03 May US: Organic sales see strong growth
The US organic industry is "thriving", with sales up nearly 8% last year, the Organic Trade Association has said (26 April).
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02 May Report identifies Top 10 pathogen-food combinations
An American report, newly released, identifies the Top 10 riskiest combinations of foods and disease-causing bugs. Campylobacter and poultry, Toxoplasma and pork (and unknown sources), Listeria and deli meats, Salmonella and poultry, and Listeria in dairy products top the list.
...28 Apr Coca-Cola rejects growing calls for BPA disclosure
Coca-Cola is facing mounting pressure on bisphenol A (BPA) after 26 percent of its shareholders called on the company to reveal its plans over the continued use of the chemical in its packaging.
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28 Apr SA’s Dairy Product of 2011
The 27th April is a notable day in SA's history - and it's become one with important food industry nuance as a date when the dairy sector honours its champions. The Dairy Product of 2011 has been awarded to...
28 Apr Norman Adami on SAB’s ‘bigness trap’ challenge
SA Breweries is big, very big. And that's why it's an easy target for those who loathe big business and all it represents, true or not. In this self-penned column in the Financial Mail, Norman Adami, chairman and MD of SAB, outlines how the brewing...
28 Apr The power of culinary colour
In recent years, food colour became controversial because of growing concerns about the potential effect artificial food colourings could have on children's behaviour. But while strict regulations exist governing synthetic food dyes, the use and manipulation of colour is widespread in meeting and reshaping consumer...
28 Apr A name change enough to alter health perception
Dieters are more drawn to such words in labels as healthy than non-dieters, which would be okay if all labels were super honest, unfortunately a considerable number are misleading and dieters often end up eating the complete opposite - unhealthy foods, according to an article...
28 Apr How green is your chewing gum?
Gum is a blight on civilised society. It's always hiding on the underside of tables, or flattened on the pavement, or sticking to shoes. Is it bad for the environment, too? [A delightful article on the history of chewing gum and questioning its contemporary green...
28 Apr Clean labels: the price of simplicity
Consumer demand for products featuring a simple label has increased and food processors and ingredient suppliers are responding, but developing ‘clean label’ products poses numerous challenges for food and beverage manufacturers.
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28 Apr USDA issues Salmonella compliance guide for RTE meat products
The Food Safety and Inspection Service of the US Department of Agriculture has published a set of compliance guidelines to help small and very small meat and poultry processors reduce the incidence of Salmonella in ready-to-eat products. [While these relate to American scenarios, the guide...
28 Apr Why we love some foods and hate others
Black coffee. Hot peppers. Truffles. Oysters. The world is full of polarizing flavours and foods, beloved by many, despised by just as many. Why is that? Scientists have untangled some — but not nearly all — of the mysteries behind our love and hatred of...
28 Apr Sweets that can make you smell like roses
Datamonitor's Product Launch Analytics (PLA) continually conducts a global search to find the most inventive food products. This week it highlighted Alpi Deo Perfume Candy, a new fragrance confectionery that claims to leave the consumer smelling like roses....
28 Apr Bamboo shoots: The next health food?
Well known for its industrial uses, a lesser known fact of bamboos is the usage of its young shoots as a food that can be consumed fresh, fermented, or canned. ...
28 Apr Sweden signals intent to banish bisphenol A in can linings
Sweden has signalled its intent to become the first country in world to phase out the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food and beverage can linings as part of a government strategy to curb human exposure to the controversial chemical....
28 Apr WHO warns of enormous burden of chronic disease
Chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes have reached global epidemic proportions and now cause more deaths than all other diseases combined, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week....
28 Apr New food words in the OED
Widely accepted as the last word on English words, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) currently contains some 600,000 entries. But, to keep pace with our ever-changing language, the list grows quarterly with revisions and additions. The most recent update included some new words from the...
28 Apr Glycaemic Index update
The glycaemic index (GI) measures how various carbohydrates affect blood sugar levels. It has been used to control diabetes and may hold promise as a method of controlling weight. But, recent research suggests it might be more complicated than once believed.
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27 Apr Cheap Chinese pine nut exports blamed for rare condition
Cheap Chinese exports of pine nuts have been blamed for a rare mouth condition that leaves a bitter aftertaste for weeks....
27 Apr UK: ‘Best before’ labels to reach their sell-by date in food waste crackdown
The "best before" dates on food packaging are set to be scrapped in a drive by ministers to stop millions of tonnes of perfectly edible produce being thrown away each year, according to a report in the UK Sunday Telegraph.
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27 Apr UK: Mars enters the powdered milkshake market
MARS is entering the powdered milkshake mix category with the launch of MARS Chocolate Milk Mix....
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