22 Mar Researchers identify five distinct US dietary patterns
American eating habits can be categorised into five distinct patterns strongly correlated with factors like age, race, gender, and region, according to researchers who presented their findings at an American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in San Diego this week.
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22 Mar Red meat is bad for you? Burger off!
"Medical researchers churn out scary-sounding studies about steak and bacon faster than McDonald's produces Big Macs." In reaction to the latest scare study out of Harvard, www.spiked-online.com's deputy editor, Rob Lyons, argues that the really striking aspect of this latest study and...
22 Mar The promise of ethyl cellulose
In the search for healthier foodstuffs, scientists have long looked for alternatives to 'unhealthy' saturated fats [perhaps misguided now that so much science is rescinding their bad press] - a task problematic because of the texture that they provide to many foods such as ice-cream...
22 Mar USDA affirms safety of lean finely textured beef
The 'pink slime' saga continues apace in the US...
22 Mar Glycemic Index and fat differentiation sheds new light on high fat and low carbs debate
Low carb, high protein, low fat...
22 Mar BMI Food Bites: Margarine market flat, baking fats on the up
In 2010, there was no volume growth in margarines for the first time in more than a decade, despite new players and products in the category, reports BMI in its annual market quantifiction of the sector (December 2011), including baking fats....
22 Mar BMI Food Bites: Coffee category shows short term growth
The South African coffee market saw relatively good growth (5.3%) during 2010, where this was driven by mixed instant, mixed ground and pure ground coffee volumes. This follows a fairly static market state in the two years prior to that, reports BMI in its latest...
21 Mar New antibiotic could make food safer and cows healthier
The food safety armoury might soon have another weapon - a new antibiotic discovered by chemists at the University of Illinois that's an analog of the widely-used food preservative, nisin. It also has potential to be a boon to the dairy industry as a treatment...
21 Mar Fairview becomes the first carbon-neutral cheesery in Africa
Fairview has recently been awarded as the title of "first carbon-neutral cheesery on the African continent" by the Carbon Protocol of South Africa. This quest by the high-profile speciality cheese producer started in September 2009....
21 Mar Fairview becomes the first carbon-neutral cheesery in Africa
Fairview has recently been awarded as the title of "first carbon-neutral cheesery on the African continent" by the Carbon Protocol of South Africa. This quest by the high-profile speciality cheese producer started in September 2009....
21 Mar KOO launches new all-in-one concentrated wet stock
Wet stock products are on an NPD run in South Africa - with Tiger Brands now following NoMU Foods, Paarman Foods and Unilever with its latest launch: KOO Concentrated Wet Stock, a combination of soup, stock and spices....
21 Mar KOO launches new all-in-one concentrated wet stock
Wet stock products are on an NPD run in South Africa - with Tiger Brands now following NoMU Foods, Paarman Foods and Unilever with its latest launch: KOO Concentrated Wet Stock, a combination of soup, stock and spices....
21 Mar Kraft announces new name for global snacks company
Kraft Foods has announced a new name for its soon-to-be-spun-off global snacks arm: Mondelez International. "Mondelez" (pronounced mohn-dah-LEEZ') is a newly coined word that evokes the idea of "delicious world". "Monde" derives from the Latin word for "world," and "delez" is a fanciful...
19 Mar Ignoring of GM-labelling laws sparks outrage
NGO lobby group, the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) is has expressed outrage after finding that several food products have tested positive for genetically modified (GM) content, but are all unlabelled as is required by the Consumer Protection Act. Meanwhile, the CGCSA and the food...
16 Mar Eating red, processed meat raises risk of early death
Yet another scare on red meat...
16 Mar Study: Just looking at food affects taste perception
Simply looking at images of food that appeals to you can make something taste better, according to a new study by scientists at the Nestlé Research Centre in Switzerland....
16 Mar US: Food makers hope snacks bring big profits in small packages
Food companies are reaching for the snack bowl. Facing stagnant growth in their base grocery business, packaged-food companies are increasingly turning to snacks as an avenue for growth.
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16 Mar R146: Shooting itself in the foot over nutritional declarations
R146, the new food labelling legislation, now nearly three weeks 'live', made some headlines again this week. Top labelling consultants were quoted in several mainstream media that, as it stands, R146's stringent approach to nutritional labelling and declarations will have the unintended consequence of leaving...
16 Mar R146: Shooting itself in the foot over nutritional declarations
R146, the new food labelling legislation, now nearly three weeks 'live', made some headlines again this week. Top labelling consultants were quoted in several mainstream media that, as it stands, R146's stringent approach to nutritional labelling and declarations will have the unintended consequence of leaving...
16 Mar PepsiCo: Good for you, not for shareholders
The Cola War continues. As Pepsi struggles to regain market share, Indra Nooyi’s job is on the line...
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