Table Talk: Eight everyday foods you might not realise are ultra processed – and how to spot them
In an article first published on The Conversation, SARAH DICKIE, JULIE WOODS, MARK LAWRENCE, and PRISCILA MACHADO – all from Deakin University in Australia, look at the concept of “ultra-processed foods”…
Egypt to sell discounted bread to fight inflation
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Egypt’s government will start selling discounted bread to people not enrolled in its bread subsidy program as it battles accelerating inflation, the supply minister said on Monday. People will be able to buy 90g gram loaves at cost price using pre-paid cards, Ali Moselhy said, adding the price was yet to be […]
As Lebanese staple runs short, tempers flare at bakeries
Beirut, LebanonReuters Mohamed Abu Khodr had been waiting for hours outside a Beirut bakery in hopes of buying two bags of subsidised bread he needs to feed his family. But there was no sign of the doors opening for him or the dozens of other people outside. “During the war, we were not humiliated like […]
Table Talk: Bread and the Bible
EMMA WATSON looks at the role bread plays in both the Old and New Testaments – and provides her own simple recipe…
Lebanon disburses funds to temporarily avert bread crisis, minister says
Beirut, LebanonReuters Lebanon’s government has agreed to disburse $US15 million to temporarily resolve growing bread shortages in the country, Economy Minister Amin Salam told Reuters, while saying that the funds would only last a few weeks. Long lines had begun forming outside bakeries across the country since Monday after industry insiders warned that the government […]
With Ukraine farmers on frontlines, UN food chief warns of “devastation”
United NationsReuters The UN food chief warned on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was threatening to devastate the World Food Programme’s efforts to feed some 125 million people globally because Ukraine had gone “from the breadbasket of the world to breadlines”. “It’s not just decimating dynamically Ukraine and the region, but it will have […]
In Ghana, bakers feel the heat of rising inflation
Accra, GhanaReuters Blazing heat radiated from the wood-fired oven of the Bethel Brothers Bakery in Ghana’s capital Accra, as a dozen men hastily shaped dough into hundreds of rolls that would be scattered through the city the following morning. The bakery, founded nearly 25 years ago by childhood friends Raphael Borketey and David Eshun, churns […]
Ukraine war threatens to make bread a luxury in the Middle East
Aden, Yemen/Cairo, EgyptThomson Reuters Foundation The war in Ukraine may be unfolding several thousand miles away, but 32-year-old Ilham fears her family will feel its consequences on their dinner table in Yemen. Conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which provide more than a quarter of the world’s wheat exports, has sent global prices to a 13-year high – causing […]
As the world looks for alternative food sources, Finnish bakery offers bread made of crickets
Fazer Cricket Bread. PICTURE: Supplied. A Finnish bakery announced last week that it was producing what is believed to be the world’s first insect-based bread to be offered to consumers in stores. The company, Fazer Bakery Finland, said the bread – named ‘Fazer Sirkkaleipä’ (‘Fazer Cricket Bread’) – was made from flour created using dried crickets as well […]