26 Jan Turning your latte into art
It's kinda nice when baristas draw little things like hearts or leaves in the foam on your cappuccino. There's a chance, however, that those designs may be going the way of cave paintings.
...It's kinda nice when baristas draw little things like hearts or leaves in the foam on your cappuccino. There's a chance, however, that those designs may be going the way of cave paintings.
...The Fourth Industrial Revolution - a new era that builds and extends the impact of digitization in new and unanticipated ways - is in its infancy, yet it is already disrupting the historically stable food and beverage business.
...The trend to cage-free eggs has gained huge momentum in many world markets. But just what this massive supply chain overhaul will take - meeting today’s huge demand for eggs with yesterday’s techniques - is staggering. It actually took farmers a really long...
Unilever, the parent company of ice cream brand Ola, announced this week that it was shrinking its products as part of a healthier lifestyle initiative. From April, all adult single-serve ice creams will contain no more than 250 calories.
...More donut-ice cream heaven is going to hit SA shores...
PepsiCo has unveiled a new packaging format for its potato chips – a bag that transforms into a bowl for sharing.
...Sugar is starting to be perceived in much the same way as smoking when it comes to health. This will have an impact on food and beverage brands with a high sugar content, reports the Financial Mail.
...In the mid-1990s, when the low-fat diet was king, a young American obesity researcher began to have his doubts. He's now authored a best-selling diet book promoting LCHF eating, and it's a story that's generating plenty of global headlines.
...Thinning is winning in the US snack aisle, as food companies introduce thinner, crispier cookies and crackers. “Less is more” is the essence of the “thin” trend – less thickness means more pieces the consumer can eat for less or the same amount of...
For confectionery manufacturers, Lindt is currently something of a shining city on a hill. It continues to make what the majority of its competitors have found very difficult to achieve...
Most people have no idea that a xylitol, a sugar alcohol sweetener in sugarless chewing gum and now dearly beloved by the growing population of low carb/Banting fans, could kill their precious pooches if they happen to ingest it.
...Meeting the demands of an ever-changing marketplace, such as 'natural' and 'clean label', is a challenge for food processers, and often technically/financially infeasible for many plants and their personnel. But, ironically, it is technology that opens the way to meeting these current NPD heights.
...The next superfood is more often seen in ponds than on plates, but this is changing fast. While headlines herald seaweed as the next superfood, few have yet realised the game-changing potential of algae.
...A grain that was cultivated exclusively for feeding birds may soon find its way as a healthy and tasty ingredient in bread, cookies and pasta for consumers.
...On Jan 7, the Obama administration released its much-anticipated 2015 update to the Dietary Guidelines. Revised every five years, they are based on evolving nutrition science and serve as the government's official advice on what to eat. One concrete change: Americans are being told...
America's Whole Foods Market is one of the nation's trendiest retailers. Here's what its product experts have pinpointed as the 10 top food trends to watch in 2016. From “old-world” ingredients to emerging flavours and sourcing trends, ttheir forecast covers a lot of ground.
...In the US, a small contingent of venture-funded startups are trying to capitalise on the move away from meat. In the Netherlands, however, the pressure to go meatless, or at least less meat, is felt even more intensely. A Dutch startup called the Vegetarian Butcher...
Looking to 2016, Mintel has announced six key trends set to impact global packaging markets over the next year, including implications for both consumers and brands. Here's a synopsis, but you can download the whole report for FREE!
...SA's biggest food firm, Tiger Brands, says it has made "good progress" in its search for a new CEO after former head Peter Matlare gave notice late last year amid fallout from the group’s failed multibillion-rand Nigerian investment.
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