24 May Quinoa: the Andes’ new cash crop
A few decades ago Peruvians looked down on quinoa, a fixture of Andean diets for centuries, as food for the poorest of the poor — when it was not being fed to chickens. How things have changed...
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24 May Stevia’s roll-out in Europe – not plain sailing
The meteoric rise of stevia, a "natural, healthy" alternative to sugar - a holy grail for the food industry - is facing some hurdles in Europe since it won approval there last year: the problems are the aftertaste, the cost and possible hurdles in defining...
24 May The Vegetarian Butcher
Jaap Korteweg's butchery in The Hague looks like an olde-worlde meat emporium, except there's not a molecule of meat to be found in it. Its oxymoronic name, the Vegetarian Butcher, reflects the growing issue of meat-eating ethics and the evolving world of good-as-real meat analogues....
24 May For Oreo, Cadbury and Ritz, a new parent company
Shareholders of Kraft Foods have overwhelmingly approved Mondelez International as the name of the $35 billion snack foods company that will be created when the company finally splits sometime later this year....
24 May MIT’s freaky non-stick coating keeps ketchup flowing
Those scientists at MIT in the US are a super-clever lot - and news of one of their latest innovations could be revolutionary for the condiments industry: watch never-before-seen videos of an amazing new condiment lubricant that makes the inside of bottles so slippery, nothing...
24 May Egg breakfast curbs appetite and could aid slimming
'Go to work on an egg', went a no-nonsense British 1950s advertising campaign. But now obesity experts have found out that not only does an egg keep you going longer, it could also help keep you slim....
24 May Why cupcakes are the new cocaine
Sugar is one of the substances and objects that are carving new patterns of addictive behaviour in a disorientated world. This behaviour is the subject of new book, The Fix: How Addiction is Invading Our Lives and Taking...
23 May POM, Not So Wonderful: Judge rules against its health claims
A US federal administrative judge has ruled that the pomegranate juice maker POM Wonderful isn’t all that - but both sides have claimed victory....
23 May Alcohol spray simulates the feeling of being drunk
Another spray from the ever-innovative Harvard professor, David Edwards, the inventor of Le Whif chocolate spray and AeroShot, a caffeine/coffee aerosol equivalent: this time he's turned his micro-particle spraying science to booze, delivering the sensation of alcohol without the bad side effects.
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23 May Etail is retail is etail
Exactly as predicted by e-gurus 15 years ago, e-commerce is hotter than ever. Whether in mature markets, where consumer spending is shifting online, or in growth markets where rapid urbanisation and increasing (mobile) internet penetration are unlocking new shopping habits, shoppers are...
23 May Stop organics and become a better person?
Maybe you thought self-righteousness was the primary consequence of eating organic food. New research indicates it’s actually selfishness. So if you want to be a better person, perhaps don’t go near organic food!...
18 May South Africa stands proud in SIAL d’Or Awards
SIAL food expo only takes place in October, but the winners of its SIAL d’Or new product competition have already been announced. Judging, by editors of 28 retail trade magazines from around the world, recently took place in Montreal.
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18 May US: Soda makers scramble to fill void as sales drop
Cold, bubbly, sweet soda, long the American Champagne, is becoming product non grata in more places these days. Schools are removing sugary soft drinks from vending machines at a faster pace, and local governments from San Antonio to Boston are stepping up...
18 May The fallout from the ‘pink slime’ saga
Beef Products Inc, the maker of the beef product dubbed “pink slime” by critics announced this week that it was laying off 86 employees from its corporate office in South Dakota, citing what it called the misinformation campaign about a product that is...
18 May Blue Smarties are back
Nestlé has reintroduced the distinctive blue SMARTIES to the popular range, now made with a natural colourant, and accompanied with a marketing campaign focused on inspiring creativity in kids....
18 May Doubt cast on the ‘good’ in ‘good cholesterol’
The name alone sounds so encouraging: HDL, the “good cholesterol”. The more of it in your blood, the lower your risk of heart disease. So bringing up HDL levels has got to be good for health. Or so the theory went.
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17 May Turning diabetes treatment upside down
Type 2 diabetes is fast becoming a world-wide pandemic. One in 10 Americans have type 2 diabetes. Treatment tends to move from lifestyle changes and then onto a series of what's called "stacking meds" - combinations of drugs that inevitably become ineffective and eventually...
17 May Danone launches ‘new category’ of yoghurt for Spanish market
Danone has launched a “new category” of yoghurt to Spanish consumers – offering the experience of eating ice cream with the nutritional benefits of yoghurt - at a whopping capex of some R105m! ...
17 May SA’S ‘oupa’ of red wines, Chateau Libertas, now 80
Chateau Libertas, believed to be South Africa’s oldest red blend, celebrates its 80th birthday this year. It was launched in 1932 by an American medical doctor, adventurer and former Texas Ranger, who had gone into winemaking when he moved to Stellenbosch. Not...
17 May Lactose-free dairy booms – and there’s more to come
The market for lactose-free dairy products has doubled in the past five years – and is set for similarly impressive growth over the next five, says a new report by industry experts New Nutrition Business....
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