The uber plant-based trend is giving rise to some very novel food science/tech innovation. For instance, shredded vegan cheese is notoriously difficult to melt, so this US vegan dairy company decided to rethink the entire product.
The Group's latest financial results show that they have grown sales by 10% and profits by more than 25% - great insights here from the sublime innovation futurist, Jonathan Cherry, for anyone involved in FMCG foodbev retailing...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine will make bread in South Africa a lot more expensive, but consumers will only start to feel the pinch three months from now, an economist has warned.
Fitness chain Virgin Active has merged with Kauai's parent company. The Real Foods Group, by acquiring its nutrition assets, namely Kauai and Nu Health Food Café, for £28.6m (R581m).
This website loves contrarian views from the accepted wisdom of the day. Contrarian SA journalist, Ivo Vegter, several times winner of the SAAFoST Journalism Award, has penned this refreshing take on plastic, the first article of three on magnificent plastic's immense benefits and how we can better dispose of it.
The return of live trade shows will provide a much-needed business impetus in the wake of the pandemic. The Propak Africa Expo makes a welcome return in March.
Snacking, and the role it has played in providing comfort and a sense of normalcy during the pandemic, has more recently emerged as a clear universal truth.
" No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat." The words of the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates.
Parents and pregnant women globally are exposed to aggressive marketing for baby formula milk, according to a report launched jointly by two UN agencies this week.
It's nearly time for the flavour & fragrance industries to gather for the 2022 annual SAAFFI seminar. This year the theme is “Virtual is a reality – are we pushing sensory boundaries?”
Engineers are fine-tuning 3D printers and materials for customisable cuisine and personalised nutrition. 3D printed foods promise new flavours, shapes and textures that could someday delight the most discriminating foodies.
SA's award-winning musician Danny K has many arrows in his impressive professional quiver - and he is, in fact, an accomplished entrepreneur in the FMCG realm. His food company recently bought the Sweets from Heaven brand.
In a decade, the percentage of American hens in cage-free housing has soared from 4% in 2010 to 28% in 2020, and that figure is expected to more than double to about 70% in the next four years.
After two years of being curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the exhibitions industry is successfully re-opening globally and Africa’s most progressive packaging, food processing, plastics, printing and labelling trade exhibition, Propak Africa, will be taking place from 8-11 March, at the Expo Centre, Nasrec in Johannesburg.
The food industry is determined to sell us the message that vegan products are intrinsically healthy and wholesome....[An interesting opinion piece, Ed.]
The American company Stryve is selling biltong in the United States and it's determined to grab the market share of jerky, the American [non]-equivalent. Stryve is marketing biltong as a healthier meat snack and has raised nearly R1bn for expansion.
From direct-to-consumer e-commerce to upcycled food or functional ingredients for holistic wellbeing, here's how food and drink manufacturers can leverage some of 2022’s top consumer trends into their portfolios.
It's not easy for dairy producers in SA! This article outlines how unfair it is to expect the local dairy sector to compete against products from the EU, the UK and Eastern Europe who enjoy the largesse of government subsidies.
Product developers can now create new categories of functional foods and beverages thanks to new tech developed by Israeli company, Prodalim Resources.
Pioneer Foods/PepsiCo recently announced it was shafting two iconic SA pantry staples, fish paste brands Peck's Anchovette and Redro. But is it all just a cunning marketing ruse?