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...16th-century map of Spain floats in a tub of deionized water, while a damaged Russian poem is repaired nearby using starch paste and Japanese Tanguzo strips...
...sometimes be just as deadly. In 1995, 2,500 Nigerians died during a meningitis outbreak after they were inoculated with fake vaccines believed to have come from India. In a similar event in China last month, hundreds of parents unknowingly fed their infants bogus baby formula made of starch and sugar. At least 13 of the children died, according to press reports. And because counterfeits are made in clandestine and often unsanitary factories, they might be adulterated with toxic ingredients. According to Bale of the IFPMA, 30 Indians died in 1998 after they ingested cough syrup from China that...
Frito-Lay has unveiled Tostitos and Doritos Edge, in which soy protein is used in place of starch to lower the chips' carb count. Unilever has a Carb Options line of 32 products that include reformulated Ragu sauce, Wish-Bone salad dressing and Lipton tea with fewer carbs. Coors has begun marketing its new low-carb Aspen Edge to compete with Michelob Ultra. "The mainstream food and beverage manufacturers have finally made low carb a priority," says Suzanna Prong Eygabroat, an analyst at market-research firm Productscan Online...
Next door to Schaps' Illinois shop, another starch purveyor has launched a counteroffensive. The Homemade Pizza Co. is whetting local interest with reformulated, reduced-carb pies. The shop claims to slice 40% off the carb load by replacing white flour with whole wheat and eliminating sugar from the dough. But those modifications surely won't cut it for some. Bearno's pizza chain, based in Louisville, Ky., is finding a ravenous market for entirely crustless creations that feature a base of mozzarella cheese to support the sauce and toppings. "It's pretty flimsy," admits managing partner Robert Mooney...
...real draw is the tapioca pearls,” said Ying Ying Ma, the co-owner of the Lollicup Tea franchise, referring to the tapioca starch that comes from yuca plants and will be added...