Interest in vegan food has been booming across the rich world. Celebrity claims of veganism are everywhere: Bill Clinton and Al Gore, Serena and Venus Williams, Lewis Hamilton, Mike Tyson, Beyoncé, take your pick....The Economist takes a look at this burgeoning trend.
Researchers at Meiji University in Japan are working on technology they call “unlimited electric gum”, able to electrically simulate flavour sensations when a person chews a stick of specially created “gum.
How extraordinary! Ikea, the iconic global decor/furniture retailer [Wish we had it in SA! Ed] is also one of the top ten food companies in the world. Here's news of its latest food innovation success...
Unilever has launched a new probiotic ice cream brand in the US called Culture Republick, which the company claims is the first premium ice cream containing probiotics.
Humans may likely be eating cotton in the not too distant future — not just wearing it — as a new edible variety is reaching the commercialisation stage.
Shares in South Africa’s Clover Industries raced to their highest in almost two months on Friday 19 October after the dairy company said it is in talks with an unnamed firm that intends to acquire all its shares.
Former Famous Brands Group CEO Kevin Hedderwick and Antony Ball (above), the co-founder and ex-CEO of private equity company, Brait, have joined the board of Real Foods, a private company focused on natural food that owns brands such as Kauai.
As part of its financial results for the six months ending 26 August 2018, Pick n Pay announced that it remains committed to cutting down on food wastage.
After 'rigorous assessments' the factory has been given the all-clear to resume production after it was closed during the listeriosis crisis.
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.