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Mérieux NutriSciences (formerly known as Swift Silliker) has expanded its SA footprint with acquisition of Lactolab, a leading analytical laboratory serving dairy and dairy related industries.
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In another step to increasing vertical integration of its supply chain, Famous Brands has bought a bankrupt tomato paste factory in Port Elizabeth's Coega precinct at a significantly discounted purchase price.
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Hershey says its board has unanimously rejected a takeover offer from Oreo maker Mondelez and that the offer provided "no basis for further discussion".
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New Truvía Nectar is the reduced-calorie way to love honey, according to its manufacturer, Minneapolis-based Cargill.
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There’ll be less salt, officially, in the processed foods South Africans eat from today as the government's salt regulations come into force.
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This is a critical period for the South African dairy industry, as the sector’s two biggest players and former partners go head-to-head in a battle for market share.
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It’s not often that a CEO makes headlines for scooping an Entrepreneur of the Year award. Especially if the CEO in question did not start the company from scratch. But every now and then there are exceptions to a rule. And Clover CEO Johann Vorster...
Over the next several years, all of Perdue’s chickens — 676 million last year — will bask in sunlight, part of an ambitious overhaul of the American poultry giant's animal welfare practices. The commitment will hold the country's fourth-largest producer to standards similar...
Who says breakfast is the most important meal of the day? And why does spinach make you strong? Why should you drink 8 glasses of water a day? It sounds like conventional wisdom, but most of it was cooked up by ad men.
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Concerned about his kids' excessive sugar consumption, a California father has created a healthier sugar replacement.
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A team of researchers who developed heartier and more nutrient-rich strains of a sweet potato to help ward off diet-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa is this year’s recipient of the World Food Prize.
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Nestlé has named a successor to CEO Paul Bulcke - in a surprise move that hands the reins of the world’s biggest food company to an outsider for the first time in nearly a century.
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Transparency, trust and technology are the key themes to emerge in Ingredion’s new report into the future of clean and simple food.
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A new wave , “non-artificial” food colourings could be a viable halfway house between synthetic and natural colourants.
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How do food manufacturers pick those dates on their product packaging – and what do they mean?
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The 60th Global Summit of the Consumer Goods Forum, was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 15 to 17 June. Scores of CEOs from both global and local FMCG companies joined the summit which hosted industry heavy-hitters including the heads of Walmart,...
On the back of its own consumer research, Rhodes has relaunched the popular and convenient range of purees for young children, Squish, which only uses 100% fruit and vegetables.
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As consumer eating preferences are rapidly evolving and changing, CPG giants are looking for ways to innovate and enter new product categories. They're doing so by investing in emerging food brands that cater to the Whole Foods crowd.
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Albany's new D'light range is infused with "delicious, one-of-a-kind flavours" that will cause consumers "to re-consider what bread is all about" says Tiger Brands.
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Unlisted FMCG company, Bounty Brands, is gearing its business for a foreign and local listing in 2017 through acquisitions, several food related, that continue to build scale in the business.
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