CHICAGO -- There are protections in place to safeguard the U.S. food supply, but as with sham designer purses and knock-off watches, there are billions of dollars to be made with counterfeit cuisine.

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Care for some wood pulp on your 'sketti'? Enjoy a hot lentil latte? Sipping a dirty chloroform-tini? When it comes to these culinary fake outs, the joke's on you! An 18-year-old brings in $300,000 a ...

Shoppers should care about food fraud because it costs billions each year and means paying more for lower-quality, mislabeled products. Olive oil, honey, and seafood are among the most commonly faked ...

Counterfeit or low-quality products—such as olive oil made from dyed rapeseed oil—are often difficult or impossible to identify at a glance. A mobile gas chromatography sensor system is now being ...

From Claes Oldenburg's fake food to contemporary design, the Moma Mart Faux-Food Pop-Up transforms food into real objects ...

Paneer is a staple in Indian kitchens, trusted, comforting, and often considered one of the safest sources of protein for vegetarians. Yet in recent years, a worrying question has surfaced again and ...

Eggs are a universally eaten food item in India and the world, famous for their high protein and culinary uses. Right from ...