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Oil crunch drains colour from Calbee, 1 of Japan’s favourite snacks
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12.05.2026

Oil crunch drains colour from Calbee, 1 of Japan’s favourite snacks

One of Japan’s best-loved snack brands is switching to monochrome packaging for a number of its products due to a shortage of naphtha – a crude-oil derivative used in petrochemicals and printing inks – caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Calbee said it would “temporarily revise packaging specifications for certain products in response to supply instability affecting certain raw materials amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East”. The decision by the...

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Gibraltar Macaques Eat Soil to Counteract Tourist Junk Food, Study Finds
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22.04.2026Résumé IA

Gibraltar Macaques Eat Soil to Counteract Tourist Junk Food, Study Finds

Researchers at the Rock of Gibraltar have documented macaques increasingly eating soil, a behaviour that may help the monkeys avoid stomach upset from consuming human snacks like chocolate, crisps and ice cream provided by tourists. The study found soil-eating was more common in monkey groups that consumed more tourist food, which is high in sugar, fat and dairy but low in fibre. The researchers propose that soil acts as a natural antacid to buffer negative effects of human food on the macaques' digestive systems.

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