Big data isn't just for marketing firms and government agencies. As one of the largest industries in the world, it makes sense that the food industry is adopting big data technology to better understand and serve customers. Here are a few ways the food industry...
An ingenious new food-beverage safety tool, CARBOTECT is an organic (carbohydrate) detection tool developed by a South African scientist as an instant pass/fail diagnostic test to gauge the efficacy of clean-in-place processes. It should prove a welcome addition to every QA/QC department.
...21 November 2014 We hunt down the latest food-drinks news and trends so you don''t have to! SmartStuff: "I...
FoodSure, the Jo'burg-based food label verification company, has expanded its service offering, from its original stand-alone service of food verification to now assist retailers and manufacturers in closing the operational gaps in quality and safety.
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Mark your calendar: January 1, 2020. As this future year unfolds, the gap between how much cocoa the world wants to consume and how much it can produce will swell to one million metric tons, according to Mars and Barry Callebaut, the world's largest chocolate...
A big-money war is brewing over the meaning of America's best-selling condiment: mayonnaise. The maker of Hellmann's mayo, food giant Unilever, has sued the San Francisco start-up behind Just Mayo, an egg-less, mayonnaise-like sandwich spread giving Big Mayo a run for its money.
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The growing interest in insects as a mainstream source of protein has seen some commercial realisation in Europe recently, with launches in the Netherlands and Belgium.
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Tucked away near Lake Geneva, a handful of Nestlé SA scientists are quietly working on realising every couch potato's dream: exercise that comes in a bottle.
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Tiger Brand’s released its full year results this week for the year ended 30 September 2014. They weren't pretty. Here veteran business journalist, Alec Hogg, questions the group’s CE, Peter Matlare, on the shortcomings and accountability of the massive loss incurred with its Nigerian Dangote...
Butternut squash is a South African and global favourite, but peeling it is hard work - trying to slice through the squash and peel the skin off is so darn difficult. Here's a solution that may change this butternut squash dilemma for you - forever.
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A potato genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of acrylamide, a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips, has been approved for commercial planting, the USDA has announced.
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Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a whey protein for creating 'sports yoghurts' – yoghurt-based sports nutrition products that will appeal to active consumers who prefer not to use traditional gels and shakes.
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Making front page, lead story headlines today in the Cape Times... A family-run jam and preserves producer in Montague, Western Cape, has found itself in a David and Goliath-like legal pickle - it is being taken on by internationally renowned confectioner Ferrero over its trademark,...
The growing interest in eating healthy can at times have unhealthy consequences. Some doctors and registered dietitians say they are increasingly seeing people whose desire to eat pure or "clean" food—from raw vegans to those who cut out multiple major food sources such as gluten,...
SAAFoST (SA Association for Food Science & Technology) has announced the dates and details of its biennial congress, taking place next year in Durban. An event to diarise for all local food industrialists.
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Brazil, like most developing nations, is facing the blight of obesity thanks to changing eating habits and a rush to convenience foods. The country has published new dietary guidelines aimed at countering these trends, but they are based on foods, food patterns, and meals, not...
In 2014, $300-million was wiped off breakfast cereal sales in the US. But this money didn't disappear. Instead, $70-million of it was diverted to increase the sales of one of the biggest disruptive innovations in the breakfast category, Belvita breakfast biscuits. The rest went to...
Chicken producers have cut back on volumes over the past two years as pressure on disposable incomes and strikes have forced some consumers to switch to other proteins such as polony and beans.
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The biggest ever Propak Cape, incorporating FoodPro, Pro-Plas Expo, Print Expo and Pro-Label Cape, took place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC) from October 21-23 and was a winner with 6 113 visitors who attended it over the three days.
...Sales of weight management solutions are soaring in the wake of growing awareness of the extent of overweight and obesity on a global level, reports Innova Market Insights.
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