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Food and nutrition professionals convened recently in Napa, California, at an event sponsored by The Peanut Institute to hear research on a unanimous finding: Peanuts are more nutritious than any other nut and should be categorised as a super food. ...
Recent studies that examine links between sodium consumption and health outcomes support recommendations to lower sodium intake from the very high levels some Americans consume now, but evidence from these studies does not support reduction in sodium intake to below 2,300 mg per day, says...
Scientists are learning to enhance our enjoyment of food by analysing exactly how we experience it. So how do they deconstruct the multisensory interplay involved?...
Preventing alcohol abuse, especially among young people, has long been a focus of public-health campaigns. But despite the well-publicised social and medical consequences of drinking too much it's clear that for many, heavy drinking has become a normal part of...
Sanity has prevailed...
A South African cereal food scientist has fostered an advance in food safety, specifically with detecting mycotoxins in maize, with rapid chemical imaging technology.
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Peppadew International is set to expand the presence of its Peppadew brand and drive growth in the pickle category with the launch of an innovative new range of products featuring Pickled Onions, Jalapeno slices and Jalapeno halves under the Peppadew brand name. ...
The solution to world poverty may have been under our noses all along. The United Nations has issued official advice suggesting that Earth’s inhabitants eat insects to help combat food-insecurity and reduce pollution worldwide....
South Africa’s black middle class has more than doubled over the last eight years according to new research by the UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing. Growing from 1.7 million South Africans in 2004 to an estimated 4.2 million in 2012, the black middle class...
Nestlé's Maggi brand of instant soups, stocks, sauces, taste enhancers and noodles has been adjudged top food brand in the world, according to Kantar Worldpanel. Unilever’s Knorr brand is second while PepsiCo’s Lay’s brand comes third.
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A new ‘staging’ concept by Arla Foods Ingredients should add some innovation potential to the $11.5bn global infant formula category. Built around Arla's Lacprodan portfolio of protein ingredients, Staging is an improved approach to infant formula designed to reflect the fact that the composition...
Why do bars serve nuts or crisps or biltong? To make you thirsty so you'll drink more beer? Yes, but that's only half right - fatty-salty snacks actually make beer easier to swallow....
Tea is the "hottest beverage" in the global drinks landscape, and one with unlimited opportunities as a natural product with scientifically proven health and wellness benefits. So asserts Winfried Hopf, executive VP of global beverages at Unilever...
Products that are marketed as being free from GM, aspartame, MSG and parabens perpetuate myths and ignore evidence...
Long a staple of Middle Eastern cuisine, hummus is earning a growing following among Americans seeking more-healthful snacks. The chickpea dip is low in fat and high in protein. Sales of "refrigerated flavoured spreads" — a segment dominated by hummus — totaled...
Bowl by bowl, traditional ready-to-eat cereal is getting more nutritious and edging its way back into the healthful perimeter that more Americans are putting around their diets. Kellogg and General Mills, the industry giants, are making that a priority for their brands.
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Superweeds? Suicides? Stealthy genes? In the pitched debate over GM foods and crops, it can be hard to see where scientific evidence ends and dogma and speculation begin. ...
After 17 years in its iconic clear glass bottle, Savanna Premium Cider is now branching out into the can format, to meet consumer demand for cans' convenience and other benefits. [Click pic to enlarge]
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Coca-Cola says it will make lower-calorie options and clear calorie labelling more widely available around the world, intensifying a push against critics who say its drinks pack on the kilos.
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Burger King, the world’s second largest hamburger chain, will open up its first South African branch today at midday, on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town. The first 1000 customers through the door will receive a free Whopper, according to the chain....