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Food companies need to embrace the shift in consumer consumption and shopping trends, says Stan McCarthy, CEO of Kerry Group. That means incorporating preferences from a demographic perspective, understanding the way pace of life affects food decision making and paying more attention to what's actually...
Is SA in for another cookbook publishing phenomenon? Raising Superheroes, the sequel to the massively successful The Real Meal Revolution, has now hit the shelves. Desbribed as a "real food" cookbook that "provides parents with scientifically-supported nutrition advice and delicious recipes to raise the healthiest,...
With so much interest in sugar-alternatives and sugar-free eating, it's timeous that Canderel Crunch has been launched in SA.
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Finally a break for the battered ostrich industry - the EU has lifted a four-year ban on fresh ostrich meat after SA was declared free of bird flu.
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Which is worse for you: artificial sweeteners or sugar? The tables have now turned as data show sweeteners are not carcinogenic and added sugar can cause health problems including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Rather than rely on anecdote or myth, this article looks to inform...
Cadbury's nearly 90-year-old factory sits in front of the North End Lake in Port Elizabeth. Now an industrial hub, much has changed in the area over the years, but the original façade of the building and the faint smell of melted chocolate wafting through the...
Monsanto is spending millions learning how to control plant traits using genetic sprays. Opponents see a new risk.
...SA's second biggest tomato sauce/paste producer, All Joy Foods' controlling shareholder, Eastern Trading, has bought PET packaging company, Winplas, so it can add to its packaging capacity.
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The unloved cauliflower is gaining a following among the swelling ranks of carb-avoiders, who convert it into guilt-free rice, mash, pizza...
Maker of what is widely considered to be one the world’s finest honey nougats, Sally Williams has recently achieved its FSSC 22000 food safety system certification through Lloyds Register.
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Enormously useful as they are, swine have not been universally adored. The history of pigs is a tale of love and loathing. As long as pigs have existed, people have weighed their hunger for meat against worries about how the animals lived and what they...
Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden has made 40 investments in start-up businesses during her time in the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, investing nearly £3m in the process. In this interview with IFE, she considers the secrets to attracting investment, and how to take a good food and...
They have been a favourite on British dining tables and barbecues for generations. But now, it seems, sausages are falling out of favour as shoppers opt for healthier options.
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Could it be the next kale? The quest is on to engineer the mother of all superfoods that scientists describe as "like God's vegetable".
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Is Low Carb/High Fat diet and nutritional ketosis a new treatment for HIV AIDS? This is a question posed after new research has found that HIV/AIDS infection is significantly dependent on glucose, not dissimilar to cancer.
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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...
Ghana has long had a popular local confectionery, Golden Tree chocolate. Why not, as it's an integral centre of the cocoa industry? What's special about Golden Tree, however, is that it doesn't melt despite the year-long heat....
Food labels should contain more detail about how much sugar is in a product, the US FDA has declared.
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Tomato lovers, rejoice, for science has achieved the impossible: the perfect supermarket tomato. Why won't it ever hit the supermarket shelves? Slate investigates...
A wave of Silicon Valley-style disruption is hitting the food industry. Laboratory-grown meat, vegan cheese and "animal free" milk and eggs are heading for consumers, often with backing from the tech sector and its financial allies.
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