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Coca-Cola Great Britain has announced that it is taking further action to be part of the solution to the global problem of obesity. The move includes the launch of a new, reduced calorie Sprite in the UK from this month that will contain 30% fewer...
SABMiller has announced a $40-million investment in a new 260,000 hectolitre brewery in Okahandja, Namibia (71kms north of Windhoek) as part of its strategy to expand its operations across Africa. The company expects to break ground on the new site in early April this year...
If you do, you fly in the face of mounting and incontrovertible evidence that some calories - in particular, "sugar calories" - are jeopardising both your and your family's health. Physicians and politicians who cling to the dogma that "all calories should...
To keep a growing world population filled with nutrients, startups like Beyond Eggs are finding new ways of making protein that don’t involve the resource intensity of raising animals. Here comes the Protein Economy....
A new report into the food colours market combining market expertise from Mintel and Leatherhead Food Research reveals that, for the first time in 2011, the value of natural colours has overtaken that of artificial/synthetic colours globally.
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When it comes to the right shopping bag, paper is often thought of as the greener choice. This intuition is actually "environmental folklore", according to Australian design and sustainability consultant, Leyla Acaroglu, speaker at the recent prestigious TED2013 conference in the...
The meat labelling scandal continues to leave a bitter taste in consumers' mouths - and it has been followed with more bad news with a newly published study proving that biltong is also prone to fraud, especially when it comes to game variants of SA's...
Playing on the global craze for smart phones, SA's two leading fruit juice players have become embarked on humourous tit-for-tat, pun-rich marketing campaigns for two special edition launches - it's Liqui-Fruit BlackBerry vs Ceres Apple! [Click pic to enlarge]
A proliferation of cooking schools and classes across the country; a spurt of specialist food markets across SA and a new-found taste for the exotic. Is South Africa turning into a foodie nation?...
Clover has announced the acquisition of of several Nestlé bottled water assets - in a joint venture deal that will see the latter maintain a 30% holding in the new entity. The R58m deal includes...
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours today confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of the Cape Town-based sweet ingredient solutions supplier, Orley Foods, for an undisclosed sum.
SGS recently presented Hulamin Containers with ISO 22000:2005 and PAS 223:2011 certificates, the latter being the first one to be issued by SGS South Africa. The aluminium foil food packaging company is one of some 70 clients who have obtained ISO 22000:2005 certification from SGS....
The global market for compound chocolate will grow faster than regular chocolate, according to Swiss processing giant, Bühler, who is launching a smaller capacity compound chocolate processing machine to capitalise on this trend.
A report from Oxfam, 'Behind the Brands', is highly critical league of the ethical performance of the world's 10 biggest food and drink companies, supported by a global digital marketing campaign to raise awareness of the findings among consumers....
This past Sunday, the New York Times Magazine ran a cover story on the notion of “food addiction,” claiming that food companies make food that is just too good. The article is a publicity-generating excerpt from a new book, Salt Sugar...
Sourdough bread resists mould, unlike conventionally leavened bread. Now scientists at of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, show why.
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Has the impossible happened? Has someone built the first amazing microwave espresso maker? Possibly.
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It’s taken four or five years, but the US Dept of Justice has finally indicted four employees of Peanut Corp of America, formerly of Lynchburg, Va, charging they knowingly shipped salmonella-contaminated peanuts and peanut products in 2008 and 2009, which led to massive...
Since a housewife first mooted rooibos as a cure for baby’s colic in the late sixties, scientists have found increasing evidence to back anecdotal claims about the plant’s health benefits.
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