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Dow Chemical and DuPont are launching new seeds that promise oilseed crops with improved fatty acid profiles — and with resulting vegetable oils that will benefit both food makers and public health. The seeds — soybean from DuPont and canola and sunflower from Dow —...
McDonald's in the UK has developed Fruitizz, a fizzy drink aimed at kids that provides one of their five daily portions of fruit and vegetables and offers an alternative to soft drinks such as Coke and Fanta....
The importance of the South African as well as the rest of the African market for leading global natural ingredients supplier, Naturex, was highlighted recently when two top executives spent a week in South Africa with Sharon Bolel Chemical Marketing, the sole distributor for Naturex...
Despite taking a publicity knock earlier this year for allegedly copying the packaging of a Frankies' soft drinks, Woolworths has the best reputation among South Africa's top companies.
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Liqui-Fruit, South Africa’s favourite fruit juice brand (according to the Sunday Times Top Brands Survey 2011) is sporting a fresh new look, heralding a new era for Liqui-Fruit’s juicy goodness....
In the United States, the entrepreneur's dream is to get on the shelves of Walmart stores across the country. With one deal, personal fortunes are made and brilliant success stories are written. This dream has come true for a trio of startup brands that...
PepsiCo announced a formal partnership last year with the Spanish gastronomic genius, whose restaurant El Bulli in Spain (now closed) was named best in the world five times by Restaurant Magazine, to help it not only develop flavours and techniques but...
Obesity is rising in America, that's no secret - but what about the rising economic costs of those extra pounds? According to a new study from the Campaign to End Obesity, spending due to obesity is actually twice the amount previously estimated -...
Of course, every dog lover's dog is cute enough to eat...
Salad dressing on your fish? How about on your stir fry? In a new marketing campaign, Kraft Foods is hoping to boost sales by encouraging consumers to use its dressings in a limitless variety of dishes - as a dip, a spread, a marinade...
Salad dressing on your fish? How about on your stir fry? In a new marketing campaign, Kraft Foods is hoping to boost sales by encouraging consumers to use its dressings in a limitless variety of dishes - as a dip, a spread, a marinade...
Rhodes Food Group can take a deserved bow - its Portobello Franschhoek Angelot, a washed-rind cheese, has been crowned as the 2012 Dairy Product of the Year. In Agri-Expo's annual dairy championships, 26 excellent dairy products were awarded the coveted Qualité mark of excellence, and...
Local high-end retailer Woolworths came one step closer in its bid to lure what CEO Ian Moir calls "trolley shoppers" away from rival Pick n Pay by recently opening its first supermarket.
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America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine has said.
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While South Africa pumps billions into coal and nuclear power, smaller entrepreneurs are helping communities deal with soaring electricity prices by offering affordable and novel ways to cook and boil water. SunFire, offering several clean cooking technologies, is one such initiative....
Nestlé is to buy US drugmaker Pfizer's infant nutrition business for $11,85bn, beating out French rival Danone in the battle for dominance of baby food in fast-growing emerging markets.
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The fifth Tetra Pak Dairy Index, released last week, highlights the challenges and opportunities in meeting rising expectations of low-income consumers in developing countries. New research from Tetra Pak has identified 2.7 billion low-income consumers in developing countries as the dairy industry’s...
His name was Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim and his contemporaries called him Paracelsus, but history knows him by this title: the Father of Toxicology. Paracelsus was a 16th century Swiss physician who profoundly influenced our understanding of how chemicals...
South Africa’s beleaguered ostrich industry has found a means to sidestep the crippling export ban on its products — imposed 12 months ago by the European Union after an outbreak of bird flu — by selling heat-processed meat abroad. ...
The fact that today’s consumers are seeking more specific information on the foods and beverages they buy is a natural evolution of their interest in, and adoption of, organic and natural food products.
While organic has become a constant in consumers’ lives,...