KTK-Nutrition

A few years back I saw the CEO of PepsiCo being interviewed on CNBC.   She said her goal was to make snack foods healthier.   Yeah, right.    Not too long after I noticed Sun Chips.    A whole grain chip made with a heart healthy oil.   Back then Frito Lay also began producing Doritos and Fritos that were whole grain.   But for some reason they no longer are.   But she continued to produce Frito-Lay chips with hearth healthier oils.   So now what is Indra Nooyi the CEO of Pepsi up to?   She now wants to cut down on the sugar in the sodas Pepsi produces so that Americans who are soda drinkers will get   less sugar in their diets.   Time magazine said she is putting “PepsiCo on an innovation diet”.    Pepsi   True – a new lower sugar Soda, coming to stores in October.   Good bye high fructose corn syrup and hello sugar (sucrose).   But less sugar as Stevia will also be added.    And...

There are some new food products you may be seeing on store shelves soon.   1.  Camelina oil – most of you know olive oil is a heart healthy oil to use.   Soon you will be seeing Camelina oil on store shelves.   It is made from a seed from the mustard family and has a nutty, light flavor.   Some may refer to it as wild flax or false flax.   It was a common oil grown in Eastern Europe and Russia in the 1940’s before it was replaced by other crops.   It is becoming popular in the US and farmers in Montana now grow it.   A blogger ( Julie )   noted a farmer in Minnesota produces and sells Camelina oil. “ A few months ago, Deanne and Francine blogged about a new oil they'd discovered in their quest for Minnesota produced or grown products. Camelina Oil is produced from the Camelina plant by a farmer in Lamberton. I'd just mentioned to Tim we should see if we can visit the farm and purchase some oil. As I was saying goodbye to Deanne, I noticed...