Unilever has agreed to purchase natural and organic condiment maker Sir Kensington’s for an undisclosed amount, albeit the Chicago Tribune is reporting that the deal cost $140-million.
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Starbucks began selling “Unicorn Frappuccinos” in the US last week, a colourful kaleidoscope of a drink, breathing new life into a food trend that had been willed into existence by a torrent of carefully composed pictures shared on Instagram and other social media sites.
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Here's a perfect take down of the latest variation of the Mediterranean diet. According to this version, the people of the Mediterranean don’t eat red meat or butter so neither should you. Not so fast...
The internet is a deep, dark, judgemental place. Here's a take from a Reddit [a popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website] thread on non-Americans addressing this question: What American food do you find most disgusting? Here are five foods that foreigners just...
With over 40 different assays on the market it is increasingly more difficult for companies to choose a new rapid method and to decide to invest in it. This article discusses the options... [there is some focus on new US regulations the article has plenty of global relevance. Ed]
Why rapid methods?
The Nutella maker is changing strategy amid higher competition and healthier diets...
Pioneer Foods is the first confirmed corporate casualty of South Africa's credit-ratings downgrade. The food giant has announced the collapse of a deal that would have created Africa's largest consumer goods company.
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Unilever in the UK has launched a new range of ready-to-bake Stork cupcake mixes to help consumers who may lack the time or confidence to bake.
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'Fibre is the only option to turn our comfort foods from toxic to therapeutic,' says the founder of FiberFlour, a low-carb, high-fibre flour with the same functionality as regular flour.
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The modern green hysteria about genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and the corresponding fad for organic food is exposed as vapid and fact-free by their acceptance of food created by nuclear radiation but labelled “organic”, writes well-known Daily Maverick columnist, Ivo Vegter.
US company Post Holdings is buying Weetabix from China’s Bright Food Group for £1.4bn, putting the British breakfast favourite back into the hands of a cereal company.
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Lisa Ronquest is one of South Africa's top young food scientists, now transferred to the Netherlands in a global food R&D role for Mars. She's been sharing her European impressions, insights and travels with FOODStuff SA readers in a regular blog, and we're proud here...
Sally Williams, arguably South Africa's best-known handcrafted nougat brand, continues on an ambitious growth track - and has just launched its first ice-cream store, which it plans to extend over the next few years.
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Two backyard brands, born out of the curiosity and imagination of a single young founder, have catapulted to the top of US dairy.
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The impact of South Africa's drought on local farmers, producers, and consumers have been immense with a significant impact on agricultural yields, quality and price. This is forcing companies like McCain South Africa to adjust their business models to mitigate the impact.
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Unilever, formed in 1930 by the merger of a Dutch margarine maker (Margarine Unie) and a British soapmaker (Lever Brothers), is ditching the margarine. Why? Margarine isn't where the action is anymore.
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Dutch-British consumer products giant Unilever has announced the surprise sale of its under-performing margarine division, seeking to soothe investor jitters after spurning a takeover bid by US rival Kraft Heinz.
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From packing fruit, fish and meat to disposable coffee cups, and a myriad of other applications, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of styrofoam — none of which can be recycled. An American youngster has come up with an...
Inside a former baked-goods factory near the Oakland, California airport, a construction crew is installing giant vats that will soon be used to scale up production of the Impossible Burger–a plant-based meat designed to look and taste good enough that meat eaters will want to order it, not vegetarians.
Through the government's Black Industrialists programme, a Western Cape company has been able to grow its business to become a pet food supplier for one of the country’s giant retailers.
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