• Nescafé may earn the cosmetics industry’s envy this year with its new collagen-infused cup ’o joe. The edible beauty product, part of the company’s new Body Partner brand, has hit Asian markets with notable success. Drinking oneself young might not be all Nescafé would have us believe. The New York Times found one expert who claims the product improves skin no better than a chicken wing. [New York Times]
• Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: sodium, labelling laws and the local food movement will be the hottest food stories in 2010. The National Post is making these predictions, since the Sodium Working Group will release its findings on salt consumption this year, and Ontario’s Bill 156 (making it mandatory for chain restaurants to publish calorie counts) might actually make it out of committee. Also, the assumption that local is better is now raising brows among a growing number of experts who wonder if the philosophy is a good fit for a northern country. Sounds like 2009 all over again. [National Post]
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