21 Nov The bloom of Shopper Marketing and its secret weapon – packaging
Craig Lodge, MD of Integer South Africa, shares his views on ways in which packaging should work alongside other forms of brand communication.
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Craig Lodge, MD of Integer South Africa, shares his views on ways in which packaging should work alongside other forms of brand communication.
...Riebeek West, in the heart of the Western Cape’s picturesque Swartland, is home to a new food enterprise, Group 35 Foods, that has taken the step from agribusiness into FMCG food manufacture. Its new rusk range, made with olde-worlde stone-ground flour and very differently packaged...
Fruits, vegetables and wheat bread are all sources of fibre. Now, so is Pepsi-Cola in Japan - PepsiCo has launched a version of its namesake soda with a fat-blocking fibre, dextrin, in Japan. ...
Although health is normally not a key driver in confectionery purchasing and consumption, the rising level of interest in naturalness as a whole has been making a growing impression in the confectionery sector and driving the move to “clean labeling” by the industry....
A food scientist at Indiana’s Purdue University has created a “radiant fryer” that results in fried food with all the flavour, but up to half the fat and fewer calories than food cooked using conventional methods.
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A group of Dutch researchers has demonstrated, for the first time, that rooibos tea has strong antiviral activity against rotaviruses that cause serious infections, often with fatal consequences....
A group of Dutch researchers has demonstrated, for the first time, that rooibos tea has strong antiviral activity against rotaviruses that cause serious infections, often with fatal consequences....
ERISTOFF Vodka, one of the fastest-growing vodka brands in the world, has been launched in South Africa. ERISTOFF forms part of the global Bacardi brand portfolio, which also includes Bacardi Superior, Bombay Sapphire, Grey Goose and Martini.
...ERISTOFF Vodka, one of the fastest-growing vodka brands in the world, has been launched in South Africa. ERISTOFF forms part of the global Bacardi brand portfolio, which also includes Bacardi Superior, Bombay Sapphire, Grey Goose and Martini.
...AeroShot Pure Energy, the new aerosol product provides consumers with a shot of caffeine, vitamins, and natural flavours from a portable, single-use dispensing device, has been commercialised this year. This article looks at Aeroshot and its packaging in detail....
In a move which came as a surprise to the financial markets, Rainbow Chicken's CE, Miles Dally (left) has announced its purchase of a 64.2 percent stake in Foodcorp for about R1-billion, a deal which will add popular brands to its basket and greater exposure...
A stream of consumer emails have come to FOODStuff SA asking this very question. People had bought the product, tried it and loved it, and now can't find it anywhere. We put the issue to Kellogg SA, and this is what they had to say...
A consistent system of front-of-pack food labelling will be introduced in the UK next year, as the government attempts to curb growing rates of obesity. The scheme will be voluntary, but government is confident they have the food industry on board....
The results of a new study derail a widely-held notion that eating soy-based products like tofu and soy milk can help reduce menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats....
Happiness, an age-old pursuit and a subject tackled by philosophers, theologians and artists, is increasingly coming to be seen as a core component of health and wellness. JWT Intelligence's free trend report takes a look at the rising notion that a...
Knorr, the Unilever-owned food brand, has launched a new product, jelly format gravy pots, following on the huge success of Knorr Stock Pots.
...It had to happen. The steamy mega-hit book 50 Shades of Grey has spawned several me-toos, and now there's a parody cookbook: 50 Shades of Chicken. It's being released next week, according to Amazon, and its author is none other than FL Fowler. It's...
Tate & Lyle, the global ingredients and food solutions provider, had globally launched what it describes as a "ground-breaking, new salt reduction ingredient, SODA-LO Salt Microspheres, that tastes, labels and functions like salt because it is salt". With SODA-LO, it says, food ...
The British maker of sugar and specialised ingredients, Tate & Lyle, is to launch a venture capital fund to try to discover a new generation of ingredients for the food of the future. The company is to put £30m...
Women who went to university consume more alcohol than their less-highly-educated counterparts, a major study has found.Those with degrees are almost twice as likely to drink daily, and they are also more likely to admit to having a drinking problem....