01 Dec What are the benefits of pink Himalayan salt?
Himalayan Crystal salt has quickly gained steam as a new health fad. What are the benefits? Here's a sceptical commentary...
01 Dec Nestlé scientists find process to almost halve sugar in chocolate
Food giant Nestlé, famed for KitKats, says it has found a way to reduce the amount of sugar in chocolate by as much as 40 percent, a discovery that may give it an edge as food producers face increasing pressure from governments, health advocates...
01 Dec Simple solution to a long-time cereal irritation
It's often said that there’s no point in reinventing the wheel, but UK retailer Sainsbury’s is giving it a good go – by re-branding its version of one of the nation’s favourite cereals.
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30 Nov Ten Key Trends in Food, Nutrition and Health 2017
When a giant food company invests $32-million in a startup focusing on personalized nutrition – as Campbell’s recently has – then you know that “personalization” has reached its tipping point. This is a key trend identified in New Nutrition Business' annual report, 10...
30 Nov World’s largest ice cream chain to launch in SA
South Africans need to have something special to look forward to this summer - and ice cream fans will welcome the arrival of the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, Baskin-Robbins.
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30 Nov How the same cereals differ around the world in sugar-salt content
World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) is calling for all breakfast cereal manufacturers to universally reduce salt and sugar content after a global cereal study revealed major differences found in the same branded breakfast cereals sold around the world.
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30 Nov Unpicking no’s 6-10 of Innova’s Top Ten 2017 trends
While “transparency” is the new rule of the game continuing to take clean labels to the next level, craft products or those mentioning “handmade” or “crafted” continues to be a massive trend – here's picking up on the top trends ranked at numbers six-ten on...
29 Nov The new dairy darling: Viking’s skyr
Ten years ago skyr – prounced skeer with a trill on the r – barely registered in the world’s yoghurt market. Now, according to global business consultants Future Market Insights, the market for skyr is worth nearly $8bn (£6.4bn) a year and growing fast.
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28 Nov ConCourt ruling advances Game’s push into fresh food
Masstores’ ambitions to increase the number of Game stores offering fresh produce received a major boost when the retailer succeeded in its appeal on Friday at the Constitutional Court to have the right to sell fresh produce at a Western Cape shopping centre.
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23 Nov Simba introduces new Kettle Popped Popcorn
Leading South African snack company, Simba, continues to keep innovation at the core of its business with the introduction of Kettle Popped Popcorn. [What's taken it so long? Ed]
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23 Nov The US government is finally telling people that homeopathy is a sham
Homeopathy is one of the most enduring forms of snake oil available to consumers; it has been duping people since 1814. But the US government only recently decided to clamp down on these bogus treatments, with a new policy from the Federal Trade Commission.
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23 Nov UK: Unilever on mission to woo flexitarian consumers
Unilever UK is adding a vegetarian logo to 500 products, including Flora and Hellmann’s, by the end of 2017 to boost interest among flexitarians.
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23 Nov Eat your fibre or face the flesh-eating microbe cannibals
Fibre’s fortunes are turning. New research in the journal Cell sheds light on how fibre works to protect the gut - and this has important implications for the food industry.
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22 Nov Clover opens R40m visitors’ centre
Dairy products and juice manufacturer, Clover, has launched a R40-million visitors' centre at its factory in Clayville, Midrand – a first for the South African dairy industry.
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22 Nov SA food companies: surviving an economic buffeting
Buffeted by drought and lacklustre economic growth, SA food producers Pioneer Foods and Rhodes Food Group have demonstrated that they can survive and thrive in challenging circumstances.
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22 Nov Woodlands Dairy spreads the cheese
Woodlands Dairy, based in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, has added cheese wedges to its extensive product line-up...
22 Nov Biscuit for breakfast – trench warfare was hard on soldiers’ teeth
Here's a fascinating item of food history a hundred years on from WW1 (1914-1918) - how soldiers in this most awful of conflicts survived not only the trenches but also their rations...
22 Nov The size of South Africa’s super-sweet tooth may be over-stated
Are South Africans the 8th highest sugar consumers in the world? Africa Check investigated...
22 Nov How challenger brands can move up the food chain
The food and drink category is ripe for disruption. For those budding challenger brands out there, here is the recipe for start-up success. [This is written from a UK perspective but offers universal insights and advice. Ed]
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21 Nov New study: Salmonella thrives in salad bags
When you hear the term “food poisoning” it usually conjures up images of hurried journeys to the toilet and rueful reviews while there of what was eaten the previous day. Was the chicken undercooked or the steak too rare? More likely it was the side...