California's Silicon Valley has developed a special affinity for all things food: meal kits, plant-based burgers, new-fangled food delivery services. But the growth demands on the typical tech startup don’t necessarily square with the needs of food-based companies.
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Famous Brands has made its first foray into the food service leisure sector, acquiring a 49.9% stake in the award-winning commercial catering company, By Word of Mouth.
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Obesity in South Africa has hit epidemic proportions. But while the science is clear about the extent of our expanding waist lines, it is not as easy to quantify the why. HEALTH-E NEWS investigates...
Rhodes Food Group's buying spree continues - it has now acquired instant food maker Pakco, whose brands include Bisto gravy and Trotters jelly, in exchange for shares valued at R200m.
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Three confectionery companies – namely Cadbury owner Mondelēz, Nestlé, and Beacon owner, Tiger Brands – account for nearly three quarters of the market in South Africa.
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Unlike South Africa where the terms are simply outlawed in food labelling, the US FDA is on a mission to define the two terms, "healthy" or "natural", which companies routinely print on food-drinks packaging in hopes they will entice sales.
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It is widely accepted that cholesterol lowering is healthful per se. Research by well known UK obesity scientist, Zoë Harcombe, and Julien S Baker challenges this view, with particular reference to plant sterols that over the past decade or so that have been lauded as...
Uber Technologies starts its UberEats food-delivery service in South Africa today before expanding in the rest of the country and into the continent, it has announced.
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New ventures that launch an on-the-go snack or beverage with a “free-from” positioning have the best chance of success, a new research project by New Nutrition Business shows.
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New types of synthetic alcohol are being developed that could allow people to enjoy the sociable effects of a few pints, but skip the toxic, hangover ones.
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If you read science news, you know there’s been a crisis brewing in medicine, psychology, nutrition and other sciences — actually, a full-blown disaster, according to some observers. Evidence is mounting that many well-regarded scientific results are poorly supported by the data, if not flat...
Mars Foods Africa has extended its Royco brand offering in the wet cooking aids category with the launch of a new range of value Pasta Base sauces.
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The Simonsberg cheese brand will soon be no more. Parmalat South Africa has decided to scrap the brand and market the range under its global Président name.
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The amount of brine to be injected into chicken will remain capped at 15 percent starting from October 22. This is after the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, yesterday turned down an application by the SA Poultry Association asking that regulations regarding the cap of 15...
An increasing number of food-poisoning outbreaks in Britain are being caused by undercooked chicken livers. This increase has occurred at the same time as some celebrity chefs are advocating cooking livers for only a short period, recommending that the livers be served pink in...
Most people would have used the "five-second rule" to justify rescuing some tasty tidbit from the floor at some point in their lives, but is there any truth to it?
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The Financial Mail takes another fascinating look at ever-nascent Woolies and how it's surviving, even thriving, in an economy buffeted by hectic headwinds...
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is poised to sell fast-food company McDonald’s SA to MSA Holdings, a McDonald’s subsidiary operating in the Middle East.
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Eat Better South Africa, The Noakes Foundation’s educational arm, has launched a labelling product, The Sugar Barometer, that it hopes will help change the sugar consumption landscape in South Africa and beyond - and its urging manufacturers and retailers to come on board.
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