27 Apr Lactalis launches full takeover bid for Parmalat
Lactalis has upped the ante in the battle for Italian rival Paramlat with the announcement this morning on Tuesday April, 26, of a takeover bid for the entire business....
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27 Apr Coffee prices reach highest point since 1977
Speculative demand has pushed coffee prices up through the $3 a pound barrier, taking them to their highest level for over 30 years....
27 Apr Relaunching Boudoir Biscuits
South Africa’s much-loved finger biscuits, Bakers Boudoir Biscuits, are back on store shelves countrywide after getting a makeover.
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27 Apr Puzzle persists for ‘degradable’ plastics
Polyethylene is one of the most widely used materials in the world, and the discarded plastic bag has become one of the most potent symbols of human impact on the environment. As worries over the vast scale of waste from this plastic has grown, so...
27 Apr Puzzle persists for ‘degradable’ plastics
Polyethylene is one of the most widely used materials in the world, and the discarded plastic bag has become one of the most potent symbols of human impact on the environment. As worries over the vast scale of waste from this plastic has grown, so...
26 Apr UK: Nestlé moves Aero into biscuit category
Nestlé is moving its Aero chocolate bar brand into the biscuit category for the first time, with a product aimed specifically at women, a brand extension that marks part of a major investment by Nestlé in one of its flagship brands - and a move...
26 Apr Buy local, support poverty
There's a widespread myth among consumers that buying locally is good for the economy, the environment or both. Despite its charming appeal, it is neither. Worse, producers will do their best to make sure you're never any the wiser about it, writes Ivo Vegter in...
21 Apr Kraft Foods names South Africa a priority market
South Africa is now a priority market for Kraft Foods, said Sanjay Khosla, President, Developing Markets, Kraft Foods, during a recent visit from the company’s US-based global headquarters. The amalgamation with Cadbury in 2010 gives the company a much larger footprint in the country, adding...
20 Apr NoMU gives drinking chocolate a reboot
NoMU, one of SA’s fastest-growing food innovation brands, has launched an everyday drinking chocolate, building on the success of its top-selling sugar-free hot chocolate.
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20 Apr Meet the man amalgamating Kraft and Cadbury in SA
Sean Murphy, recently-appointed Kraft Foods managing director for the company’s Southern Africa business, says - surely with some understatement - that one of the biggest challenges of the February 2010 acquisition of Cadbury, is bringing the two companies together under one culture.
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19 Apr Chocolate king Ferrero dies during Cape Town visit
Pietro Ferrero, a chief executive of the famous Ferrero Rocher brand and heir to Italy's largest fortune, has died at the age of 47 in Cape Town after an apparent heart attack while cycling.
14 Apr The good news on coffee and heart health
Numerous studies in recent years have reported that drinking coffee may be good for the cardiovascular system and might even help prevent strokes. Just last month, Swedish researchers announced results of a large study showing that coffee seemed to reduce the risk of stroke...
14 Apr Rush to use crops as fuel raises food prices
Each year, an ever larger portion of the world’s crops — cassava and corn, sugar and palm oil — is being diverted for biofuels as developed countries pass laws mandating greater use of nonfossil fuels and as emerging...
14 Apr Ububele buys So Gourmet
So Gourmet, renowned in South Africa for putting sexy into condiments with its So!Go brand, has been bought by Ububele Foods, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ububele Holdings, the food group listed on the Altx of the JSE....
14 Apr EFSA backs safety of food irradiation
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has declared there are no microbiological risks linked to the use of food irradiation, but has said a more sophisticated approach was needed to make its application more effective....
14 Apr A tastemaker in her flavour factory
They're not chefs, but flavourists' work quietly features in many of the foods we eat. Part Willy Wonka, part chemist, they cook up flavours and aromas in the labs of many flavour houses. Synthesizing flavours requires the precision of a chemist and the...
14 Apr The future of food technology writ large
Released in March 2011, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking consists of six volumes, 2,438 pages, more than 650,000 words and thousands of photographic images. Many believe it is the most important food publication in history. The influential Hartman Group in...
14 Apr Degradable gum base gains EFSA novel foods approval
A new synthetic polymer for use as a chewing gum base has received a positive novel foods opinion from EFSA, bring the technology for less sticky gum that breaks down within months closer to the market....
14 Apr Health claim tweaks to new labelling regulations expected
The tough restrictions on health claims in R146 (the regulations governing labelling of foodstuffs in SA) are likely to be amended soon. But, cautions Nigel Sunley, a leading food industry consultant and part of the Consulting in Food Labelling team, the new parameters will not...
14 Apr Health claim tweaks to new labelling regulations expected
The tough restrictions on health claims in R146 (the regulations governing labelling of foodstuffs in SA) are likely to be amended soon. But, cautions Nigel Sunley (left), a leading food industry consultant and part of the Consulting in Food Labelling team, the new parameters will...
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