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Consuming cranberry products has been anecdotally associated with prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs) for over 100 years. This popular belief is a scientific fact, with recent studies suggesting that cranberries prevent UTIs by hindering bacteria from sticking to the walls of the urinary tract,...
Stevia will steal more and more market share from sugar — the natural sweetener has the potential to displace 25% of global sugar demand by 2050 as more consumers opt for the zero-calorie sweetener, asserts leading stevia producer, PureCircle.
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Trade in fruit and vegetables in SA is changing - and the biggest produce farmers are involved. SA's leading fresh produce farmers have formed an online trading exchange for fruit and vegetables that could circumvent the country's 19 city-based markets....
The 2013 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has presented four companies with the 2013 IFT Food Expo Innovation Awards. The winners are Glanbia Nutritionals, NIZO Food Research, PerkinElmer and Tate & Lyle. ...
"Texture is moving to the forefront as the next hot mega-trend," said Elizabeth Sloan, President of Sloan Trends, speaking at this weekend's 2013 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo in Chicago. More than one-quarter (27%) of the best-selling [in the US] new foods and beverages...
Butter vs marg: it's a fight that has gone on for decades. On one side, there's butter – rich, creamy, defiantly full-fat and made for millennia by churning the milk or cream. On the other, there's margarine: the arriviste spread invented in the...
“Breast is best”, so the mantra on infant feeding goes. The evolutionary case for that logic is easy — human milk is designed to feed human infants. But unravelling the chemistry that underpins the benefits of breast feeding versus using infant formula is still an...
More and more people are consuming artificial sweeteners as an alternative to sugar, but the debate on whether this translates into better health continues. An opinion article published by Cell Press on July 10 in the journal Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism reviews evidence on...
BMI Research has released media notes on its 2013 Annual Quantification Report Chewing and Bubble Gum in South Africa, as well as Sugar Confectionery. These notes are, alas, parsimonious on detail as can be expected with proprietary research, but may be of some benefit to...
Many FMCG companies have failed to reach the township shopper effectively due to the assumption that the same rules apply in townships as they do with traditional urban shopping, writes FMCG business consultant, Michael Wood.
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In recent years, food waste has arisen as a major topic as we come to terms with feeding an extra two billion people by the middle of this century. Rather than just relying on additional food production to feed a growing planet, the opportunity to...
Demand for high quality dairy proteins is set to rise dramatically in the coming years as manufacturers and consumers begin to realise their full potential, according to Arla Foods Ingredients (represented in SA by Danlink).
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After all the pink slime and horse meat fiascos that have angered and concerned consumers in many countries, it appears the word "meat" just isn’t working up the appetite like it used to. One euphemism we might see more of is "protein"....
Rainbow Chicken, South Africa’s largest processor and marketer of chicken, said this week it planned to change its name to RCL Foods. A general meeting of shareholders would be held on August 2 to authorise this. [Caption: Rainbow Chicken CEO Miles Dally.]
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"To not be able to taste, the world is so empty. I'm not myself. The idea of not looking forward to really appreciating eating, to just eat to get by, was horrifying to me." The words of UK food writer, Marlena Spieler, who has lost...
A whirlwind has gone through the town of Paarl and it’s likely that diversified foods company Pioneer will never be the same again. The whirlwind comes in the form of new CEO Phil Roux, ex Tiger Brands, who is just short of completing...
Foods made with genetically modified organisms (GMO) are called a lot of things, but "healthier" is not usually one of them. Prevailing consumer attitudes toward GM foods range from outright hostility to, at best, apathy. This may well change when, in the near...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched its “Smart Snacks in Schools” nutrition standards, which will affect the kind of foods allowed to be sold in vending machines or other a la carte settings in US schools....
Radical Waters International recently added a new patent to its patent portfolio, one for new "Activated Granular Carbon". The company says this is a progressive step in extending its ECA systems (electrochemically-activated water), a non-traditional "chemical-free CIP" that has been widely adopted by the beverage...
Waste and sustainability are key trends and points of focus for the food and drinks industry for 2013 and beyond. Steve Osborn, Leatherhead RA's Business Innovation Manager, argues that the food industry can learn much from sport, especially cycling, in taking waste management and beneficiation...