21 Oct US: Unilever launches probiotic ice cream brand
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.
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21 Oct Edible cotton is now a reality – good news for a protein-hungry world
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.
21 Oct Who’s looking to buy Clover?
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.
18 Oct Real Foods looks to healthy growth – recruits reputed ex-CEOs
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.
18 Oct Pick n Pay commits to further cut down on food wastage
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.
12 Oct Tiger Brands reopens Germiston polony factory
After 'rigorous assessments' the factory has been given the all-clear to resume production after it was closed during the listeriosis crisis.
11 Oct Listeriosis legal battle for Tiger Brands gathering steam
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.
11 Oct Sloppy science bears substantial blame for Americans’ bad eating habits
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.
11 Oct Ayoba-Yo! Selling biltong to Americans
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.
11 Oct Four principles for premium brand renovation
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.
11 Oct Dunkin’ Donuts drops the donuts
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.
11 Oct Millennials kill again. The latest victim? American cheese
American cheese will never die. It has too many preservatives. But it’s melting away....
10 Oct Food waste #2: Seeing food wasted makes us mad – but should it?
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...
10 Oct Food waste #1: Enormous amounts of food are wasted during manufacturing – here’s where it occurs
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.
10 Oct The SA startup making ice-cream from insect milk
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...
10 Oct Tesco to scrap ‘best before’ dates from fruit and vegetable lines
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.
10 Oct SA’s Wonderbag makes TIME Magazine’s top 50 Genius Companies list
South African entrepreneur, Sarah Collins, and her product, the Wonderbag, have been recognised as one of TIME Magazine's top 50 Genius Companies.
10 Oct Changes and challenges in SA’s F&B sector
A welcome new B2B F&B event that's bound to grow in stature is the FoodNext.Africa symposium, a two-day meeting focusing on food disruption from farm-to-fork. The 2018 event was held recently at Cape Town's CTICC - and here are some interesting views from some of the speakers on the state of play in SA's F&B sector.
10 Oct New study: Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you
Probiotics are living micro-organisms that are taken by millions of people to boost their microbiome or to restore their gut ecosystem after a dose of antibiotics. Yet questions remain about whether they actually work.
09 Oct US: Big Food bets on frozen avocado
If there was ever an 'Age of the Avocado', we live in it. But there’s one drawback that avocado lovers have complained about: Their frustratingly short shelf life.
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