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Woolworths today has announced the completion of the first phase of replacing sweets and chocolates with better snacking options at the checkout aisles of 104 stores.
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Chesa Nyama is one of South Africa’s fast growing fast food franchises, and now its owners, Gold Brands Investment, has announced that it will list on the JSE AltX, making it the only fast food retail company on the alternative exchange.
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In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and increased security in the Paris area due to the COP21 UN Climate Change Summit there this week, over 30 food ingredients manufacturers have decided to pull out of Food Ingredients Europe, the world’s largest...
It’s an idea Willy Wonka’s evil twin might have dreamed up: Chocolate that’s healthy, calorie-free, and no fun at all. Behold, the chocolate pill.
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What do you do when you are left with half a chip in your hand after dipping? Admit it, you’ve wondered whether it’s OK to double dip the chip. Well is it?
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A US company has launched a new and economical way to sterilise flexible packaging and its contents - a viable alternative to the likes of hot-filling, retort processing, peroxide or peracetic baths and sprays, irradiation, pulsed light or electron-beam irradiation.
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Coinciding with World Fisheries Day on November 21, Woolworths has launched new ranges of responsibly farmed fish, marking another milestone in its Good Business Journey. The fish are the ASC-certified tilapia products.
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The professional conduct hearing into diet guru Tim Noakes continues, but it is already clear that the tussle is one of lawyer vs lawyer rather, than a debate of science. On Wednesday, Noakes’ legal team poked holes in the testimony of witnesses criticising Noakes’ nutritional...
To his admirers, he is a visionary health guru now made the victim of a witch-hunt. To his detractors, he is a once-solid sports scientist who has veered down the path of quackery by pushing his low carbohydrate, high fat Banting diet. This week, Professor...
The second day of scientist Tim Noakes’ professional misconduct hearing saw two witnesses give evidence against Noakes and his controversial Banting diet. But the professor is not taking it lying down: his legal team subjected Noakes’ complainant to a gruelling cross-examination, including the implication that...
Towards the end of the year, TIME does an annual round-up of the best inventions making the world better, smarter and - in some cases - a little more fun. Two are food related...
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...
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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The kitchen knife is getting a makeover with a new design featuring a circular grip for improved ergonomics and versatility.
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