14 Apr Farmed fish is not bad for you!
Sweeping claims about toxins contained in farmed fish, which are supposedly dangerous to human health, are unsubstantiated and false, writes South African ichthyologist and hatchery owner, Nicholas James.
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14 Apr Clover’s transformation from klutzy dairy co-op to brand-savvy beast
When CEO Johann Vorster took the helm at Clover in 2006 he asked 100 staff members who among them would advise friends and family to join the Clover workforce. No one put up a hand. Today the company gets 20 plus CVs a week from...
14 Apr US poultry lands in SA but where to buy it is still a mystery
US chicken has landed on South African shores after a 15-year absence, but mystery surrounds which retailers will stock it.
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13 Apr New analysis of old study delivers another blow to traditional diet advice
A new analysis from a long-forgotten study dating to the 1960s adds to mounting doubts over a cornerstone of dietary advice for more than 50 years: the demonization of saturated fat in the diet.
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12 Apr Agribusiness GWK makes big move into wheat-based retail brands
Northern Cape agribusiness, GWK, has unveiled what it calls "one of the most modern and technologically advanced food production facilities on the continent", the GWK Farm Foods factory.
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05 Apr Why booming demand is making vanilla taste worse
There’s nothing plain about the vanilla market. The price of the bean used to flavour everything from ice cream and chocolate to cola and pastries, more than tripled in the past year as output slipped and quality suffered.
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05 Apr US: Can Kellogg save cereal by selling it as a snack food?
Kellogg is using grab-and-go packaging and advertising to reposition cereal as a potential snack for all hours of the day and night rather than a food that's exclusively for breakfast.
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05 Apr Food processing made us human
Processing food before eating, such as slicing or pounding, likely played key role in human evolution, a new study finds.
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29 Mar The customer is rarely right, often self-obsessed and may be best ignored
Customer focus is an enduring and fundamental principle of business. The logic goes that success will follow if you identify and solve customer problems, use them to build new products or services, and create strong relationships. But the truth is that customers can be a...
28 Mar Food Explorer #8: A South African food scientist investigates windmills and gin
Lisa Ronquest is one of South Africa's top young food scientists, now transferred to The Netherlands in a global food R&D role by Mars. She's been sharing her impressions and insights with FOODStuff SA readers in a regular blog, and we're proud here to publish...
28 Mar Peanut exposure in infancy cuts allergy risk – new study adds to evidence
A second big study affirms new thinking: Exposing high-risk kids to peanuts beginning in infancy greatly reduces the chance of developing a peanut allergy. And this peanut tolerance holds up as kids get older.
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28 Mar #Orangegate: Plastic-encased oranges spark ethics debate
You may have heard about the latest sign of modern-day bourgeois decadence: the brief and ill-fated commercial existence of pre-peeled oranges in a plastic container at a Whole Foods store in the US. The Twitterverse exploded in anger and sarcasm...
28 Mar At this supermarket, the produce section grows its own produce
At the end of the produce aisle in the Metro supermarket in Berlin, an indoor farming company is testing the ultimate in local food: greens and herbs are growing inside the store itself.
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27 Mar Top five South African consumer trends
By now South Africans are familiar with the market conditions we’re facing in 2016: a weak rand, the impacts of a drought, an energy crisis, and unemployment – a somewhat depressing picture of the year ahead. That said, there are still a number of interesting...
27 Mar SA food manufacturers: Taking cost strain
South Africa's food manufacturers are walking a fine line. Facing soaring costs of raw materials, they must still maintain volumes and profit margins.
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27 Mar Tesco’s made-up farm brands: tricking the consumer or a smart move?
British retail analysts have defended Tesco's decision to introduce 'fictional' farm brands for its value fresh products, after a backlash from consumers and the farming industry. But not everyone's convinced.
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27 Mar US: More major food brands take up GMO labelling
Following Campbell Soup's lead, other big US food makers — Kellogg, Conagra Foods, General Mills and Mars — have announced they'll start labelling foods made with GMOs.
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27 Mar Rich in antioxidants, purple bread may be new ‘superfood’
“For the past 10 years, bread has been under attack,” says Prof Zhou Weibiao, a food scientist at the National University of Singapore. He isn’t wrong, and his reponse has been to invent a purple bread to fix its high GI problem.
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26 Mar US: Food companies up transparency efforts
From niche players to large enterprises such as Campbell Soup and Wal-Mart Stores, US companies are rushing to meet consumers’ increasing demand to know more about what’s in their food, where it came from, and how it was produced.
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26 Mar New look for SA’s iconic Lunch Bar
For the first time in many years Cadbury Lunch Bar, South Africa’s most iconic chocolate bar, is revealing a new logo and packaging design, whilst keeping the same great taste that consumers have come to know and love.
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