Peanuts are one of the most common foods that trigger allergies in people, but a new study suggests that it's not peanuts that are the problem – it's the dry-roasting process that makes them so tasty.
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The three-month period for comments on R429, SA's new draft labelling regulations, closed a month ago. By all accounts, the Dept of Health must be sifting through a tome of input from many affected constituents who have expressed alarm, concern and...
The snack is nibbling away at how the world eats, drinks and lives. From a candy bar to a piece of fruit to a granola bar — snacking now permeates the globe as it increasingly replaces breakfast, lunch and dinner in households from Houston to...
Ardent evangelist of the low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet, Prof Tim Noakes, wants Cape Town to be the cradle of the "meal revolution" which he hopes to spread across the world.
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A new Stellenbosch University study into the physiological effects of Hoodia gordonii (the well-known 'wonder' weight-loss supplement) on rats, has delivered some disturbing results, including a rise in blood pressure, loss of skeletal muscle mass and bloated stomachs.
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With all the interest in Asian cuisine, there certainly seems to be a notable gap on SA's crowded sauce shelves: little local production of suitably styled and priced condiments. Spotting this opportunity is entrepreneur Amy Clark of Clark's Original Recipes.
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Polyoak Packaging is the proud winner of the top prize at the inaugural AfriStar Awards hosted in Nairobi, Kenya on September 10, 2014. Organised by the Africa Packaging Organisation (APO), this is the first packaging award to cover the all Africa region.
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Insects as an ingredient in everyday foods could be a $350-million business in the US and Europe within 10 to 15 years, predicts leading UK food health food think-tank, New Nutrition Business.
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Tetra Pak is celebrating World School Milk Day, established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations on the last Wednesday in September in 2000, with the successful delivery of milk and other nutritious drinks to more than 64 million children in...
More than five years after hundreds of Americans got sick from eating salmonella-tainted peanut butter, the top executive at the Georgia plant where it was made was convicted and faces prison time in a rare food-poisoning trial that advocates said sends a stern warning to...
19 September 2014 We hunt down the latest food-drinks news and trends so you don't have to! SmartStuff: "Change your...
While the medicinal properties of honey have been extensively studied, the question as to how honey becomes so effective has not been fully answered. It now appears that lactic acid bacteria in bees give honey its antimicrobial properties.
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In a move to woo the health-conscious, Heinz UK has launched a stevia-sweetened variant of its flagship ketchup. It has half the sugar content of the conventional sauce.
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American food companies are trying to preempt the federal government's push to make chemicals in food - how it's determined that an ingredient is "generally recognized as safe" or GRAS - more transparent.
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New research finds that, contrary to popular belief, such foods don't have any special ability to improve our moods.
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Woolworths has announced plans to reduce the current number of products containing ingredients derived from GM crop sources in its private label foods by 50 percent over the next year - in keeping with a prior commitment on GM ingredients.
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The Pizza Hut fast food chain is returning to South Africa after an absence of six years, but this time it will have a different focus.
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Nutella, the indulgent chocolate-hazelnut spread, turns 50 this year, and it's come a long way - from a wartime make-do in Italy to a global favourite today. Its popularity has seen interest in hazelnuts soar...
Artificial sweeteners ubiquitous in foods and drinks consumed by millions can raise the blood sugar level instead of reducing it, according to new experiments in mice and people. The provocative finding—made possible through a new avenue of research—is likely to stoke the simmering controversy over...
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....