22 Nov SA food companies: surviving an economic buffeting
Buffeted by drought and lacklustre economic growth, SA food producers Pioneer Foods and Rhodes Food Group have demonstrated that they can survive and thrive in challenging circumstances.
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22 Nov Woodlands Dairy spreads the cheese
Woodlands Dairy, based in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, has added cheese wedges to its extensive product line-up...
22 Nov Biscuit for breakfast – trench warfare was hard on soldiers’ teeth
Here's a fascinating item of food history a hundred years on from WW1 (1914-1918) - how soldiers in this most awful of conflicts survived not only the trenches but also their rations...
22 Nov The size of South Africa’s super-sweet tooth may be over-stated
Are South Africans the 8th highest sugar consumers in the world? Africa Check investigated...
22 Nov How challenger brands can move up the food chain
The food and drink category is ripe for disruption. For those budding challenger brands out there, here is the recipe for start-up success. [This is written from a UK perspective but offers universal insights and advice. Ed]
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21 Nov New study: Salmonella thrives in salad bags
When you hear the term “food poisoning” it usually conjures up images of hurried journeys to the toilet and rueful reviews while there of what was eaten the previous day. Was the chicken undercooked or the steak too rare? More likely it was the side...
13 Nov Health-focused Nestlé will always be home to KitKat: chairman
Nestlé chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe is confident that he will leave the world's largest food and beverage company next year with it well on track to become the global leader in health and fitness.
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11 Nov South Africans show their love for private label brands
Private labels (PL) or house brands are no longer the poor cousin of the retail trade; the new Nielsen 'State of Private Labels in South Africa' report reveals that they now account for R38.4-billion of consumer spend at hypermarket/supermarket tills or R10 out of every...
09 Nov SIAL 2016 Innovation Award Winners
The famed biennial global food show, SIAL 2016, took place in Paris from October 16- 20, where 15 SIAL Innovation Award Winners were named.
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09 Nov No, SA does not weigh in as the world’s third-most obese nation
Several media reports in the recent past quote various sources that put South Africa close to the peak of the world's obesity mountain. Really? Where's the truth? Africa Check investigated...
09 Nov Toblerone gets gappy and fans ain’t happy!
In the latest bit of confectionery shrinkflation, Mondelez International's decision to reduce and change the distinctive triangular chocolate chunks in two Toblerone bars sold in the UK has seen a mountain of fury and ridicule, and even more puns.
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09 Nov The global avocado craze
Record prices for avocados have sparked strikes in Mexico and a crime wave in New Zealand...
08 Nov OP-ED: Love it or hate it – scientists and journalists need each other
Ask a group of scientists about their past experiences of working with journalists, and you have to brace yourself for a few horror stories...
08 Nov Cheese: understanding why we love it or hate it
Cheese - a magnet to some, and a turn-off for others. But why is it a product some love, and some loathe? Researchers believe they have the answer.
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08 Nov A spoonful of GM bacteria
Would you swallow a dose of genetically engineered bacteria? Synthetic biologists developing ways to deliver modified bacteria as therapeutics via the gut certainly hope so.
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08 Nov Ajinomoto buys whopping R7.182bn stake in African food company Promasidor
Japan's Ajinomoto has pipped PepsiCo to purchase a stake in African food processor, the Jo'burg-HQ'd Promasidor Holdings for $532m or R7,182bn, as its looks to bolster its seasonings business amid a decline in sales.
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04 Nov Pioneering project to develop a South African stevia
In a timeous and topical development, Paarl-based Afriplex, well established beneficiator of indigenous plants, has announced it is embarking on a project to locally cultivate and process stevia (Stevia rebaudiana), viewed by many as a Holy Grail of non-nutritive sweeteners.
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03 Nov Teicholz explodes fat bombs in Noakes ‘trial’
Apart from jumping the gun on a “guilty” verdict, the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) has another big problem in its prosecution of scientist Prof Tim Noakes: all the evidence showing that low-fat diets increase the risk of heart disease.
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02 Nov Taking the paper mountain out of food safety system management
Management of multiple food safety systems can be a paperwork nightmare - but here's some good news for swamped QS/QR managers: paperless systems are now available in SA.
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02 Nov Food Explorer #12: A South African food scientist does rivers and Riesling
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 European impressions, insights and travels with FOODStuff SA readers in a regular blog, and we're...
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