Archives for October 16, 2008

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World Food Day

Rescue efforts for food 'should parallel bank bail-out'

By staff reporter

The scale of the global food crisis merits the same swift fund-raising as the banking crisis, says Egypt’s first lady, as it emerges that just ten per cent of the help pledged this year has materialised so far.

Study backs PGMS for ice cream formulations

By Stephen Daniells

 The ability of propylene glycol monostearate (PGMS) to prevent ice recrystallisation in ice creams is “quite dramatic”, says new research from Canada.