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From the Easter eggs towers by the entrance to the ad hoc bins filled with Lindt Gold Bunnies and Creme Eggs near the checkout, it takes serious willpower to resist buying chocolate in the supermarket at Easter time. It's all about to end.
Gauteng confectionery company, Richester Foods, has launched a new brand of chocolate, Coco Bongo, that's 100% locally made and on sale for less than half the price of many competing international brands.
Where do businesses start when they want to develop a new foodbev product and how do you know if it will be a hit with consumers?
Canada's Cult Food Science Corp has completed an early-stage investment in Africa’s first precision fermentation company producing alternative dairy, Cape Town's De Novo Dairy.
Palm oil is a very widely-used food ingredient, but its production has a huge environmental impact, plus it may not be entirely healthy to consume. A greener, "lower-fat" alternative could be on the way, however, in the form of oil produced by algae.
A major new report by IPES-Food, The Politics of Protein: Examining claims about livestock, fish, ‘alternative proteins’ and sustainability, sheds light on misleading generalisations that dominate public discussion about meat and protein, and warns of the risks of falling for meat techno-fixes.
The story of Caulipower is an extraordinary one - how an intrepid female US entrepreneur turned a low-carb diet option into an FMCG superstar. We particularly like both the female and the low-carb descriptors...
Here is news of some interesting food science research that could have positive impact in the ice cream and frozen foods arenas....
Most people eat meat and dairy with little thought to their origins or consequences. So why do people keep eating meat, despite widespread awareness of the downsides?
Despite the fact that many retail categories saw large sales decline during the Covid-19 pandemic, the pet food and pet care categories saw only a small decline in 2020 compared to 2019, reveals a recently released BMi Research report.
A new partnership between the Shoprite Group and SA Canegrowers will see the country's largest retailer prioritise selling only locally-produced sugar in its 1,189 Shoprite, Checkers, Checkers Hyper and Usave supermarkets in South Africa.
Lactalis Southern Africa (LSA), part of the international Lactalis Group and formerly known as Parmalat SA, has a new boss....
Zero Acre Farms is a US food-tech startup that's looking to create a new category of healthy oils and fats.
The sweetness of sugar is one of life’s great pleasures, a visceral love. This isn’t incidental; it is etched in our genes.
According to British charity WRAP, milk is the third most wasted food item in the home (after potatoes and bread) with more than 490 million pints thrown away in the UK annually. It doesn't have to be like this....
Tiger Brands has put its money where its mouth is and has made an appointment to head up its Venture Capital Fund, launched in mid-2021.
Thanks to a bunch of innovative South African companies the food of tomorrow may be arriving on your dinner plate sooner than you think.
With so much nonsense surrounding the topic of non-nutritive sweeteners, we are happy to publish this new rational overview that lays out their safety and efficacy.
Reb M is the most sugar-like sweetening component in stevia, but is only found in low concentrations in the plant. Various technologies have changed that and these ingredients are now hitting the industrial and consumer markets.
Oil from soybeans gene-edited to produce a “high oleic” oil with no trans fats and less saturated fat is already on sale in the US. Other products including low-acrylamide potatoes and non-browning mushrooms are expected to be launched in the near future. Two experts in the field discuss this ever-controversial subject.