A group of leading nutrition scientists, mainly from the US, has agreed that the most rigorous and current science fails to support a continuation of the US government’s policy limiting consumption of saturated fats.
High pressure processing has been in the foodbev processing news for some 20 years. A leading player in the game, Hiperbaric, recently released a new machine concept for processing liquid in bulk, greatly opening scope for the technology.
We aren’t living in stable times; the world is changing, and what’s more, our priorities as consumers are changing. How will these different priorities impact on food packaging and labelling?
JSE-listed Tiger Brands has officially opened its new Oat Mill for its first and oldest product – Jungle Oats – in Maitland, Cape Town.
Organised-crime syndicates are muscling in on a share of the profits of southern Africa’s lucrative avocado and macadamia nut markets, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime reports.
Tongaat Hulett Starch, the successful starch business of the troubled Tongaat group, will be sold to Barloworld for R5.35bn. in a move to reduce its R13bn debt.
Burger King's risky/audacious new ad featuring a mouldy burger has been a publicity triumph, but then along came Nando's atrolling....
Mintel, expert in what consumers want and why, believes there are two key 2020 packaging trends set to transform the global packaging landscape in the year/s ahead.
Burger King has elicited massive publicity - and visceral but impactful reactions - to another controversial ad launch, the 'Moldy Whopper' campaign.
Nestlé Purina has developed the first and only cat food that reduces the allergens in cat hair and dander.
US startup BIOMILQ has just announced it "may have created" lab-grown human breastmilk directly from isolated human mammary cells. This may spell the beginning of the end for infant formula, and a new beginning for much other lactation research.
PepsiCo/Simba has culled its Lay's Salt & Vinegar chips due to tepid sales, a decision that's caused a stir among South African lovers of this establishment flavour.
Unilever has announced that it will stop the marketing and advertising of its products to children under the age of 12.
Pouches of puréed baby food can seem like a godsend to busy parents, but some experts say that babies and toddlers who use them too much can miss out on the developmental skills that will contribute to healthy eating habits.
This past Wednesday 12 February 2020, Tiger Brands had one of its worst days in years, with its shares finishing 6% lower on the JSE to R188 – the steepest fall since April 2011 – the day Noel Doyle presented the company’s financial results to shareholders for the first time as new CEO.
Food delivery apps have are chiselling away at the restaurant industry's market share, and upping levels of competition. The impact for supermarkets is less direct but no less a threat, as SA futurist, Jonathan Cherry, comments...
Lactalis South Africa is the new name for Parmalat SA as of 1 February 2020. This is a name change only, and it will not impact the company’s existing products, brands or business operations.
The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal give the green light to a R24bn deal that will see PepsiCo take over Pioneer Foods.
Research shows that eight million tonnes of plastic leak into the ocean every year... and while the statistics are overwhelming, initiatives like the newly launched and potentially game-changing South African Plastics Pact aim to tackle the problem head on by keeping plastics in the economy and out of the environment.
Farmers could soon be growing bunches of tomatoes in storage units, on the roof of a skyscraper, or even in space. That’s if a clutch of new gene-edited crops prove as fruitful as the first batch.