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Thousands of food industrialists gathered in New Orleans this week for the 2014 IFT annual meeting and Food Expo. Some 15 000 attendees and more than a thousand vendors were present at this huge, one-stop shop for the industry's top professionals representing 80 countries -...
Except for those food companies that routinely irradiate their products, we haven't heard much about food irradiation over the last decade. However, recently there seems to be a resurgence of media articles and even government approvals related to irradiating food. What's going on?
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One of the fiercest marketing battles in the world takes place in kitchens and at dining room tables across the world. The sellers are parents, trying everything to persuade their children to eat their vegetables. Now, new research shows why parents - and food marketers...
Watermelon helmets are popular items of crude headgear at summer sporting arenas - but who knew the fruit could be turned into works of art! American artist Clive Cooper decided to approach watermelon like you would a pumpkin, carving faces and animals that...
A much, and incorrectly, maligned beef product that was a common ingredient in hamburger patties and other prepared dishes is making a comeback in the US. Two years ago, beef processors cut back sharply on producing "lean, finely textured beef" after the nasty nickname for...
The 17th World Congress of Food Science & Technology (IUFoST 2014) takes place in Montreal, Canada from August 17th - 21st, 2014. A popular aspect of the event is the Global Food Industry Awards, that recognise exceptional products, packaging and communication campaigns. These are...
Fast-track Fruit and Veg City had launched an in-house fast-food brand, Crispy Chicken, which would trade through its FreshStop forecourt stores at Caltex service stations.
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The TV chef and serial entrepreneur is spinning a new plate in the air with his FoodTube and DrinkTube ventures. After porn, food is the second most searched thing online and he wants to give users a taste for the healthy options.
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Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has called on the public to stop washing raw chicken to reduce the risk of contracting campylobacter, a potentially dangerous form of food poisoning. The call comes as new figures show that 44% of people always wash chicken before cooking...
Campylobacter jejuni is the most common agent of food poisoning in industrialised nations. Professor Gary Dykes' team at Monash University, Melbourne, is trying to understand how it not only survives, but how it persists under conditions that should kill it.
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Nielsen has issued a list of 14 breakthrough innovation products, many of them food-bev items, based on products introduced in the US in 2012 that continued to do well in their second year in the market.
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When R429, the new draft food advertising and labelling proposals descended on the SA food-bev industries on May 29, the Guidelines extensively referred to in the text were noticeable by their absence. This uncertainty was relieved a week later with a further 145 pages to...
When R429, the new draft food advertising and labelling proposals descended on the SA food-bev industries on May 29, the Guidelines extensively referred to in the text were noticeable by their absence. This uncertainty was relieved a week later with a further 145 pages to...
Kellogg's hopes that it finally has figured out how to keep cereal sales from getting soggier: sell it in pouches. Goodbye cereal bowl. Hello snack pack - suitable for stuffing into a lunch box, briefcase or purse.
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Plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaram, born in India and a citizen of Mexico, will be honoured as the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate for his scientific research that led to an increase in world wheat production—by more than 200 million tons—building upon the successes of the...
The finalists and winners in the World Dairy Innovation Awards 2014, sponsored by Tetra Pak, were announced on 17 June 2014 at a special gala dinner during the 8th Global Dairy Congress in Istanbul, Turkey. One of the top winners features the first real commercialisation...
While it seems counter-intuitive, relying too much on a health benefit to differentiate a new food or beverage is the most common reason for failure in functional foods and beverages, reveals a new report from New Nutrition Business.
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As a showcase for new and exciting foods, beverages and equipment from around the world, Africa's Big Seven (AB7) claims to be the biggest and most spectacular exhibition on the continent. It's also a versatile and effective platform for networking across the international food industry.
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Consumer opinion rather than health risk is forcing the hand of top SA bread companies to remove azodicarbonamide (ADA) from their recipes, an additive used in baking bread which helps keep the flour white, the dough stronger and the bread bigger and softer.
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Cases of diabetes and pre-diabetes in the United States have nearly doubled since 1988, suggests new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with obesity apparently to blame for the surge. The researchers also found that the burden of the disease has...