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What’s New                                                  Things You

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                                                                        1     ‘Single-origin’ dairy milk may

                                                                              soon be coming to market. The
                                                                              single-cow milk concept is being
                                                                       developed by the Dutch food development
                                                                       company TOP. They say it is creating
                                                                       technology that will allow farmers
           Drinking coffee could boost your                            themselves to pasteurize and package milk
                                                                       from individual cows in individual bottles,
           chances of a longer life                                    giving them more control over the value
                                                                       chain and traceability.
               In a study of around half-a-  drinking habits, medical history
           million British adults, coffee   and more. The study is also the
           drinkers were found to have a   first of its kind to suggest health
           slightly lower risk of death over   benefits in people with so-called
           a 10-year follow-up period than   genetic glitches affecting how
           n o n-c o ffe e drinkers. Th e   their bodies react to caffeine.
           apparent longevity boost comes   Health experts warned people
           as yet another piece of good news   should not start drinking coffee,
           for coffee lovers, with health   or increasing their intake, for   2  Solar-powered roaster for
           benefits recorded in drinkers of   medical reasons. They also warned   farmers wins ASME (The
           instant, ground and decaffeinated   too much coffee for women during   American Society of Mechanical
           coffee. Published in July 2018 in   pregnancy could be harmful.   Engineers) award. The  hybrid  solar
           the Journal of the American   Other studies have claimed    roasting machine captures and stores
           Medical Association’s JAMA   substances in coffee might reduce   energy through solar panels while also
           Internal Medicine, NCI researchers   inflammation and improve how   roasting directly through a series of
           analyzed information provided by   the body uses insulin, which could   angled mirrors that generate heat
           approximately 500,000 people,   decrease the likelihood of   directly from sunlight up to 200℃
           who answered questions about   developing diabetes.         within a hand-rotated steel drum above
           coffee consumption, smoking and                             a hand-powered cooling tray.









                                                                        3     Starbucks announced that their

                                                                              stores will completely phase out
                                                                              plastic straws by the year 2020,
                                                                       following  its  hometown  of  Seattle’s
                                                                       initiative to be the first American city to
                                                                       go completely strawless. Starbucks says
                                                                       that the eco-friendly move will keep an
                                                                       estimated 1 billion straws out of the
                                                                       ocean  per  year, according  to  the
                                                                       company’s website.

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