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With up to 10-million South Africans either suffering from type 2 diabetes or in the pre-diabetic stage, a wholly preventable epidemic is about to swamp our already strained public healthcare system. Kevin bloom spent a day at the diabetes clinic of a major public hospital,...
Until a premium upstart came along and upended many industry assumptions, various major players in the yogurt category largely ignored the potential for Greek yogurt. Along comes Chobani, and, as they say, the rest is history. What's next? As always, innovation will be key, asserts...
Commercial dry foods are the ultimate “convenience food” for pets, but they are far from an ideal diet and are serving to make them fat, argues , Veterinary Internist (Specialist) at University of Sydney. Are our pets becoming captive to an industry...
Swiss chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli has opened its first Chocolate Boutique in SA as a means to boost profitability and brand profile.
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When a piece of food falls on the floor, is it really OK to eat if it's picked up within five seconds? This urban food myth contends that in those few seconds on the floor, dirt and...
After a rousing year of deal-making, diversified food producer RCL Foods is now eyeing “a bigger share of consumers’ stomachs” as part of its growth ambitions.
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Some people will believe what they want to regardless of what the evidence says. Others want to make good choices about what they eat, but the information needed to make those decisions is a cacophony of often conflicting claims from marketers, academics, activists, and the...
The food and beverage industry is on the brink of a major shift, with consumers worldwide watching...
Woolworths on has appointed Zyda Rylands, its current head of foods, as CEO of Woolworths SA. The new role has been created almost a year after the group, with a market cap of close to R103bn, became the second-largest department store owner in the southern...
A first in South Africa, the new Rhodes Tomato & Onion Gravy product is a versatile offering that can be used either as a 'heat & eat' or as a 'cook-in' sauce.
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There’s one food that has almost nothing going for it. It occupies precious crop acreage, requires fossil fuels to be shipped, refrigerated, around the world, and adds nothing but crunch to the plate. It’s salad, and there are several reasons why we need to rethink...
Global doughnut company and coffee retailer Krispy Kreme has announced that its first store in SA will be opened in Rosebank, Johannesburg, at the end of November.
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Organic or regular? It’s a loaded question that can mean many different things, sometimes all at once: Healthy or pesticide-drenched? Tasty or bland? Fancy or basic? Clean or dirty? Good or bad? But here’s the most important question for many customers: Is it worth the...
Much attention is being given to what people ate in the distant past as a guide to what we should eat today.
Childhood memories of sticky hands from melting ice cream cones could soon become obsolete, thanks to a new food ingredient devised by Scottish researchers.
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Global chocolate biscuit brand, KitKat, manufactured by Nestlé, has announced that it will use only sustainably sourced cocoa to manufacture all of its products, and will do so from the first quarter of 2016. It is the first global brand to make such a move.
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A decade on from his school dinners campaign, Jamie Oliver is back fighting a new war, this time against unhealthy levels of sugar in the nation's diet.
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Last year Dow Packaging launched the innovative rigid packaging alternative, PacXpert, at the giant Interpack expo in Dusseldorf. It's now coming to South Africa via a licensing agreement signed with Astrapak.
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Making healthier food purchasing decisions is becoming increasingly important for South Africa where more than half of the population is overweight and obese. Two Wits University public health academics advocate better FOP - front-of-pack - labelling as one helpful strategy.
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Miraculin, derived from the 'Miracle Berry' can turn lemons into lemonade, really. In a quest to synthesize and commercialise this 'game-changing' non-calorific sweetener, is a start-up biotech firm in New York.
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