Enormously useful as they are, swine have not been universally adored. The history of pigs is a tale of love and loathing. As long as pigs have existed, people have weighed their hunger for meat against worries about how the animals lived and what they...
Entrepreneur Deborah Meaden has made 40 investments in start-up businesses during her time in the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, investing nearly £3m in the process. In this interview with IFE, she considers the secrets to attracting investment, and how to take a good food and...
They have been a favourite on British dining tables and barbecues for generations. But now, it seems, sausages are falling out of favour as shoppers opt for healthier options.
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Could it be the next kale? The quest is on to engineer the mother of all superfoods that scientists describe as "like God's vegetable".
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Is Low Carb/High Fat diet and nutritional ketosis a new treatment for HIV AIDS? This is a question posed after new research has found that HIV/AIDS infection is significantly dependent on glucose, not dissimilar to cancer.
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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...
Ghana has long had a popular local confectionery, Golden Tree chocolate. Why not, as it's an integral centre of the cocoa industry? What's special about Golden Tree, however, is that it doesn't melt despite the year-long heat....
Food labels should contain more detail about how much sugar is in a product, the US FDA has declared.
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Tomato lovers, rejoice, for science has achieved the impossible: the perfect supermarket tomato. Why won't it ever hit the supermarket shelves? Slate investigates...
A wave of Silicon Valley-style disruption is hitting the food industry. Laboratory-grown meat, vegan cheese and "animal free" milk and eggs are heading for consumers, often with backing from the tech sector and its financial allies.
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In a long-awaited report, the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has ditched a 10% upper limit on sugar intake instead recommending that less than 5% of daily energy should come from free sugars.
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Bye-bye temptation! Confectionery, crisps, cakes and biscuits are to vanish from the checkouts at Marks & Spencer stores after the company said it was removing them all from so-called ‘guilt lanes’.
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Interest in free-from foods is continuing to rise globally, led by the growing availability of gluten-free lines in particular. Products positioned on a gluten-free platform accounted for 10% of total global food and drinks launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in the 12 months to...
Is this a solution to coeliac disease? Two Canadian scientists believe that sufferers may soon be able to eat whatever they want by taking a new egg-based supplement.
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Have you ever snapped angrily at someone when you were hungry? Or has someone snapped angrily at you when they were hungry? If so, you’ve experienced “hangry” (an amalgam of hungry and angry) – the phenomenon whereby some people get grumpy and short-tempered when they’re...
Cashew nuts are soaring in popularity in the US as snackers seek healthier options, and industry experts expect demand to grow further as snack brands include the nuts in new products and the ongoing drought in California drives up the price...
Delegates at this week's IFT 2015 congress in Chicago were privileged to hear, first hand, from the scientist who has developed the first artifical meat, Prof Mark Post of Maastricht University. Despite many hurdles, he's optimistic that cultured meat could be a reality within a...
Starbucks is jumping into the surging coffee market in South Africa and will open shop here in mid 2016.
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Over the past years, Nielsen has evaluated more than 20,000 new product launches, singling out those that truly "break through" the clutter. This year 12 companies have been named "Breakthrough Innovation Winners", recognising companies such as PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, and Red Bull. The Breakthrough Innovation...
Sprouted whole grains could give the grain industry a real opportunity to claw back the initiative in the debate sparked by books like Grain Brain and Wheat Belly by tapping into demand for more nutrient-rich, minimally processed natural foods, but also a deeper interest in rebirth and renewal, say...