Istanbul, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkey will gradually reduce sugar amounts in foods and beverages to fight the climbing rate of obesity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has altered people’s eating habits. Last week, the Turkish Health Ministry released the Sugar Reduction Guide in order to gradually reduce the amount …
Read More »VIDEO: Minister launches Uganda’s Rolex
VIDEO: A Ugandan minister has officially launched Rolex as one of business ventures in Uganda. The ministry of tourism and wildlife declared the start of the Kampala Rolex Festival this week with the minister saying the Rolex busines employs a big number of people. Share on:
Read More »Solomon Baguma; Foods entrepreneur
By the Independent Team Solomon Baguma a Computer Science graduate is the brain behind House of Russa; a company that makes juice and liqueur out of a wild-growing plant called mulondo of the Mondia Whitei family. Mulondo is consumed by many Ugandans as an aphrodisiac. It is also used to …
Read More »Processed foods give our bodies wrong signals
By Flavia Nassaka Dr. Ruth Aceng, the Director General at the Ministry of Health, is cautioning Ugandans to go slow on consuming processed foodstuffs. She says as more people depend a lot on packed foods, they need to be aware that some of the processed foods include chemically-altered fats and …
Read More »Policymakers in Kigali to discuss how to get nutritious foods to People
By Ronald Musoke More than 275 high-level stakeholders from government, business and civil society have converged in Kigali today [March 31] for a three-day consultation to intensify efforts to get nutritious foods to people. The conference is being hosted by Rwanda where more than 500,000 Rwandan farmers have already planted …
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