] While organic food is pricey, she likes to buy produce and vegetables when she can. "They're better on the whole body," said Hendrix, 61, of Oxford. "I don't like all the chemicals that are used on some of them." Hendrix has been shopping at Lucky's since the grocer opened in 1974. What started as a produce market and nursery evolved into a 1,600-square-foot health food store in the 1980s. A lot has changed since then. "Organic is growing," Lucky's owner Tanya Sallade said. "It's becoming very popular. It's pretty much available in everything that I can think of." Last year, the organic food and beverage industry reached $13.8 billion in sales, a 16-percent increase from 2004, according to the Organic Trade Association, based in Greenfi eld, Mass.... | |
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