If marketing is the art of persuading consumers to buy things, then the initial promoters of "organic" foods – all amateurs with little or no marketing experience – have taught advertising and sales promotion experts a thing or three. [Some astute commentary by Keith Bryer....
A faster enzyme for turning CO2 into sugar is a key step toward much higher crop yields. Why does this matter? Yields of wheat are increasing at 1 percent per year—half the rate of increase needed to keep the world fed. New progress has been...
Nestlé South Africa has announced a new five-year, R2-billion investment plan in the country and the appointment of Ian Donald (left) as the company's new chairman and MD.
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Breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day, but in the US, the battle over what to eat and where has never been greater. According to a new report from Rabobank, consumers are increasingly overlooking the cereal bowl in favour of other options....
US cereal sales hit $13.9-billion in 2000, falling to $10-billion last year with an estimated $9.7-billion in sales this year, according to Euromonitor. Although the number of people who eat breakfast has increased, consumers are choosing options such as yoghurt, fruit and juices over cereal,...
Dairy products group Clover, which is trading under a cautionary announcement (possible buyout of Quality Beverages), sees opportunities for consolidation in the sector as SA's weak consumer environment offers limited growth opportunities.
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Several of South Africa's leading olive oil producers were recently honoured with gold medals at the annual SA Olive Awards (28 August). A challenging harvest saw fewer entrants this year.
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Given the life-threatening nature of food allergies, one would think that the stakes are too high for myths and pseudoscience. Unfortunately, this is not the case and confusion surrounding these conditions abounds. SA's allergy experts, FACTS (Food & Allergy Consulting & Testing Services), lays out...
The difference in the approach to eggs boils down to two things: how to deal with salmonella, and how much energy those in the supply chain are willing to use in the name of safe eggs.
...12 September 2014 We hunt down the latest food-drinks news and trends so you don't have to! ...
For the health-conscious, the prevailing wisdom is that 'natural' food is the best food. However, one scientific fact is inescapable: basically none of our dietary staples are natural.
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We hunt down the latest food-drinks news and trends so you don't have to! September's cherry-picking trawl through the global food-drinks worlds...
People who avoid carbohydrates and eat more fat, even saturated fat, lose more body fat and have fewer cardiovascular risks than people who follow the low-fat diet that health authorities have favoured for decades, a major new study shows.
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Cadbury Dairy Milk bars have a new shape - with rectangular blocks giving way to a curves. Science has proven that a round shape is one of the best when it comes to chocolate melting and smoothness, but when launched in the UK in 2012,...
Listeria is a dreaded bacterium. Over the last few weeks, 15 people have died in Denmark, infected with Listeria from processed meat. The total number sickened is 38. Now research from University of Southern Denmark has uncovered exactly how cunning Listeria is and why it...
A new study finds that we are not addicted to sugar or to chocolate in the way we can be addicted to drugs, but we can get hooked on eating itself.
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Vanilla has become a metaphor for "plain" but nothing could be further from the truth. Vanilla is one of the most complex spices around, boasting at least 250 different flavour and aroma compounds, only one of which is vanillin that can be made artificially and...
In a rationalisation move that was inevitable, Mondelez International says it will close its chewing gum plant in Botswana in December and move production to Poland as African consumers ditch pellet gum for slab gum.
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Rhodes Food Group, the mainly Cape-based manufacturer of canned produce, cheese, processed meat and ready meals, plans to raise R600-million in a main-board JSE listing.
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Barentz International, a global player in food ingredients, has announced that it's opening up shop in South Africa. It will be headed up by highly respected SA food industry veteran, Paul Vet.
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