19 Jan South Africa Kit Kat ruling: IFFCO appeals
IFFCO, the United Arab Emirates-headquartered company is hoping to overturn an earlier ruling from the Supreme Court that prevented it from selling its Tiffany Break bar because it was allegedly in breach of Nestlé Kit Kat trademark. The case is now...
15 Jan Full cream products are in favour, says Clover
Consumers are buying more of Clover's full cream products and slightly fewer of its low fat offerings, says CEO Johann Vorster. Promulgated and hugely popularised in SA by sports scientist Prof Tim Noakes, a low-carbohydrate, high-fat eating plan has been widely adopted by SA's middle...
15 Jan Better burgers, choicer chicken: Why slightly more upmarket outlets are eating fast food’s lunch
Bridging a gap in the market between fast-food joints and full-service restaurants, fast-casual chains such as Nando's chicken, Shake Shack and Chipotle Mexican Grill are enjoying success across the world. The combined sales of American fast-casual outlets rose by 10.5% last year, compared with 6.1%...
14 Jan How the sense of taste has shaped who we are
Our current cultural obsession with food is undeniable. But, while the advent of the foodie may be a 21st century phenomenon, from an evolutionary standpoint, flavour has long helped define who we are as a species, a new book, Tasty, argues. Written by...
14 Jan ADM sells global cocoa business to Olam for $1.3-billion
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) in mid-December 2014 announced it was selling its global cocoa business to Olam International for $1.3-billion. This propels the Singaporean coffee-to-cashews trader to the top ranks of cocoa processors by volume alongside Barry Callebaut of Switzerland and US-based Cargill, as...
13 Jan The paleo diet: Should you eat like a caveman?
The problem with modern diets is that they rely too heavily on modern, processed foods. If only we emulated the eating habits of our paleolithic predecessors, we’d be healthier and less obese. That’s the premise of popular “paleo” diets. As this article debates, the truth...
12 Jan Pilchards for Africa
Fishing conglomerate Oceana is looking to cast the nets of its highly profitable canned fish business into African markets.
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07 Jan Is Fexaramine the weight loss pill we’ve all been waiting for?
The Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, has published details of its research into a new diet pill called Fexaramine that, unlike anything before it, may well open the door to successful and safe global weight loss.
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11 Dec Polyphenol-rich potato extract found to reduce weight gain
A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates, according to scientists at Montreal's McGill University. The results of their recent study were so surprising that the investigators repeated the experiment just to be sure.
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11 Dec Immediate detection of the main cause of contamination in food-bev factories
Local hygiene company, Pescatech, has launched a new product – BioFinder, a product that can detect biofilms in 30 seconds on any surface in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
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10 Dec Hostex and IFEA to merge into one hospitality-food show in 2016
Described as the "biggest and best hospitality show on the African continent", the Food & Hospitality Africa show in 2016 is the merger between Hostex, Africa's leading expo in the industry for close on three decades, and IFEA, the international food and drink event that...
10 Dec Nestlé successfully defends Kit Kat shape mark in South Africa
Nestlé has successfully protected its trademark for the Kit Kat shape in South Africa against International Foodstuffs’ (IFFCO’s) Tiffany Break brand.
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10 Dec Unilever splits spreads business into The Baking, Cooking and Spreading Company
Last week Unilever announced it will split its US and European spreads operations into a standalone unit, a first step toward a possible exit from a struggling business that the company has failed to turn around over the past two years.
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10 Dec High-tech farming poised to change the way the world eats
Investors and entrepreneurs behind some of the world's newest industries have started to put their money and tech talents into farming - the world's oldest industry - with an audacious and ambitious agenda: to make sure there is enough food for the 10 billion people...
10 Dec Dictators’ Dinners: From Hitler’s vegetarianism to Gaddafi’s camel milk
It is hard not to be fascinated by the food choices of political monsters, an area of learning where we can match our enthusiasms and dislikes, against people whom we otherwise take to be not-quite-human. Their culinary foibles are now revealed in Dictators' Dinners: A...
09 Dec Food Science vs the Food Babe — who controls the story?
Anderson Partners is an American marketing communications firm specialising in the global food ingredient industry. It recently published a series of articles on "Food Science vs the Food Babe—Who Controls the Story?", a guide to push back against the uninformed and unscientific opinions of misguided...
09 Dec Why does chemotherapy make food taste terrible?
People who go through chemotherapy say one of the most frustrating side effects is that even their favourite foods taste awful. Pasta tastes like cardboard, meat tastes metallic. Patients have no desire to eat and end up getting fewer calories and less nutrition when they...
09 Dec Who made that ingredient? Maybe a genetically modified microbe?
For practically our whole history of cooking and eating, we've gotten our spices and most flavours (not to mention all of the other basic nutrients that keep us alive) straight from plants. But researchers and biotech companies are starting to produce some of these nutrients...
09 Dec BRM Brands expands into new high-end factory
Over the past 30 years Barbeque Rib Manufacturers, trading as BRM Brands, has become the market leader in value added meat and poultry manufacturing in South Africa, providing national retailers with top quality ribs. The company recently commissioned a greenfield factory in Mostyn Park, Roodepoort.
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30 Nov Olive oil: Spain’s pain, SA’s gain
Local olive oil producers are in for a bumper year, courtesy of Spain, where drought is expected to cut production by more than 50%.
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