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Normally, it would be unthinkable to consume meat that’s over a few days old, but thanks to French butcher Alexandre Polmard it is actually possible to enjoy ‘vintage’ meats from cows that were butchered decades ago!
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Our food is not healthy; we will be healthy if we eat nutritious food. Words matter. And those that we apply to food matter more than ever. This brilliant article argues that until we have better information and clearer shared language defining our food, smart...
The simple weight-loss formula — burn more calories than you consume — is anything but, new science is finding. Brands and dieters are waking up to the reality that “a calorie isn’t just a calorie", and our mistaken faith in the power of this seemingly...
McDonald’s is to introduce table service and cooked-to-order gourmet burgers at hundreds of restaurants across Britain as it tries to head off competition from upmarket rivals.
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South Africa’s worst drought on record, a plunging currency and debt-burdened consumers are weighing on the country’s biggest food producers, who may sacrifice profits in order to keep prices affordable and preserve market share.
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Once again, the US fresh produce industry has been hit with a deadly Listeria monocytogenes outbreak. The latest involves fresh-cut salad items, reportedly produced at a Dole processing plant in Ohio.
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South Africa's obsession with a high-fat, low-carb diet is creating a new niche food industry. LCHF items are now old hat on many restaurant menus countrywide, but now a flurry of entrepreneurs are hoping the diet trend will fatten their wallets.
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It's kinda nice when baristas draw little things like hearts or leaves in the foam on your cappuccino. There's a chance, however, that those designs may be going the way of cave paintings.
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Unilever, the parent company of ice cream brand Ola, announced this week that it was shrinking its products as part of a healthier lifestyle initiative. From April, all adult single-serve ice creams will contain no more than 250 calories.
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More donut-ice cream heaven is going to hit SA shores...
PepsiCo has unveiled a new packaging format for its potato chips – a bag that transforms into a bowl for sharing.
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For confectionery manufacturers, Lindt is currently something of a shining city on a hill. It continues to make what the majority of its competitors have found very difficult to achieve...
Most people have no idea that a xylitol, a sugar alcohol sweetener in sugarless chewing gum and now dearly beloved by the growing population of low carb/Banting fans, could kill their precious pooches if they happen to ingest it.
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Meeting the demands of an ever-changing marketplace, such as 'natural' and 'clean label', is a challenge for food processers, and often technically/financially infeasible for many plants and their personnel. But, ironically, it is technology that opens the way to meeting these current NPD heights.
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A grain that was cultivated exclusively for feeding birds may soon find its way as a healthy and tasty ingredient in bread, cookies and pasta for consumers.
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On Jan 7, the Obama administration released its much-anticipated 2015 update to the Dietary Guidelines. Revised every five years, they are based on evolving nutrition science and serve as the government's official advice on what to eat. One concrete change: Americans are being told...
In the US, a small contingent of venture-funded startups are trying to capitalise on the move away from meat. In the Netherlands, however, the pressure to go meatless, or at least less meat, is felt even more intensely. A Dutch startup called the Vegetarian Butcher...
SA's biggest food firm, Tiger Brands, says it has made "good progress" in its search for a new CEO after former head Peter Matlare gave notice late last year amid fallout from the group’s failed multibillion-rand Nigerian investment.
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JSE-bound consumer goods group, Bounty Brands, has made its first local and international food acquisitions.
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