03 Dec Winners of the 2024 Fi Europe Innovation Awards

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On 19 November, the food industry celebrated ingredient and tech innovators and change makers at an awards ceremony in Frankfurt during Fi Europe, the leading global ingredients trade show....

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22 Nov Top three takeaways about alternative sweetener safety

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This is the third in a series of articles by Food Insight covering this contentious topic and where misinformation persists and facts can be elusive, absurdly so, considering the burden of globesity and consumers' ever-growing concern to reduce sugar consumption....

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18 Nov Revamp for Bokomo Corn Flakes

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Bokomo Corn Flakes has a new recipe along with fresh packaging....

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14 Nov Could you live without a refrigerator?

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As many problems have been created or enabled by refrigeration as have been solved by it.... a fascinating new book unravels one of the food industry's most vital tools....

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14 Nov Five food things that just ain’t so

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Should you avoid GMOs? Should you limit your egg consumption? Should you drink dairy milk or plant “milks”? Should infants eat peanut-based foods?

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14 Nov The Premier Group pumps despite SA’s challenges

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The Premier Group, one of SA's food giants - the parent company of Blue Ribbon, Snowflake and Manhattan Sweets - is currently on a good roll as it celebrates its 200th anniversary...

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13 Nov GNT expands possibilities for bright orange shades

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GNT has added its first ever paprika emulsion to the plant-based EXBERRY colour portfolio, enabling manufacturers to achieve clean-label orange shades in a vast array of food applications.

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13 Nov Supermarkets cash in on ‘fake’ sourdough breads

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Bread, a staple in many households, has become a battleground for authenticity, particularly with the rise of sourdough....

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13 Nov Pick n Pay’s struggles: will it ever recover?

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Pick n Pay, once a dominant force in South Africa's food retail industry, has experienced significant financial setbacks over the past decade....

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12 Nov Propak Africa 2025: get ready for innovation and opportunity

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Propak Africa 2025, a premier event in packaging, printing, food processing, plastics, and labelling, will be held from 11-14 March at Johannesburg’s Expo Centre....

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12 Nov TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024

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TIME's chosen 2024 food and drink innovations that are changing how we live.....

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12 Nov Is cultivated meat just a costly and misguided venture?

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The push for lab-grown or cultivated meat, often touted as a humane alternative to traditional animal farming, appears to be faltering....

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04 Nov Ensuring food safety: SGS mycotoxin testing for global compliance

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Mycotoxin contamination made big headlines in SA this year, delivering a blow to peanut butter producers...

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01 Nov Organophosphate identified as the cause of deaths of six Soweto children

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Earlier this month, the deaths of six children in Naledi, Soweto, due to suspected food poisoning hit the headlines, and local authorities scrambled to investigate the cause of the deaths....

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31 Oct Creative birthday party for Eskort!

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When you turn 107, you definitely deserve 107 cakes. But, Eskort didn’t just settle for ordinary cakes.... yum!

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31 Oct ‘Innovation is a journey…’ Mondelez VP Dr Ian Noble on crossing the valley of death with startups

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How should big food companies work with startups to accelerate the innovation process and where do corporate venture funds and accelerators fit in?....

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30 Oct Fat-blocking nanotherapy tackles obesity at source

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A new nanotherapy offers a novel approach to diet-induced obesity....

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30 Oct Is it time to care about insect welfare?

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Insects are excluded from welfare protections, but with a rapid expansion in the number of insects being farmed, scientists and producers say that may need to change....

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16 Oct Shoprite’s R11bn in-house brands boom

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Shoprite added a hefty R11bn to annual sales from in-house brands over the past three years. This has implications for established branded consumer goods makers such as Tiger Brands and AVI....

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14 Oct Dohler invests in world’s first cocoa-free ‘bean-to-bar’ chocolate

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Döhler, the global ingredients and flavour giant, has announced a strategic partnership with Nukoko, the UK startup behind the world’s first cocoa-free ‘bean-to-bar’ chocolate...

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