23 Jun Rhodes relaunches Squish: convenient purees for young kids
On the back of its own consumer research, Rhodes has relaunched the popular and convenient range of purees for young children, Squish, which only uses 100% fruit and vegetables.
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22 Jun Why General Mills and Campbell Soup are investing in up-and-coming food brands
As consumer eating preferences are rapidly evolving and changing, CPG giants are looking for ways to innovate and enter new product categories. They're doing so by investing in emerging food brands that cater to the Whole Foods crowd.
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22 Jun Albany D’light flavoured breads debut on the SA market
Albany's new D'light range is infused with "delicious, one-of-a-kind flavours" that will cause consumers "to re-consider what bread is all about" says Tiger Brands.
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22 Jun Bounty Brands builds scale for listings
Unlisted FMCG company, Bounty Brands, is gearing its business for a foreign and local listing in 2017 through acquisitions, several food related, that continue to build scale in the business.
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22 Jun Monk fruit extract adding excitement to high-intensity natural sweetener market
Monk fruit extracts poised to give stevia a run for its money when it comes to the natural high-intensity sweetener sector.
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22 Jun Physician, heal thyself, learn nutrition!
It is both puzzling and shocking that doctors aren’t taught nutrition in medical school. That they don’t routinely ask patients what they are eating that is keeping them fat and sick. It’s as if the medical powers that be (who are wedded to the pharmaceutical...
20 Jun Six reasons why food is a really big deal
It’s easy to forget the power of what is on our dinner plate...
20 Jun The significance of ‘home-brewed’ foods
Growing interest in “home brewing” comes as part of a change in consumption with people moving away from pre-packed “marketised science”, to instead seek out their own personal, experiential and enlightened paths to wellness. Sauerkraut is leading a food revolution, asserts James Cronin
20 Jun Remgro invests in Cape chocolatier
Investment giant Remgro, one of the toughest operators in the country’s hard-boiled corporate sector, is showing a sweet side...
13 Jun SA hosts some of world’s most influential FMCG CEOs
CEOs from the world's most influential consumer and retail brands will gather this week at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on June 15-17 for the 60th Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit - the first of its kind on the African continent, writes Pick n...
13 Jun AB7 expo next week: Africa’s food suppliers target international exports
Suppliers at the continent’s largest food expo that begins on Sunday reveal ambitious plans for investment and expansion in the run up the three-day exhibition.
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08 Jun Is Pick n Pay on path to regaining its former glory?
Whisper it softly, but it seems that this time, Pick n Pay’s "turnaround" strategy might actually be working.
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08 Jun UK ‘Fat Wars’: Martin Luther moment for medicine?
Award-winning British journalist, Jerome Burne, believes the UK's 'Fat Wars' herald a much-needed ‘Martin Luther moment’ for medicine. He explains why in a shortened version of his blog on the topic (click here for a full version). It’s a riveting read.
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08 Jun New player on SA’s ingredients park – with big and bright ambitions
Dr Tertius Cilliers is no stranger to the SA food ingredients industry, and has clear ambitions to make an ever bigger mark. Combining the newly-acquired assets of several independent ingredient and product development companies, he's now set up Cape Town-based Synercore Holdings.
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08 Jun Why it’s so hard for snack makers to create fake salt
Salt is at the heart of nearly every food...
08 Jun US: FDA issues guidelines for salt reduction
A fight at the dining table is escalating between US regulators and the food industry, this time over the FDA's new proposals to cut Americans’ average salt intake by almost one-third.
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07 Jun Seeking out disruptive technologies for the food industry
An interview with General Mills’ Disruptive Technology Manager and Global Connector, Olaf Gruess, who is looking to seek out new technologies, entrepreneurs and start-ups that have the potential to change or disrupt how the industry interacts with consumers to produce innovative foods.
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07 Jun Op-Ed: Do you really understand marketing?
It's making what consumers want to buy, not making them buy what you want to sell, asserts John Stanton, professor of food marketing at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia and contributing editor to FoodProcessing.com.
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07 Jun UK: Tesco introduces cauli and mushroom steaks
In a nod to vegetarians - and a move that will also please the low carbers - who feel an afterthought at BBQs, UK supermarket chain Tesco has launched a new prepared vegetables BBQ range featuring cauliflower steaks and Portobello mushroom steaks.
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07 Jun Moving potatoes out of the commodity mode
A new partnership between distributors, RSA Market Agents, and leading potato grower, Wesgrow, will see new branded potato offerings brought to SA's broader retail space.
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