Manufacturers are taking notice of consumer desires trending toward healthy and functional food.

Outbreaks of the avian influenza virus, also known as bird flu, in the Midwest are driving up egg prices and could limit supplies, spurring demand for egg substitutes that offer equal nutritional value and function.

Many customers are unaware that the U.S. dairy industry offers long-term fixed pricing options. While U.S. dairy prices are tied to domestic trades made on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), there are in fact several ways for buyers to mitigate their financial exposure to the upward and downward swings of the dairy market.

Stunting affects more than 20 million newborns annually, particularly in Africa and regions of Asia. A growing body of evidence-built in part by more than five years of progressively more focused clinical and scientific research collaboratively developed between USDEC, Dairy Management Inc. and other partners internationally-supports dairy as a key part of the nutritional solution to stunting, demonstrates dairy's superiority over alternative sources of proteins, and outlines how dairy functions to prevent the condition.

Did you know that starting as early as 40 years of age, the prevalence of muscle loss is approximately 0.5-1% per year, which, if it progresses, may lead to a syndrome called sarcopenia? Leaders in nutrition research from the United States, Japan, Korea and China shared research findings and dietary guidance on how to optimize health and vitality into the golden years during a May 15 conference session, "Aging and Muscle Loss: Dietary Approaches to Reduce Sarcopenia Risk," held during the 12th Asian Congress of Nutrition (ACN2015).