10 Jul How a rocket scientist has reinvented the saucepan
Cooking might not be rocket science, but it has taken a rocket scientist from Oxford University to reinvent the humble saucepan.
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09 Jul The long journey of biofortified foods
Somewhere in Iowa, volunteers are earning $900 apiece by providing blood samples after eating bits of a banana kissed with a curious tinge of orange. It's the first human trial of a banana that's been genetically engineered to contain higher levels of beta carotene, the...
09 Jul Toward a better understanding of food fears
From the grocery aisle to the TV dial, wildly innaccurate and false health and safety claims about foods and their ingredients serve to scare consumers away from many products and ingredients. Researchers at Cornell University have investigated this phenomenon more closely.
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09 Jul US: RIP Crumbs cupcake chain
Crumbs Bake Shop, America's largest specialty cupcake chain, told employees on Monday that the New York–based company would be shutting down all of its stores at the end of the business day.
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08 Jul Food urbanism: eschewing soil for sustainable hydroponic solution
The newest thinking on sustainable, healthy, delicious farming comprises two key movements: one focused on the importance of land and the soil and another completely eschewing soil for hydroponics in urban buildings, reports The Hartman Group.
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08 Jul The secret to enjoying food: eat less of it
Research conducted by Stanford and Boston University business academics has explored the question of how the feeling of satiety affects how soon people might eat the same food again; and the upshot is that humans take more pleasure in moderation than over-indulgence.
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08 Jul SA’s maggot protein initiative moves to commercialisation
When it comes to resolving a big global food problem, a new breed of farmers and their financial backers are thinking small. Work on the world's largest fly farm in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, has begun after the European firm behind the project won much-needed funding...
08 Jul South African ‘fly farm’ recycles food waste nutrients
Stellenbosch University animal nutrition expert, Dr Elsje Pieterse, is the one of the brains behind AgriProtein, the start-up initiative to commercially produce protein products from fly maggots that's much in the news of late. Will her ingenuity help feed the world?
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07 Jul Ideal for Africa: Nestlé to adopt modular factories
Nestlé has created a blueprint for a new type of factory that can be built in half the time of a more traditional one for about 50%-60% of the cost, and which will be used in its African and Asian expansion.
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07 Jul EFSA: Acrylamide in food is a public health concern
EFSA has confirmed previous evaluations that, based on animal studies, acrylamide in food potentially increases the risk of developing cancer for consumers in all age groups. Acrylamide in food is produced by the Maillard reaction, the same chemical reaction that browns food and makes it...
07 Jul ADM to acquire WILD Flavors for €2.3-billion
Archer Daniels Midland Company announced that it is acquiring WILD Flavors, giving ADM the ability to offer food and beverage companies a comprehensive suite of systems to enhance and improve their products.
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01 Jul COMMENT: Why it’s time to stop romanticising where our food comes from
Using rolling green hills and picturesque cows in marketing does little to tell consumers about the journey from farm to fork.
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01 Jul Almonds reduce the risk of heart disease, research shows
As if almonds needed any more good news...
26 Jun The best thing since sliced cheese? Thinner sliced cheese!
Who would have guessed that among all the new products to hit the cheese aisle in America, the most successful would be sliced just a bit thinner than the rest?
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26 Jun Your probiotic is probably BS
Probiotics are having a moment. They're everywhere. Walk in your local mega-mart, and it's hard to miss the products offering you an extra dose of beneficial microbes. Though the good gut bugs are likely beneficial for some, companies are using the label to rip off...
25 Jun Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolate bars shrink, again
You could call it the amazing disappearing chocolate bar! With premium ingredient costs on a big upward curve, Mondelez SA has quietly shrunk the size of SA's best-loved chocolate bar, again.
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25 Jun Zespri launches premium SunGold kiwifruit in SA
Global kiwifruit exporter, Zespri International, has launched Zespri SunGold, a golden variety kiwifruit, in major South African supermarkets just in time to boost consumers' immunity during the cold winter months. It is larger, sweeter and smoother-textured than its well-known green cousin.
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25 Jun A trio of winners at IFT 2014
Three exhibitors at IFT 2014 Congress and Food Expo in New Orleans this week — Arla Foods Ingredients, PerkinElmer and Solazyme — captured the prestigious 2014 IFT Food Expo Innovation Award. Here's why...
25 Jun Highlights from IFT 2014’s food science and technology fest
Thousands of food industrialists gathered in New Orleans this week for the 2014 IFT annual meeting and Food Expo. Some 15 000 attendees and more than a thousand vendors were present at this huge, one-stop shop for the industry's top professionals representing 80 countries -...
25 Jun A resurgence of food irradiation
Except for those food companies that routinely irradiate their products, we haven't heard much about food irradiation over the last decade. However, recently there seems to be a resurgence of media articles and even government approvals related to irradiating food. What's going on?
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