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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....
A faster enzyme for turning CO2 into sugar is a key step toward much higher crop yields. Why does this matter? Yields of wheat are increasing at 1 percent per year—half the rate of increase needed to keep the world fed. New progress has been...
Nestlé South Africa has announced a new five-year, R2-billion investment plan in the country and the appointment of Ian Donald (left) as the company's new chairman and MD.
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Breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day, but in the US, the battle over what to eat and where has never been greater. According to a new report from Rabobank, consumers are increasingly overlooking the cereal bowl in favour of other options....
US cereal sales hit $13.9-billion in 2000, falling to $10-billion last year with an estimated $9.7-billion in sales this year, according to Euromonitor. Although the number of people who eat breakfast has increased, consumers are choosing options such as yoghurt, fruit and juices over cereal,...
Dairy products group Clover, which is trading under a cautionary announcement (possible buyout of Quality Beverages), sees opportunities for consolidation in the sector as SA's weak consumer environment offers limited growth opportunities.
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Several of South Africa's leading olive oil producers were recently honoured with gold medals at the annual SA Olive Awards (28 August). A challenging harvest saw fewer entrants this year.
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Given the life-threatening nature of food allergies, one would think that the stakes are too high for myths and pseudoscience. Unfortunately, this is not the case and confusion surrounding these conditions abounds. SA's allergy experts, FACTS (Food & Allergy Consulting & Testing Services), lays out...
The difference in the approach to eggs boils down to two things: how to deal with salmonella, and how much energy those in the supply chain are willing to use in the name of safe eggs.
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For the health-conscious, the prevailing wisdom is that 'natural' food is the best food. However, one scientific fact is inescapable: basically none of our dietary staples are natural.
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We hunt down the latest food-drinks news and trends so you don't have to! September's cherry-picking trawl through the global food-drinks worlds...
People who avoid carbohydrates and eat more fat, even saturated fat, lose more body fat and have fewer cardiovascular risks than people who follow the low-fat diet that health authorities have favoured for decades, a major new study shows.
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Cadbury Dairy Milk bars have a new shape - with rectangular blocks giving way to a curves. Science has proven that a round shape is one of the best when it comes to chocolate melting and smoothness, but when launched in the UK in 2012,...
Listeria is a dreaded bacterium. Over the last few weeks, 15 people have died in Denmark, infected with Listeria from processed meat. The total number sickened is 38. Now research from University of Southern Denmark has uncovered exactly how cunning Listeria is and why it...
A new study finds that we are not addicted to sugar or to chocolate in the way we can be addicted to drugs, but we can get hooked on eating itself.
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Vanilla has become a metaphor for "plain" but nothing could be further from the truth. Vanilla is one of the most complex spices around, boasting at least 250 different flavour and aroma compounds, only one of which is vanillin that can be made artificially and...