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SA's largest food company, Tiger Brands, has plans to innovate and optimise the supply chain of local brand Mrs Ball's Chutney, which it acquired from Unilever for R475m last December. Tiger Brands CEO Peter Matlare said recently that for the company...
Tiger Brands had begun the process of sourcing non genetically modified (GM) maize for its Purity baby products following complaints by the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) and consumers, the food producer has said.
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The Paleolithic, or Caveman, diet, started to whet people's appetites as early as the 1960s and is available in many different forms today. It has passionate supporters and equally ardent critics who call it a Paleofantasy — the truth, as always, is far more...
So it’s 2013, and people are still getting worked up about interracial couples in ads - in America! In late May, a seemingly benign television commercial over breakfast cereal, in this case the ubiquitous Cheerios, has generated something of a media tornado in America. No,...
A recent study at the Oxidative Stress Research Centre, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), has proven the ability of rooibos to improve liver function and protect the liver against oxidative damage....
There has been a lot of press, both positive and negative, about a recent United Nations report in which scientists recommended that we start eating insects to fight world hunger. But the other UN recommendation — that...
New research from Tetra Pak forecasts that flavoured milk consumption will grow at more than double the rate of white milk globally between 2012 and 2015. ...
PepsiCo's chief executive Indra Nooyi has denied speculation that the carbonated drinks maker is engaged in negotiations to buy Israel's SodaStream International for $2bn. In a statement read out by CNBC television, Nooyi said that the media report to buy Israel's SodaStream...
Protein products are increasingly being marketed in supermarkets to ordinary people. Do they serve any real purpose for non-athletes? The "sport-related" protein product sector is booming. It's estimated that the world will be chewing and gulping down £8bn a year of ...
Mondelez International, the maker of Cadbury chocolate, is reportedly close to introducing heat-resistant bars it can sell at market stalls in Africa and some of the world's hottest places....
A whey drink aimed at mainstream consumers as well as sportspeople has been launched by UK dairy ingredients company Volac. The new high protein, low fat dairy drink – Upbeat – is made from fresh liquid whey protein concentrate and real fruit, and is a...
Move over cupcakes! The Cronut, an iced doughnut made from deep-fried croissant pastry, rolled in sugar and filled with cream, has become the subject of New York's latest frenzied food fad.
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To get drunk, people are endlessly creative. But, in the US, the growing appearance of an unusual form of drinking, known as “smoking” alcohol, has doctors concerned....
Who needs coffee for breakfast when you can pour Wired Wyatt’s caffeinated maple syrup over your Wired Waffles? Americans, it turns out, are willing to gobble up caffeine in all kinds of foods — from potato chips to sunflower seeds to beef jerky. Not to...
Strawberry lovers rejoice: the days of unpacking your luscious berries from the refrigerator only to find them sprouting wispy goatees of mould may be numbered thanks to LED technology. ...
In celebrating World Environment Day today [5 June], PETCO (PET Plastic Recycling SA) has launched its moving story of PET bottle collection in this country - showing how the collection of plastic soft drink bottles, for recycling, is changing the lives of many. This is...
No kidding! Lollyphile, a Texas-based candy company, has released a vegan lollipop that tastes like breast milk. Founder, Jason Darling, said he came up with the idea after he noticed that breast milk was turning his friends' furious babies...
The last time Red Bull funded a record-breaking jump, it went over pretty well. "Stratos," the video account of Felix Baumgartner's jump from the edge of space, is the No 4 branded video of all time, according to Visible Measures. The campaign...
America's sweet tooth is finally being tamed — at least, a bit. In a nation obsessed with weight loss and healthier eating habits, children are eating far fewer sugary sweets than they did 15 years ago, according to data from the research specialist NPD Group....
These days, one might be forgiven for confusing the candy store and cosmetics counter. What started with sweet-scented lotions and potions has evolved into pumpkin-spice exfoliators, licorice serums and crème brûlée body washes, enough to stock a French patisserie....