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The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) has announced that America’s top food and beverage companies have exceeded their goal of reducing 1.5 trillion calories in the marketplace in the United States.  This announcement comes three years after a 2010 commitment by the HWCF, and its 16 food and beverage corporate partners, to the First Lady’s Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) to reduce calories by 1.5 trillion by 2015...

Food undoubtedly trends but is it fashionable? Thinking about recent crazes that have occurred, one could definitely say yes – well an accessory at least. These days it’s the done thing to be seen with a bag of flavoured popcorn and macaroons to match your outfit. The sliced white loaf is packed off to the charity shop in favour of its upmarket artisanal walnut loaf which has to been eaten alongside a craft beer...

Mars Chocolate North America announced it will debut an expanded collection of American Heritage Chocolate products—now including four different formats—available in colonial-inspired, commemorative packaging.  American Heritage Chocolate is an authentic historic line of products—based on a recipe from the 1750s—that celebrates chocolate’s important role in the lives of Americans during the 18th century...