20 Feb Unilever to change policy on marketing products to children
Unilever has announced that it will stop the marketing and advertising of its products to children under the age of 12.
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20 Feb Baby food pouches: gateway to bad habits?
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.
12 Feb Supermarkets under future threat from food delivery disruptors
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...
12 Feb Parmalat SA becomes Lactalis South Africa
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.
12 Feb SA competition watchdog approves Pioneer/PepsiCo merger
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.
09 Feb SA plastics pact to tackle plastic waste and pollution
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.
09 Feb A new tomato ideal for urban gardens and even outer space
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.
09 Feb Symrise presents a decade of top foodbev-flavour trends
In celebration for the new decade, Symrise has compiled a list of the top 20 food trends that morphed the food and beverage industry over the past ten years.
09 Feb Breakfast: history brief and why we should skip it
Breakfast is not “the most important meal of the day”. It never has been. That old saying came from Kellogg’s cereal in 1917 as part of a marketing campaign to sell Corn Flakes. With its success, other food companies followed suit and here we are today.
03 Feb Tiger Brands’ CEO retires, CFO takes helm
After a troubled tenure of only four years, the CEO of Tiger Brands, Lawrence Mac Dougall, retired on January 31, having reached the company’s mandatory retirement age of 63.
28 Jan Life after listeriosis: Fighting for justice
The 2017/2018 listeriosis outbreak that killed over 200 people and caused severe illness in many more may have passed out of the public eye, but for the people infected and affected the pain still lingers and justice remains elusive.
28 Jan 2020 colour trends with Sensient
Discover how consumer and industry trends will shape food colour choices and preferences in 2020, with this superb infographic from Sensient...
28 Jan Coeliac disease linked to bacteria exposure
Exposure to bacteria that mimics gluten can confuse the immune system and trigger coeliac disease, Melbourne scientists have shown for the first time.
28 Jan Op-Ed: Ferrero feels the heat
Spread the happy. If Nutella took its slogan to heart it could circle the globe and back again. The nut-and-chocolate gunge is adored by children and has its own world celebration day. In France, a 2018 supermarket promotion sparked a riot. Nutella has overtaken Marmite as Britain’s favourite spread, and divides opinion as sharply.
27 Jan The 3 Horsemen of the (Food) Apocalypse are here – how industry can respond
A food industry ‘Davos’ is needed to tackle its role in global warming and other woes, argues this senior ex food company executive. [Compelling reading. Ed]
27 Jan Probiotics on the march to $69bn market
The global market for probiotics is forecast to reach to about $69.3 billion by 2023. This article looks at the development and rapid commercialisation of probiotics, their current and future promise.
27 Jan Your brain is a pig: How evolution has primed us to gorge
An evolutionary biologist explains how years spent on the brink of starvation still affects our eating habits. [A fascinating article! Ed]
23 Jan Why is Zyder Rylands not Group CEO of Woolworths?
South African retailers are making a habit of importing foreign executives into their top leadership roles — to be fair with some success. Woolies has a new foreign-but-not-foreign Group CEO, and the question is, why did they overlook local talent?
21 Jan 2020 Food Trends: intuitive eating, the ‘un-diet’, sustainability, new food tech
As a new year and new decade offer opportunities to take stock of where we’ve come and to anticipate the changes ahead, the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation is forecasting five broad trends for food and nutrition in 2020.
21 Jan Best of 2019: eight on-trend NPD winners
Mintel has identified some of the most innovative international food and drink products launched in 2019, ones that stood out for being unique and capturing the spirit of the times.
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