cinnamon

(Newser) - Cinnamon is a popular autumn addition to hot beverages and comfort-food desserts, but a new report from Consumer Reports warns that some cinnamon and spice is not everything nice. Prompted by reports last year that high lead levels in applesauce pouches were tied back to an Ecuadorian cinnamon grinder , the...

(Newser) - Steer clear of ground cinnamon sold at Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and other discount stores if you want to avoid lead. The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert Wednesday warning that brands of ground cinnamon sold at those two chains as well as La Superior, SuperMercados, Save A Lot,...

(Newser) - Strike two for Pepsi? A month after becoming the laughingstock of advertising , the company has debuted a new soda flavor for summer that Mashable describes as "unequivocal bad." Pepsi Fire, which will be stocked in stores for eight weeks beginning May 22, is a cinnamon-infused soda that tastes...

(Newser) - A possible unexpected benefit of cinnamon: A study in Scientific Reports suggests it can lower stomach temperature by up to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, Live Science reports. While the study used pigs, researchers say the same should hold true for humans. Eating cinnamon with meals seemed to lowered carbon dioxide...