Propak Cape 2017 was hit at Cape Town's CTICC last week - superbly supported by 200 vendors across its 'packaging, processing, plastic, labelling, printing' byline and attracting some 6,000 visitors over the three days. Generally, the event felt and looked sophisticated and truly world-class. Editor, Brenda Neall, spent two days browsing the show and presents these snapshots....
What counts as dietary fibre? That's up for debate. The US FDA is reviewing 26 ingredients that food manufacturers use to bulk up the fibre content of processed foods to determine if there's a health benefit.
Mérieux NutriSciences, previously Swift Silliker, has expanded its offering in South Africa with the inauguration of a brand new microbiology laboratory in George, a growing city in the Western Cape.
When it comes to the taste of foods, most of us assume that everything we eat is either sweet, sour, bitter, salty or umami. According to a team led by Prof Russell Keast at Australia's Deakin University, however, carbohydrates have their own unique taste. What's more, people who are particularly able to sense it are more likely to put on weight.
South African holding company Libstar is to merge with Sonnendal Dairies in the Western Cape following approval by the country's competition watchdog.
Global market intelligence company, Euromonitor International, has released the latest results of the 2017 Global Consumer Trends survey. In terms of South African findings, the top consumer trends are detailed below....
Carton packaging for dairy, juice, and food is the healthy, sustainable option that meets the modern lifestyle needs of busy people, asserts Tetra Pak.
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is back on the warpath against LCHF advocate, Prof Tim Noakes. Noakes has called this ongoing and incredibly expensive saga "malicious" and that the HPCSA face “five rather large roadblocks in its case against him”.
You can learn a lot from eggs. The versatile, delicious, humble chicken egg. You can unlock the secrets of the universe with eggs, or at least a couple of them through these fun (if slightly weird) DIY chemistry experiments in ACS's latest episode of Reactions.
How in the world can chocolate be convincingly sold as a health food? You can thank a decades-long effort by the chocolate industry. A fascinating article from Vox.com....[a long read]
The New Plastics Economy (NPE) is an ambitious, three-year global initiative to build momentum towards a sustainable plastics system, starting with packaging. Part of the exercise has been a competition, with valuable prizes, the Circular Design Challenge. The winners and finalists have come up with some hugely innovative concepts.
The Netherlands has become an agricultural giant by showing what the future of farming could look like.
A Spanish producer has began selling a “light” range of avocados — which it claims contain 30% less fat than the typical avocados.
Love or hate him; former Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson is a retail genius. The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviewed Basson for his “ShapeShifter” feature.
Floating food could be the next culinary craze thanks to a new invention that levitates, transports and delivers food and drink directly onto your tongue.
Low-cal additives are finding a place in pollution control — even as scientists dig into whether they are pollutants in their own right.
With consumer’s preferences changing rapidly, businesses feel pressure to produce products quickly and sell them through the appropriate distribution channels. To succeed in today’s marketplace, you need to understand....
The new limited-edition McCain Spicy Wedges are the perfect big bite, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside with a hint of spice.
The 2017 edition of Anuga, the world's largest food fair in Cologne, has come and gone this past week, with the organisers, KoelnMesse, claiming that this, the 34th Anuga, was the best trade fair in a long time for many of the exhibitors.
Kellogg will acquire Chicago Bar Company, which manufactures the RXBAR clean-label protein bars, the cereal maker has announced. The deal is valued at $600-million.