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In a fast-paced world, snacking has become a lifestyle for young and old alike. For busy parents, selecting tasty and nutritious treats for kids is no mean feat - a task, and trend, that Pioneer Foods hopes it will help solve, and leverage, with its...
Twinings has tweaked the flavour profile of its famed Earl Grey tea - a move that has erupted a mountain of protest among tea tipplers. While Twinings trumpeted that adding "a dash of lemon and a touch more bergamot" would create its...
Here's some toast-worthy research news: A new study shows, for older women, one alcoholic beverage a day may help keep the doctor away....
This spring the Chilli Factory in Australia has recently launched a hot new product: sauce made from the hottest chilli in the world. The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T registers 1,463,700 Scoville heat units, well beyond the Infinity Chilli, the reputed world's-spiciest pepper...
The urge to eat too much is wired into our heads, in several complicated and overlapping ways. Tackling obesity may require bypassing the stomach and short-circuiting our brains. [A compelling and informed look at past and latest research into obesity. Ed]
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After Life: The Science of Decay is a forthcoming documentary on the UK's BBC Four that promises to "explore the grotesque nature of decomposition". The key scene is a family barbeque...
Approximately 800 suppliers from about 50 countries will provide a wealth of information about their expertise and show off their packaging innovations. After Anuga FineFood, the second biggest trade show under the roof of Anuga is Anuga Meat with its roughly 800...
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has reiterated his intention to wage a war against alcohol advertising. Motsoaledi addressed health officials at a World Health Organisation (WHO) violence prevention meeting in Cape Town on Tuesday (Sept 6).
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Innova Market Insights reports that confectionery was the leading food and drinks sector in terms of global launch activity in the first half of 2011. This occurred despite the industry having a rough ride in 2010, as a result of rising ...
The American consumer is changeable. He wants X. No, he wants Y. Never mind, he wants Z. We used to quiz him with focus groups and mall intercepts. But these days, he's not sure. It's not that he won't tell us. It's...
A pie chart about Tupperware...
Dairy farmers in SA could soon be extinct, with almost two-thirds having already deserted the industry over a little more than a decade as their margins have shrunk....
South Africa's reputation as a producer of premium olive oils has been glossed up yet again at the 2011 olive oil awards just staged by SA Olive. At the annual award ceremony in Paarl, six extra virgin olive oils from the 2011 vintage were heralded...
Pioneer Foods has launched its Weet-Bix cereal, said to be SA's top cereal, in new bite-size format....
Innovation isn’t a supernatural event, a preordained occurrence that only happens to certain people. And great innovators don’t go from zero-to-great in a heartbeat. More often than not, they stand on the shoulders of giants, see things a little bit differently, or benefit...
Scientists were surprised at how fast bacteria developed resistance to antibiotic drugs when they were developed less than a century ago. Now, scientists at McMaster University in Ontario have found that antibiotic resistance has been around for at least 30 000 years....
American technology entrepreneur, Jonathan Kaplan, made a fortune as the founder of camera company, Flip, that was acquired (and shut down) by Cisco. He's just started The Melt, a food concept that he intends to make into a billion-dollar fast-food chain, and attracted the backing...
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours is launching a high-profile global advertising and PR campaign, themed ‘no one sees taste like Kerry’, to highlight the company’s unique perspective on delivering good taste in food and beverage products – at a time of great need...
Food ingredient manufacturers and suppliers are constantly under pressure to find the best ways to keep up with changing consumer trends – which starts with knowing what the trends are and how they play out in the local market. Sharon Bolel of ingredient supplier Sharon...
Another new story in Woolworths' Good Business Journey: the group is tapping into an underground water supply to meet some of its daily water needs at its Cape Town headquarters....