26 Apr How marijuana highjacks your brain to give you the munchies
Shortly after toking up, a lot of marijuana users find that there's one burning question on their minds: "Why am I so hungry?"
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26 Apr Professor Noakes’ ridiculous Banting trial
CyberShrink, a popular columnist on News24.com, feels that a trivial complaint against world-renowned Prof Tim Noakes has grown into a real threat to freedom of speech and the proper role of any doctor in South Africa.
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26 Apr “Confusion, chaos and a lack of clarity around nutrition science”
A lack of clarity around the issue of nutrition science is problematic for the food and beverage industry and must be addressed, says Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of the US's Grocery Manufacturers' Association.
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26 Apr Shoprite’s CEO chides food stores for using drought as excuse to hike prices
Food suppliers should not use the drought and weak rand as an excuse for unnecessary price hikes, Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson has urged.
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26 Apr Ten ways big FMCG makers are shooting themselves in the foot
Why are the top 100 FMCG or CPG brands [in the US] underperforming in most of the categories in which they operate? Lots of reasons, many beyond their control, says Dr Kurt Jetta, founder of TABS Analytics. But some the wounds are self-inflicted, he argues:...
21 Apr Astonishing line up of world’s leading FMCG players at Cape Town summit
In just under two months, Cape Town will play host to scores of CEOs from the world’s most influential consumer and retail brands at the CGF Global Summit, hosted annually by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF).
...20 Apr South African chain Chesa Nyama thrives on local flavour
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Domestic chains are thriving in South Africa but few have grown quite as fast, or become quite as popular, as Chesa Nyama. [It's always interesting to see how foreigners view SA, and this perspective is from Euromonitor International. Ed]
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20 Apr How medical foods offer growth opportunities for Nestlé, packaged foods industry
In a corner of a technical research university campus in Lausanne, Nestlé SA scientists are untangling genetic profiles to develop medical foods — one of the company’s big hopes for sales growth.
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20 Apr UK: Fruitful idea turns waste food into a tasty snack
Food-brands-with-a-cause will increasingly resonate with consumers, and food waste is now a major concern and cause. With this in mind, two British entrepreneurs have launched 'Snact.', a food business that makes snacks from surplus produce that would otherwise be thrown away for being...
20 Apr Do we really need probiotics in our coffee, granola and yoghurt?
It's not just kombucha and yoghurt: Probiotics are now showing up in dozens of packaged foods. But what exactly do these designer foods with friendly flora actually offer — besides a high price tag?
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20 Apr The supermarket must die. App-fueled services can reinvent it
There is no greater temple to our industrialised food system than the American [or any other] supermarket. Problem is, it’s a terrible way to get food.
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20 Apr Why is new product innovation lacking in the food and beverage industry?
The likes of Airbnb, Uber and Alibaba have turned the global accommodation, taxi and retailing industries on their heads, developments that had this commentator pondering why such 'wow' disruptive innovation does not seem to happen in the food and drinks sectors?
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20 Apr Understanding an ancient symbiosis that could lead to better infant formula
Mothers' milk guides the development of neonates' gut microbiota, nourishing a very specific bacterial population that protects the child. Now a team of researchers has identified the compound in the milk that supplies this nourishment, and has shown that it can be obtained from...
20 Apr Strong speaker line-up at Food Hospitality Africa’s food-bev conference in May
A strong line-up of leading lights in the food & beverage industry will be presenting at the African Food & Beverage Conference on day two of the inaugural Food & Hospitality Africa expo, taking place at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 3 - 5...
18 Apr First SA Starbucks store opens this week!
In a much-anticipated debut that's bound to attract queus of eager fans, the first South African outpost of Starbucks will open on this week on Thursday 21 April in Rosebank, Jo'burg.
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15 Apr Mars’ brave new health policy
In an unprecedented move, and as part of a newly-announced five-year global health initiative, Mars is to introduce new labelling advising consumers that its Dolmio pasta meal kits and ready-made sauces – high in sugar, salt and fat –...
15 Apr Fats and oils producer fined R35m for anticompetitive behaviour
Boksburg-based edible fats and oil refinery operator, Sime Darby Hudson Knight (SDH&K), has agreed to pay a fine of R35-million and invest R135m in a new packaging and warehousing facility as part of the remedy for colluding with FMCG maker, Unilever.
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14 Apr The sugar conspiracy: getting it so wrong for so long?
In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?...
14 Apr Op-Ed: Understanding food price inflation and what can be done about it
With large falls in maize output on account of El Niño-related drought conditions and increases in maize imports, South Africans can expect continued high food price inflation in the coming months.
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14 Apr More and more unprocessed fresh produce in British retail
British supermarkets cater to the trend of unprocessed food, or clean eating, with product innovations in the fresh produce sector. This trend involves having a healthy diet with lots of fruits and vegetables and no additives, such as sugar or preservatives.
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