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We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge—from climate change to vaccinations to GMOs —faces furious opposition. Some even have doubts about the moon landing. [A great oped from National Geographic....
Pioneer Foods, the maker of ProNutro and Weet-Bix breakfast cereal, this week announced its first major foray into Nigeria.
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Recent snack innovation is blurring the boundaries of sweet and savoury, as dessert-inspired potato chips and spicy nutrition bars debut from the market's top players in the US.
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The fast food business has seen better times. In 2014 McDonald's annual global revenues fell for the first time in 12 years. As consumers become more health conscious, cheap fast food seems to be losing its appeal. But there is a striking exception to this...
Too much salt can lead to heart disease, according to the common medical, but now often-disputed, wisdom. However, there may be a healthy side to salt that hasn't been appreciated — until now.
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Fast forward into flexibles – that's the future direction for Cape Town food packaging specialist, Cibapac, as the company unveils a new management team and fresh structure.
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The 'sharing economy' is but one example of how disruptive innovation can be an influential change agent in food culture. The idea isn't so much about sharing products or services as it is about new kinds of relationships breaking down the wall between buyer and...
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has expanded its flavours facility in Isando, South Africa. IFF commands 16% of the global F&F market and is the third largest player after Givaudan and Firmenich.
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Didn't get to the recent LCHF Summit in Cape Town? Here's a great synopsis of the four-day event that may well prove to have been a global tipping point for LCHF that Tim Noakes expressly hoped it would be...
ZANG is a new caffeinated chocolate bar, designed to give people a pick-me-up when they need it most.
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Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota composition and localization to induce intestinal inflammation that promotes the development of inflammatory bowel disease and metabolic syndrome, new research shows.
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The first Low Carb High Fat LCHF summit at Cape Town's CTICC has come and gone. It drew 16 high-profile low carb experts, scientists, doctors, and researchers from around the world who share the belief that it is time to share...
Eating peanut products as a baby dramatically cuts the risk of allergy, a study suggests. Trials on 628 babies prone to developing peanut allergy found the risk was cut by over 80%.
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Over 70% of South Africans are now buying their groceries from the Shoprite Group and with the African retail giant generating 84% of its supermarket turnover within the domestic market, it is weathering the current market pressures with some agility. It is also generating more...
Not long ago, the great processed-food companies like Kraft and Kellogg's towered over the US food landscape like the high hat that adorned the head of Chef Boyardee, the iconic canned-spaghetti magnate whose empire is now owned by ConAgra. But now, Big Food has fallen...
Time for another big bashing, Food Industry! British investigative food journalist, Joanna Blythman, who has made a long living from writing books that trash the modern food industry, has just published another: Swallow This: Serving Up The Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets, dubbed "a revelatory investigation...
Here is news of some really cool food tech innovation out of Israel, presented to the public recently at a food tech start-up competition.
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But a few days after Nestlé USA committed to removing artificial colours and flavours from its confectionery products, rival Hershey said it intends to remove GM ingredients from Hershey’s Milk Chocolate and Kisses by the end of the year.
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The scandal of millions of tons of food discarded annually because it doesn't fit the standards of food beauty has been much on the global agenda. One French supermarket chain decided to do something about it and devised a brilliant campaign to get people to...
Acquired by Kellogg from Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble in late May 2012 for $2.695-billion, Pringles has transformed Kellogg's global snacks footprint.
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