The international doughnut chain, Krispy Kreme, opened its first South African store in Rosebank, Jo'burg at 7am on November 25, marked by queues of people camping out overnight in anticipation of an opening give-away of free doughnuts to the first fans in line.
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The mainstays of most of the diet regimens of the last 30 years have been the GI (glycaemic index) rating score as well as its cousin the glycaemic load. Famous best-selling diet books such as the G-Plan Diet, the South Beach diet all used the...
New Nutrition Business, one of the world's leading research consultancies in the development, marketing and understanding of health/functional foods and nutrition, has just celebrated 20 years in business. Its founder, Julian Mellentin, has some cogent thoughts on how this has changed in the...
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 column, and we're proud here to publish...
The IPSA Gold Pack Awards is the biennial showcase for the South African packaging industry and from its inception in 1973 it has grown into an event of considerable importance and prestige. The 2015 awards were recently presented in Jo'burg...
So despite the best efforts of the Association of Dietitians of South Africa, the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) and various eminent medical academics, the Banting Revolution continues to gain traction across the length and breadth of South Africa.
This article by Emeritus Professor...
Food companies tinker with the signature products in their portfolios at their own risk — and few products are as classic as Campbell's chicken noodle soup. Now, Campbell Soup is altering its famous broth.
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Famous Brands has made a first-mover strike into a new QSR category, striking a deal to bring renowned French bakery-café chain, PAUL, to South Africa.
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Whether it's an affinity for a particular meal or brand, or a reflection of the dire spending environment as escalating costs and debt rein in household budgets, what is clear is that value for money has become the order of the day in the fast...
A direct and positive link between pupils' breakfast quality and consumption, and their educational attainment, has for the first time been demonstrated in a ground-breaking new study carried out by public health experts at Cardiff University.
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Added sugar in our diet is a very recent phenomenon and only occurred when sugar, obtained from sugar cane, beet and corn, became very cheap to produce. It’s a completely unnecessary part of our calorie intake: it has no nutritional value, gives no feeling of fullness and is acknowledged to be a major factor in causing obesity and diabetes both in the UK and worldwide.
The kitchen knife is getting a makeover with a new design featuring a circular grip for improved ergonomics and versatility.
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Macridge, a well-established macadamia processor in Limpopo's Soutpansberg Mountains, has taken its production to new levels thanks to an investment in advanced sorting technology.
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It is usually frowned upon for a restaurant to welcome the company of cockroaches, let alone a family of large Madagascan ones. But one kitchen in rural Pembrokeshire has won a social entrepreneur award for doing just that, before it even opened.
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Too slow to ripen or too squidgy and brown inside, avocados often end up contributing to the UK’s food waste mountain. But retailer, Tesco, believes it has the answer to these avocado woes: frozen, de-stoned, peeled and ripe when they...
The 'clean eating' trend has inspired a back-to-basics approach in product development and is an overarching theme in Innova Market Insights’ Top Ten Trends list for 2016. Here trends 1-5 are detailed...
Few media reports in the health sphere generate as much attention as those with screaming headlines about a new link between food and cancer. The level of interest is understandable. But a common mistake in reporting these findings is to confuse the strength of...
Tiger Brands said yesterday it would cut funding to its struggling Nigerian venture after nearly R1bn in write-downs.
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A merger that sparked fears of a monopoly of sorts within the instant porridge market has been given the green light.
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There has been a deluge of reaction, for and against, to last week's announcement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that processed meat – like bacon, sausages and ham – is a Class 1 carcinogen, a claim...