October looks set to be a roller coaster month for Tiger Brands. As the food giant prepares to reopen its polony factories seven months after the world’s biggest listeriosis, lawyers representing the victims are set to approach the Johannesburg High Court to have the class action against the company certified.
A spectacular case of sloppy science came crashing to a close last month. Cornell University’s Brian Wansink (above), a world-renowned scientist who seized headlines with his research on American eating habits, had many of his papers retracted and resigned from his professorship.
Introducing consumers to a new brand isn’t easy, but when the product is an entirely new concept, this challenge is magnified ten-fold, as illustrated by the struggles startup Ayoba-Yo experienced trying to explain biltong to American shoppers.
From clean label product formulations to online shopping, we are in the midst of a new evolutionary period in the food and beverage market. Hartman Group research has identified strategic levers and considerations on brand premiumisation that can aid companies looking for pathways to growth within this changing environment.
US fast food chain, Dunkin' Donuts' name has changed to just Dunkin' the company announced recently. It says it will be now focusing more on beverages, adding a range of new drinks to the menu.
American cheese will never die. It has too many preservatives. But it’s melting away....
Food waste is a cause that's moved up priorities on the public food agenda - but, not so fast, the problem is full of complexities with financial implications across the value chain...
The volume of edible food that is wasted is staggering. In 2017, the UN estimated that almost a third of all food that is produced is discarded. In the commercial F&B environment the challenges in mitigating this are huge.
Cape Town startup, Gourmet Grubb, may look like another purveyor of premium ice cream - until you take a closer look at its name and product ingredients. It has bravely ventured into the world of entomophagy - human use of insects as food - using fly larva as its milk source...
The UK’s largest supermarket is to scrap potentially confusing “best before” dates from dozens more of its fresh fruit and vegetable lines after research found ditching the labels helped customers reduce their food waste at home.
South African entrepreneur, Sarah Collins, and her product, the Wonderbag, have been recognised as one of TIME Magazine's top 50 Genius Companies.
A welcome new B2B F&B event that's bound to grow in stature is the FoodNext.Africa symposium, a two-day meeting focusing on food disruption from farm-to-fork. The 2018 event was held recently at Cape Town's CTICC - and here are some interesting views from some of the speakers on the state of play in SA's F&B sector.
Probiotics are living micro-organisms that are taken by millions of people to boost their microbiome or to restore their gut ecosystem after a dose of antibiotics. Yet questions remain about whether they actually work.
If there was ever an 'Age of the Avocado', we live in it. But there’s one drawback that avocado lovers have complained about: Their frustratingly short shelf life.
The US FDA is amending its food additive regulations in response to two food additive petitions, to no longer allow for the use of a total of seven synthetic flavouring substances and flavour enhancers.
Firmenich is set to acquire US biotechnology company, Senomyx, which uses proprietary taste science technologies to discover, develop and commercialise novel flavour ingredients and natural high-intensity sweeteners for the food and beverage industries.
IMCD, a leading global distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients, has signed an exclusive agreement with Ingredion to distribute its range of starches and functional food ingredients across multiple territories in Sub Saharan Africa.
Unilever-owned spice company, Robertsons, has updated its entire line of spices, dropping irradiated ingredients and MSG across the line.
Air Liquide Japan has developed a product called “Deliéa”, bringing “Modified Atmosphere Packaging” or MAP technology to households, a multiple-benefit preservation method widely used in the industry.
The food producer had warned of a large decline in its full-year earnings due to the crippling drought in the Western Cape.