03 Feb Synercore launches new range of baking premixes
The R&D teams at Synercore continue to explore new ingredients, products and innovations - their latest commercial launch is Blom Bake, a range of high quality and easy-to-use bakery premixes.
03 Feb In bad taste: SA’s spate of food contaminations
Consumers have become all too familiar with product recalls in recent months issued by some of South Africa’s best-loved food brands. The health and repuational fallout aside, these incidents highlight typical failings in quality control.
28 Jan Unilever realigns focus on product categories amid claims it’s lost its way
Global FMCG giant Unilever will lay off about 1,500 managers around the world and restructure its business around five distinct groups, a model that will simplify the company's structure so it can be more directly responsive to consumer trends and create more clear accountability for delivery.
18 Jan Very clever NPD: Sweet Victory over sugar cravings
Good news for those who chronically capitulate to sugar seduction! Israeli start-up, Sweet Victory, has created a delicious line of botanical-infused chewing gum that is designed to stop sugar cravings in their tracks.
18 Jan Bye-bye to SA’s fish paste favourites!
Peck's Anchovette – and local brand Redro – are disappearing from South African shelves, and won’t be restocked anytime soon. What! Why?
17 Jan 10 trends shaping the future of food & agtech in 2022
S2G Ventures, a leading multi-stage investment firm focused on the food, agriculture, ocean and seafood markets, has unveiled ten Food and AgTech trends that will shape the future of food in 2022.
17 Jan Looking at seafood trends in South Africa
Demand for seafood continues to rise, marking yet another shift in people's global diet preferences for protein; the previous one being the shift from beef to chicken. Some trends insights from Luis Figueiredo, the CEO of Atlantis Foods Group and founder of Atlantis Seafood Products, South Africa's third-largest fresh and frozen seafood processing and packing factory.
17 Jan Product development trends: less meat, more ‘mindfulness’ in 2022
Food development in 2022 will have fewer animals, but more plants as well as a wide-ranging 'mindfulness' about food. Insights with an American slant…
16 Jan Vrot tomato! SA’s tomato industry hit by massive weather losses
While many farmers generally welcome rain, it has cost South Africa's tomato industry at close to R100-million during December alone.
16 Jan USN, SA’s global sports nutrition company, partners with Fledge Capital in 25% deal
Ultimate Sports Nutrition (USN), one of the fastest growing sports nutrition brands globally, has a new investment partner and shareholder.
15 Jan Diets: how scientists discovered that one size doesn’t fit all
If you ate too much over the festive season, you may well be thinking about the best diet plan for 2022. But as anyone who has ever dieted knows, there are countless options out there. Right now, we’re in the midst of a revolutionary time for understanding the human body, and so the question arises: can new science tell us which diet plan is best for losing weight?
11 Jan Supply chains in 2022: will shortages continue, or will the situation improve?
Everything was about shortages in 2021. COVID vaccine shortages at the start of the year were replaced by fears that we would struggle to buy turkeys, toys or electronic gizmos to put under the Christmas tree. Some shortages were resolved quickly, others linger.
10 Jan IFIC food trends 2022: Wellness, nostalgia and new views of sustainability
As we enter the new year and the world begins year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves in a decade that proves the adage, “The only constant is change.” The food system is hardly immune to turmoil. Insights from IFIC....
06 Jan Howe Noodles says it’s not implicated in child deaths
Eastern Cape producer, Grandisync, says its Howe Noodles were not linked to the deaths of children, and that both an upcoming report and its own lab tests clear it of involvement.
04 Jan Slip, slop, slurp! The surprising science of sunscreen, sand and ice cream
Ahh, summer at the beach! The sun on your face, sand between your toes, an ice cream in your hand. For scientists young and old, a trip to the beach is also a perfect opportunity to explore the peculiar properties of some fascinating fluids.
04 Jan Food forecasting: How will Americans eat in 2022?
They see a new interest in mushrooms, a rethinking of chicken and coffee, a resurgence of 1980s cocktails, and interesting mash-up flavours. Some insights into trending foodbev trends 2022, courtesy of the New York Times.
14 Dec Swapping probiotics for antibiotics: a game changer for chickens, and us
A Stellenbosch University microbiologist has developed and commercialised an alternative to antibiotics for the poultry industry ... very interesting stuff!
13 Dec Deadly noodles: Eastern Cape producer fingered
The National Consumer Commission has named Howe instant noodles as the brand linked to the suspicious deaths of at least three children.
13 Dec AVI and Mondelez – no deal, talks off
US snacks powerhouse Mondelez, owner of the Cadbury, Oreo and Toblerone brands, is no longer in talks with food producer AVI on buying its snacks division, which includes the Bakers and Pro-Vita brands.
12 Dec Americans are addicted to ‘ultra-processed’ foods, and it’s killing them (and us)
The health toll being wrought by the Western diet and ultra-processed food is under the spotlight in this Dec 2021 issue of Newsweek. It's a great read...