Food companies to regulators: Please don’t worry about ultra-processed anything | America's poverty rate soared last year. Children were among the worst hit. | This Is the Best Bar in North America

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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Food companies to regulators: Please don't worry about ultra-processed anything - STAT    Frozen food makers and the meat industry on Tuesday, speaking to a panel of nutrition experts tasked by the federal government with advising on the next round of the national dietary guidelines, raised concerns with its focus on that fare. So too did a coalition that includes the bakery, candy, corn syrup, and sugar lobbies, and the Consumer Brands Association, which includes General Mills, Kellogg’s, and Hostess. Federal regulators announced last April that the nutrition panel, which reviews the latest nutrition research and recommends changes to national dietary guidelines every five years, would examine the relationship between ultra-processed foods and weight gain as part of its review. To some, the review seemed prudent, if not overdue. Multiple studies have found that ultra-processed foods make up more than half of Americans’ calorie consumption. Clinical studies have also tied ultra-processed foods to a variety of negative health outcomes, including cognitive decline, weight gain, certain cancers, and type 2 diabetes. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � America's poverty rate soared last year. Children were among the worst hit. -     Millions of American families fell into poverty last year as the well of government-funded pandemic aid dried up and incomes shrank, according to new data from the U.S. Census. Children were particularly hard-hit, with the poverty rate for kids doubling compared with 2021.  The surge in poverty is "stunning," Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said in a statement. Parrott pointed to the end of the expanded federal Child Tax Credit in 2022 as a cause of the sharp increase in child poverty and called for lawmakers to reinstate the benefit.  The rise in poverty amounts to an increase of 15.3 million people around the U.S. living in poverty, according to the left-leaning think tank. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � This Is the Best Bar in North America - Travel + Leisure    A Lower East Side bar known for its unique, sensorial cocktails that taste like food took the top prize. The biggest event in bars descended on San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, late last week, marking the second edition of North America's 50 Best Bars. During the live ceremony put on by 50 Best — the company behind The World's 50 Best Bars and The World's 50 Best Restaurants — New York City's Double Chicken Please took the top spot, earning the coveted moniker "The Best Bar in North America."  Known for its quirkiness and welcoming ambiance, Double Chicken Please is most famous for serving cocktails with the sensorial taste and playful textures of some of your favorite foods, ranging from french toast to mango sticky rice and even cold pizza. Continued here

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