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Cadbury Dairy Milk bars have a new shape - with rectangular blocks giving way to a curves. Science has proven that a round shape is one of the best when it comes to chocolate melting and smoothness, but when launched in the UK in 2012,...
Listeria is a dreaded bacterium. Over the last few weeks, 15 people have died in Denmark, infected with Listeria from processed meat. The total number sickened is 38. Now research from University of Southern Denmark has uncovered exactly how cunning Listeria is and why it...
Vanilla has become a metaphor for "plain" but nothing could be further from the truth. Vanilla is one of the most complex spices around, boasting at least 250 different flavour and aroma compounds, only one of which is vanillin that can be made artificially and...
In a rationalisation move that was inevitable, Mondelez International says it will close its chewing gum plant in Botswana in December and move production to Poland as African consumers ditch pellet gum for slab gum.
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Rhodes Food Group, the mainly Cape-based manufacturer of canned produce, cheese, processed meat and ready meals, plans to raise R600-million in a main-board JSE listing.
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Barentz International, a global player in food ingredients, has announced that it's opening up shop in South Africa. It will be headed up by highly respected SA food industry veteran, Paul Vet.
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McDonald's has already admitted it has a problem with millennials, who want food that is healthier and fresher than much of what the chain offers. Now it looks as if McDonald's has a problem with kids, too.
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Cargill, the largest privately held US company, has agreed to acquire Archer-Daniels-Midland's chocolate business for about $440-million to increase production in North America.
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The economy may be weak, and the consumer depressed, but Woolworths is showing little sign of it as the retailer takes market share in both food and clothing and continues its expansion drive into the rest of Africa and Australia.
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Shoprite is the African continent's retail kingpin but, alas, it's three top-performing countries outside South Africa are 80% stocked with non-SA products. The company is having a "hard time" with SA manufacturers, CEO Whitey Basson has said: "They don't really appreciate the fact that its...
Following years of R&D, Crisp Sensation Holdings, Swiss owner of a worldwide patented food coating system, has announced that its licensee Royaan has launched the first products made with its breakthrough crumb coating.
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Burger King delivered Uncle Sam a real Whopper this week. It announced that it was buying Canadian doughnut outfit Tim Hortons in a move widely seen as a bid to lower its tax bills.
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America's WhiteWave Foods Co, citing consumer feedback and not safety concerns, plans to remove carrageenan from its Silk and Horizon Organic products. Carrageenan, a purified extract of red seaweed, is used as a natural and approved thickener and stabiliser in many food and beverage products.
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Few ingredients come with as much baggage as monosodium glutamate. More commonly known as MSG, the compound has had a bad reputation for nearly 50 years, - one that the American Chemical Society looks to refute. This video debunks MSG myths and explain why the scientific...
The presence of Clostridia, a common class of gut bacteria, protects against food allergies, a new study in mice finds. By inducing immune responses that prevent food allergens from entering the bloodstream, Clostridia minimise allergen exposure and prevent sensitisation -- a key step in the...
John Strömblad has been appointed MD of Tetra Pak South Africa, and comes to our shores after extensive stints in Asian markets for the packaging/processing giant.
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AmazonFresh's bright green trucks have become familiar sights in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles, they have just appeared in San Diego, and may eventually trundle around the world, transforming grocery shopping.
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A long-running debate over the merits of eating less salt has again escalated when one of the most comprehensive studies yet suggested cutting back on sodium too much actually poses health hazards.
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A survey of British attitudes to food by BirdsEye has revealed a nation of fussy eaters and deeply polite friends. In a poll of the ten least popular foods the anchovy took the top spot.
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International research firm, Datamonitor, regularly publishes news of interesting FMCG product launches that it features as its "Consumer Product Launch Analytics innovation of the week". Here are three new food concepts that recently won this accolade.
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