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South Africa has the highest overweight and obesity rate in sub-Saharan Africa: seven out of 10 women and four out of 10 men have significantly more body fat than what is deemed healthy, according to a groundbreaking new study published in the medical journal, the...
Worldwide, there has been a startling increase in rates of obesity and overweight in both adults (28% increase) and children (up by 47%) in the past 33 years, with the number of overweight and obese people rising from 857 million in 1980 to 2.1 billion...
Can poor people afford the latest high fat, low carb diet that's taken popular root among South Africa's middle classes? A community service doctor in Mpumalanga challenged herself to a two-week 'Bant' on the budget of a poor rural South African ie on only R150...
Unilever has announced the launch of The Unilever Foundry, a platform that the company says looks to foster relationships with entrepreneurs, start-ups - a single entry-point for innovators seeking to partner with Unilever....
Half a century ago today in the tiny Italian town of Alba, something special was happening: the first batch of Nutella was being made. Italian sweets maker, Ferrero, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Nutella this year, a product that began life...
Massmart, in partnership with Absa, has announced a R9.9m funding deal which will see the two companies assist Lethabo Milling acquire a mill in Ventersburg, Free State, and supply the Walmart-owned group with maize meal....
Fat-phobia has become a dietary axiom. For 50 years scientists have been presenting evidence linking fats, especially saturated fats like those found in animal products, with cardiovascular disease. Yet new studies show that drinking low-fat milk is like throwing out the...
Raw fish is sizzlingly popular around the globe. But why do so many of us find utter bliss in eating raw sea creatures but aren't so inclined when it comes to uncooked birds, cows or pigs?
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Euromonitor International visited the 2014 Sweets and Snacks Expo and identified five key trends in snacks. Based on its observations, mini products, such as mini York Peppermints, are even bigger in 2014 than at the 2013 show. Products such as Hershey's Ice Breakers Cool Blasts...
Tiger Brands will continue to pin its colours to the mast of the “Nigerian growth story” despite experiencing some hurdles created by underperformance at its Dangote Flour Mills business. It has had to write off about R849 million, more than half...
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has announced the launch of its Training Academy Centre for sub-Saharan Africa, further extending the scope of the Intertek Academy worldwide....
Sugar has a direct effect on risk factors for heart disease, and is likely to impact on blood pressure, independent of weight gain, according to new analysis of 39 clinical trials.
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Science shows the low-fat diet to be BS, and yet the American Heart Association keeps touting it as the ‘heart healthy’ choice. Why? The quick answer: money, honey....
Unilever has said 'ciao' to its Ragu and Bertolli pasta sauce business, agreeing to unload it to Japanese food manufacturer Mizkan Group for about $2.15 billion as the maker of Dove skin creams continues to shed food brands....
Researchers claim that nitro fatty acids, formed when olive oil and vegetables are eaten together, are the key to the healthy Mediterranean diet. But such a reductionist approach to food and health is unhelpful....
UK retail giant, Tesco, has revealed it will be removing confectionery from all checkouts, to help consumers make healthier choices about food....
Last week DuPont presented 16 awards at the 26th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry's longest-running, global, independently judged competition highlighting innovative packaging solutions and collaboration throughout the value chain. Most of the winners are food and beverages - and note how prominently flexible...
The US FDA has approved a new high intensity sweetener, advantame, for general use in foods and beverages. This new sweetener, whose safety is supported by 37 scientific studies, has successfully completed the food additive petition approval process of the FDA. This is the first...
Looking to take a bite out of the Japanese food market, electronics giant Toshiba has announced plans to construct a high-tech vegetable factory in the city of Yokosuka. The factory will use tightly controlled air and lighting systems to optimise conditions for indoor plant growth,...
Pioneer Foods has launched a new extension to its Maizena brand, two instant savoury sauces that are "convenient, save time and offer the same consistently high quality as Maizena’s original cornflour"....