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FDA issues draft Compliance Policy Guide covering FSMA facility registration requirements

Coffee found to reduce ill effects associated with diabetes

Coffee can be a great flavor addition in both sweet and savory food and beverage recipes. To find the crema of the crop, you might say, NCA is conducting the “Everything Tastes Better with Coffee” recipe contest. All coffee lovers can submit their recipes today for a chance to win prizes and recognition via NCA’s dynamic new online coffeehouse website, MyVirtualCoffeehouse.com. Contest ends on May 20.

Michael Gaviña of F. Gaviña & Sons has become the first recipient of the NCA Volunteer of the Year Award. Selected by unanimous NCA Board committee vote, Gaviña received the award at the opening session of the NCA’s 102nd Annual Convention in San Francisco.

Coffee Consumption Jumps by 5%, 83% of Americans Say They Drink Coffee

NCA Creates Online Coffeehouse New Website - MyVirtualCoffeehouse.com - Captures and Celebrates The Coffee Lifestyle and Culture

NCA finds the single-serve format continuing an unabated surge forward. The Single Serve Format: Evolving Perceptions, Continued Opportunities, part of the NCA Market Research Series, takes a deep dive into consumer attitudes and behaviors of arguably the industry’s hottest game changer since Mr. Coffee in the 1970s.

In another NCA Market Research Series report, NCA takes the industry’s first detailed look into coffee consumption habits among the exploding Hispanic-American population. The original NCA research is the first of its kind, taking a deep dive into segment-specific behaviors further dissected by levels of acculturation. Data are also compared and contrasted with consumption habits among African-Americans and non-Hispanic-Americans.

Scientists have extended the understanding of caffeine’s well-established effect of alleviating cognitive impairment. Researchers in Jordan zeroed in on two known contributing factors for impaired learning and memory – chronic psychosocial stress and a high-fact sugar-laden so-called “Western Diet” (WD). Their conclusion was that caffeine yields a measurable protective effect against impairment specifically caused by these factors.