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The food in your kitchen cabinets may not be what it seems."I guarantee you any time a product can be passed off as something more expensive, it will be. It's that simple," Larry Olmsted, author of "Real Food/Fake Food," told CNBC.Fraudsters motivated by economic gain secretly infiltrate the global food market through a variety of means, including counterfeits, dilutions, substitution and mislabeling.This not only harms consumers' wallets, but it also puts public health and safety at risk.Some estimates say food fraud…

When Colin and Jenoa Matthes left their home state of Utah to embark on a world tour in 2019, they found themselves drawn to the food scenes in places like France and Italy."We really loved, especially, the food in all of these different countries … and how local and specialized they were in different regions ... That's not really something that we get as much in the U.S. where we're from, where it's more of a smorgasbord of cuisines from around the world," Colin Matthes told CNBC by video call.Last year, the couple set…

People visit the M&M store in Times Square on July in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe Covid-19 pandemic significantly changed consumer behavior from where they shopped to what they bought. That was felt throughout the snacks and spirits industries and some of those habits have hung on, senior executives from Beam Suntory and Mars Wrigley said at CNBC's Evolve Global Summit.Jessica Spence, brands president of Beam Suntory which produces a variety of spirits, from bourbon whiskeys like Jim Beam and Maker's…

Many renters believe that a cost-of-living crisis is brewing in America's major cities.New York City is showing up as a hotspot of rent inflation. The average rent for 1-bedroom apartments in Manhattan rose to $3,995 a month in May 2022 — a 41% increase from one year ago, according to Zumper.Sudden, double-digit rent spikes are hitting other hubs, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas. Zumper data shows that growth is particularly strong in Sun Belt cities such as Miami, where rents have risen to $2,700 a…

Like many coastal communities around the world, people living by the sea in the United Kingdom have harvested and consumed seaweed for centuries.In Wales, Welsh laverbread — made from cooking a type of seaweed called laver — is a culinary delicacy so revered that it enjoys Protected Designation of Origin status.Seaweed's uses do not end at the dinner table, either: Today, it's found in everything from cosmetics and animal feed to gardening products and packaging.With concerns about the environment, food security and…