20 Aug Cadbury introduces Dairy Milk Bubbly Mint
Floating cows and a burst of bubbles heralded the launch of Cadbury Dairy Milk Bubbly in August 2012 and now Mondelez SA has launched the aerated chocolate slab in mint flavour.
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16 Aug Free Food Safety seminar with LRQA’s world authority
Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance has announced it is hosting a FREE Food Safety seminar in Jo'burg next month - where attendees can tap into the expertise of Cor Groenveld, LRQA global head of food safety and chairman of the board of the Foundation for...
16 Aug Food researchers emerge after months in Mars mission simulation experiment
Six researchers have spent the past four months living in a small dome on a barren Hawaii lava field at an elevation of 2 400m trying to figure out what foods astronauts might eat on Mars and during deep-space missions.
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16 Aug Cocoa, coffee and caffeine: how helpful (or harmful) is a cup of joe?
The world gulps hundreds of millions of cups of coffee every day — so what is all this java doing to our brains and bodies?
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15 Aug Nu-Tek’s low-salt ingredient revolution gets ‘consumerised’
Americans can now buy 'Salt for Life', a table-top version of much-publicised Nu-Tek Salt, a range of salt replacement ingredients that contain 70% less sodium than traditional salt. Unlike salt replacers of the past, Nu-Tek’s salt actually tastes like the real...
15 Aug Stylish revamp of Nature’s Source muesli
Bokomo's Nature’s Source brand of muesli has been given a stylish makeover - with a modernised packaging design and the launch of several new flavours. [Click pic to enlarge]
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14 Aug US: FDA establishes definition of ‘gluten-free’ for food labels
After years of waiting, the US FDA has released new rules defining exactly what "gluten-free" on a food label means. The standardised definition will help the three million American who have celiac disease, along with millions more who follow a gluten-free diet...
14 Aug Science in your cooking: fast caramelised onions
Everybody loves caramelised onions - and here's a great tip on using a touch of simple chemistry to speed up the cooking process.
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14 Aug Euromonitor identifies top five food and beverage ingredients
Phytoestrogens (isoflavones), botanicals, cultures, polysaccharides and proteins are set to be the top five food and beverage ingredients, with the highest forecast growth rates globally, according Euromonitor International. This, it says, shows the increasing consumer trend towards healthier and functional products, not only in developed...
13 Aug New multihead weigher top of pops for Nibbly Bits
Wellington-based snacks manufacturer, Nibbly Bits, reports it has reduced product giveaway by as much as 35% following the installation of an Ishida multihead weigher. Nibbly Bits is a major SA producer of handcrafted rusks, biscuits, cookies and snacks, supplying the Woolworths Group and the Granarie...
13 Aug N-Fix tech could drastically reduce use of agricultural fertilizer use
Modern agriculture requires massive quantities of synthetic fertilizers, especially nitrogen, but they are a huge cost and a source of pollution. Now, a scientist at the University of Nottingham has developed what he claims is an environmentally-friendly process that allows virtually any type...
13 Aug GFSI to host focus day in Jo’burg
A Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) South Africa Focus Day, will be held in Jo'burg on September 11, 2013. The event will provide the SA food industry stakeholders with thorough background information on the principles behind the GFSI and will demonstrate the benefits...
12 Aug ‘Tuck-shop Truths’ study reveals poor nutritional offerings
Fizzy drinks and potato chips are the top sellers in primary school tuck shops - a key finding in the 'Tuck-shop Truths' survey, commissioned this June by Nestlé South Africa to discover the attitudes and behaviours around primary school tuck shop usage.
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06 Aug SA land of the fat and the hungry
South Africa is a paradoxical land of the fat and the hungry, where poor food choices are piling on the kilos without staving off rumbling stomachs, according to the new South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Sanhanes-1), published this week by the Human...
05 Aug Eating the world’s first cultured burger
No animals were hurt in the production of this hamburger! A slice of history was served this morning in London when the world's first test-tube burger, created at a cost of some €250 000 from lab-grown meat, was cooked and eaten. [Click to enlarge]
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02 Aug Futurelife going GMO free
In what's likely to cause a stir in the cereal sector, Durban's fast-track FUTURELIFE has announced it will be the first company in the functional food market in South Africa to make the move to GMO-free products.
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02 Aug Mondelez South Africa now official – new MD shares his vision
Kraft Foods South Africa this week announced its official name change its to Mondelez South Africa after parent, Kraft Foods, split last year to create Mondelēz International, the world’s largest snacks group. The company used the occasion to share its vision for growth and position...
02 Aug McDouble is ‘cheapest and most nutritious food in human history’
Describing the McDonald’s double cheeseburger as “the cheapest, most nutritious, and bountiful food that has ever existed in human history” might seem beyond fanciful, but according to the author of Freakonomics, it is not as absurd...
01 Aug Is sugar really toxic? Take two on the topic
The commonly held notion that sugar intake equals diabetes is a kind of unofficial dogma. But like many dogmas, this one falls apart upon closer examination. This article is entitled: "The condemnation of carbohydrates: A food manufacturer's guide to understanding diabetes". ...
01 Aug Is sugar really toxic? Sifting through the evidence
By consuming so much sugar we are not just demonstrating weak willpower and indulging our sweet tooth — we are in fact poisoning ourselves according to a group of doctors, nutritionists and biologists, one of the most prominent members of which is...
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