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From adulterated olive oil to counterfeit vodka, the trade in fake food is booming – and for mafia gangs it's less risky than drugs. Olive oil is the product most at risk of food fraud, and the rewards for adulteration of it are substantial....
Wayne Morley, head of Food Innovation at Leatherhead Food Research in the UK, draws upon his experience of working with large brands and in factories, and takes a look at top myths of manufacturing, exploring the ...
Wayne Morley (left), head of Food Innovation at Leatherhead Food Research in the UK, draws upon his experience of working with large brands and in factories, and takes a look at manufacturing, specifically exploring the common misapprehensions that...
One of South Africa’s favourite ice cream brands – Unilever's Ola Magnum – has been moved beyond its iconic on-the-stick ice cream with the launch of Magnum Pints. The new product format in 450ml tubs comes in four new flavours to deliver an...
One of South Africa’s favourite ice cream brands – Unilever's Ola Magnum – has been moved beyond its iconic on-the-stick ice cream with the launch of Magnum Pints. The new product format in 450ml tubs comes in four new flavours to deliver an...
Over a year has passed since the infamous meat labelling scandals broke both in South Africa and abroad, uncovering gross misrepresentations in the content of meat products and their labelling. New prescribed labelling regulations are now law in SA.
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Klein River Cheese Grana, a slow matured hard cheese, produced by Klein River Cheese outside Stanford, has earned the most coveted honour of being named 2014 Product of the Year at the DuPont Qualité Awards, organised by Agri-Expo. This prestigious accolade, as well as the...
German flavours and fragrances group, Symrise, is to buy France's Diana Group for an agreed €1.3 billion including debt to narrow the gap on top rivals Givaudan, Firmenich and International Flavors & Fragrances and expand in natural ingredients and pet food....
Liquid smoke, a dark fluid made from condensed wood smoke, is a well-used flavourant and ingredient. Recent research now shows it has useful added functionality as an antimicrobial.
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There's bad breath and then there's garlic breath. Anyone who loves garlic bread or pesto knows the trade-off is the foul taste that follows, even hours after eating your meal. There are many anecdotal remedies, but now science has come up with some more...
A R10-million investment by Mpact in its FMCG plastics plant in Pinetown, KZN, will enable the Group to produce a new type of packaging, especially for the dairy industry. ...
Hamburger franchise Burger King says 5 000 jobs in five years will be created from a R50- million meat manufacturing plant in Elsies River, Cape Town. A joint venture with local company Excellent Meat, the plant will be able to produce three million patties...
PepsiCo/Simba has launched South Africa’s first potato chip strip pack to answer the market’s need for added convenience and choice in the snack aisle....
It could be another milestone in organic food's evolution from crunchy to commercial: Wal-Mart, the king of mass retailing, is to "drive down organic food prices" with a new line of organic food products. The new products will be at least 25...
"Chobani is boldly going where no major dairy has dared to go before. And now everyone else will have to go there, too." This is the assertion of analysts, New Nutrition Business, following news that Chobani, the US Greek yoghurt phenomenon is...
Forbes recently published a list of the top 500 billionaires on the planet. Heading the list was Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, with a fortune of £45.2bn. But it wasn’t just internet entrepreneurs on the list. Food and drink businesses were responsible for...
Easter came early for the global chocolate makers this year. Just days before one of the busiest holidays for chocolate sales, Archer Daniels Midland ditched long-running efforts to sell its niche cocoa business, easing concerns that have weighted on the market for months about a...
Furious that your husband forgot to put the toilet seat down — again! Furious that your wife has invited your in-laws to stay — again! Don’t get mad. Get eating....
In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our...