Category: Food EN

Real food rarely needs a campaign. An apple does not need to convince you it is “made with real ingredients”. Beans don't need a badge on the package saying they support gut health. They are what they are. Simple. Recognisable. Built by nature before the food industry learned how to turn nourishment into a business model. The grocery store has changed completely over the last 50 years....

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls upon the authorities to ban the use of calcium carbide as a fruit-ripening agent. Calcium carbide is an industrial chemical that releases acetylene gas when exposed to moisture, a gas that mimics ethylene, the natural fruit-ripening hormone. However, it also emits toxic compounds such as arsenic and phosphorus. The use of calcium carbide is not...

A High Court legal challenge led by advocacy group Beyond GM has found that the Government failed to understand the significant consequences – for farmers, businesses, consumers and the organic sector – of removing transparency and labelling for gene-edited crops and foods. The judgment found that government advisors gave the Farming Minister incorrect advice about his own legal powers. This...

Once upon a time meals were fresh and real. They were cooked at home, instinctively and with decades of wisdom. Food was not made in factories, or with chemicals. We didn’t grow up reading nutrition labels. We grew up watching grandparents cook slowly. Meals were made from memory, not marketing. They didn’t count protein grams. They didn’t scan ingredients with apps. But somehow they...

New research conducted by Greenpeace International has found an alarming amount of microplastics in Nestlé and Danone baby food sold in plastic pouches. The microplastics were present in every sample analysed, that suggests the packaging may be the contaminating source. Greenpeace has issued a report, “Tiny Plastics, Big Problem: The Hidden Risks of Plastic Pouches for Baby Food”, detailing...

Each year, a land area larger than China is used to produce food that will be lost along food supply chains. This also means wasting water, energy and effort that goes into growing, transporting and preparing it, while adding to climate pressures. The good news is that this is something we can all help change. From shopping mindfully to composting what’s left, here are some simple actions that...

A 2019 study in McGill University in Montreal, Canada found that a single plastic teabag steeped in boiling water can release 11.6 billion microplastics (fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm in length) and 3.1 billion nanoplastics (extremely small pieces or particles of plastic). People who drink tea could thus be repeatedly dosing themselves with billions of plastic particles, some...

Food today looks bright, fast, and easy. Shelves feel endless. Yet many options come packed, refined, and far from how nature made them. While processed food is convenient, it can affect your overall health. Processed foods (especially ready meals, snacks, and sodas) often contain lots of additives and synthetic chemicals. Eat real food, not packets and promises. What is real food? It's food...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang is concerned by a recent analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), which highlights a structural weakness in the United States food regulatory system: more than 100 food-related chemicals entered the market without formal review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the national regulator. These substances were introduced under the...

Increase Product Testing & Have Stricter Enforcement – CAP Food fraud – from fake honey to mislabelled supplements and dubious halal claims – continues to infiltrate Malaysia’s market, raising concerns over public health and eroding consumer trust. Adulterated and mislabelled food products remain a persistent threat, with enforcement gaps allowing questionable items to slip through....