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It seems as though no other substance occupies so much of the world’s land, for so little benefit to humanity, as sugar.
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Lisa Ronquest is one of South Africa's top young food scientists, now transferred to The Netherlands in a global food R&D role by Mars. She's been sharing her impressions and insights with FOODStuff SA readers in a regular column, and we're proud here to publish...
Millions of American diners, fuelled by concerns about their health and the state of the environment—and propelled by a general distaste for industrially produced and highly processed food—have begun to shun the ubiquitous chains, McDonald's, Wendy's et al, that have long shaped the American culinary...
South African parents are deeply invested in their families and therefore want the very best for their children—from the food they put in their mouths to the nappies they put on their bottoms, and they’re willing to pay for it.
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A good breakfast often features a couple of free-range local eggs. But what does “free range” really mean for the hens that laid them? Whatever it is, consumers want it.
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McCain South Africa has relaunched its McCain Crispy Oven Chips range, with new branding and some recipe changes.
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In a joint Norwegian-SA venture, a multimillion-rand factory making Unicef-accredited therapeutic food, called eeZeePaste NUT, specifically designed for extremely malnourished children between the ages of 6 and 24 months, opened in Capricorn Park, Muizenberg, Cape Town, last month.
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Children are manifesting increased rates of adult diseases like hypertension or high triglycerides. And they are getting diseases that used to be unheard of in children, like Type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease....
Her show might be gone but the “Oprah Effect” clearly endures. After Oprah Winfrey last week announced she would buy a 10 percent stake in Weight Watchers and take a seat on the board, the company’s slumping stock doubled to $13.92 per share, adding about...
The commercial sale of lab-grown hamburgers to affluent and adventurous consumers could be just five years away, claims the Maastricht University researcher, who has led work into the highly innovative field of in vitro meat research. Two years after a $250,000 artificial meat hamburger was...
Kerry has acquired US-based Red Arrow Products, Island Oasis and Biothera’s Wellmune business, significantly expanding the group’s portfolio of taste and nutrition solutions for global food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications. The transactions are valued at $735m. In the financial year 2014, the businesses being acquired...
The power of teamwork to transform ideas into products that say ‘buy me’, is truly evidenced by the collaboration of Didget Printing, its sister company Trempak and long-time client, Jab Dried Fruit, on a project for Pick n Pay.
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Red and processed meats have the potential to cause cancer in humans, according to a report by a WHO agency released on Monday. This is not new news, but that it has come from the WHO has generated massive media attention, with predictable reactions of...
Dr Robert Lustig, from the department of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, has made a name for himself publishing books and research addressing the question of sugar’s effects on the body. In a paper published today in the journal, Obesity, he and...
Mondelez International is launching its bear-shaped sponge snack brand, called Barni, in South Africa ...
When it comes to food, even the simplest things can scare people. E-numbers, for example. Oh, what fear they inspire! Even if you don’t know what they mean, you can be sure each one is a secret code for a noxious poison that’ll give you...
From butter to sweeteners, carbohydrates to fat, and microwaves to factories, food fears surround us daily. Everyone has an opinion about what is good for you and what is bad for you, and most of those opinions are wrong, writes Ivo Vegter of Daily Maverick,...
Pioneer Foods, the JSE-listed food group and the country’s biggest cereal maker, did not get it all on Monday as its merger with FutureLife has been momentarily thwarted by rival Kellogg.
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Please note that the headline to this article is in quotation marks, as the title is a completely subjective decision of this journalist. Through four long days of trawling Anuga, it was a small stand on the South African pavilion that most impressed me for astonishing innovation; for NPD that delivered on every parameter.