CyberShrink, a popular columnist on News24.com, feels that a trivial complaint against world-renowned Prof Tim Noakes has grown into a real threat to freedom of speech and the proper role of any doctor in South Africa.
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A lack of clarity around the issue of nutrition science is problematic for the food and beverage industry and must be addressed, says Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of the US's Grocery Manufacturers' Association.
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Food suppliers should not use the drought and weak rand as an excuse for unnecessary price hikes, Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson has urged.
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Why are the top 100 FMCG or CPG brands [in the US] underperforming in most of the categories in which they operate? Lots of reasons, many beyond their control, says Dr Kurt Jetta, founder of TABS Analytics. But some the wounds are self-inflicted, he argues:...
In just under two months, Cape Town will play host to scores of CEOs from the world’s most influential consumer and retail brands at the CGF Global Summit, hosted annually by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF).
...Domestic chains are thriving in South Africa but few have grown quite as fast, or become quite as popular, as Chesa Nyama. [It's always interesting to see how foreigners view SA, and this perspective is from Euromonitor International. Ed]
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In a corner of a technical research university campus in Lausanne, Nestlé SA scientists are untangling genetic profiles to develop medical foods — one of the company’s big hopes for sales growth.
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Food-brands-with-a-cause will increasingly resonate with consumers, and food waste is now a major concern and cause. With this in mind, two British entrepreneurs have launched 'Snact.', a food business that makes snacks from surplus produce that would otherwise be thrown away for being...
It's not just kombucha and yoghurt: Probiotics are now showing up in dozens of packaged foods. But what exactly do these designer foods with friendly flora actually offer — besides a high price tag?
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There is no greater temple to our industrialised food system than the American [or any other] supermarket. Problem is, it’s a terrible way to get food.
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The likes of Airbnb, Uber and Alibaba have turned the global accommodation, taxi and retailing industries on their heads, developments that had this commentator pondering why such 'wow' disruptive innovation does not seem to happen in the food and drinks sectors?
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Mothers' milk guides the development of neonates' gut microbiota, nourishing a very specific bacterial population that protects the child. Now a team of researchers has identified the compound in the milk that supplies this nourishment, and has shown that it can be obtained from...
A strong line-up of leading lights in the food & beverage industry will be presenting at the African Food & Beverage Conference on day two of the inaugural Food & Hospitality Africa expo, taking place at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 3 - 5...
In a much-anticipated debut that's bound to attract queus of eager fans, the first South African outpost of Starbucks will open on this week on Thursday 21 April in Rosebank, Jo'burg.
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Boksburg-based edible fats and oil refinery operator, Sime Darby Hudson Knight (SDH&K), has agreed to pay a fine of R35-million and invest R135m in a new packaging and warehousing facility as part of the remedy for colluding with FMCG maker, Unilever.
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In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?...
With large falls in maize output on account of El Niño-related drought conditions and increases in maize imports, South Africans can expect continued high food price inflation in the coming months.
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British supermarkets cater to the trend of unprocessed food, or clean eating, with product innovations in the fresh produce sector. This trend involves having a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables and no additives, such as sugar or preservatives.
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Sweeping claims about toxins contained in farmed fish, which are supposedly dangerous to human health, are unsubstantiated and false, writes South African ichthyologist and hatchery owner, Nicholas James.
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When CEO Johann Vorster took the helm at Clover in 2006 he asked 100 staff members who among them would advise friends and family to join the Clover workforce. No one put up a hand. Today the company gets 20 plus CVs a week from...