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Prof Tim Noakes is back in the news, with the recent launch of a co-authored book, essentially a cookbook, that outlines both the controversial high-fat-protein and no-carb dietary regime he now advocates and recipes to live it. It's called The Real Meal Revolution, and...
RCL Foods has announced it will acquire TSB Sugar as the former Rainbow Chicken evolves to become a multibillion-rand diversified food company spanning the sub-Saharan African region....
It’s tempting to call David Perlmutter’s dietary advice radical. The neurologist and president of the Perlmutter Health Center in Naples, Florida, believes all carbs, including highly touted whole grains, are devastating to our brains. He claims we must make major changes in our eating habits...
Looking to boost the deserved reputation of premium South African wines, top-notch independent wineries in the Western Cape are collaborating through PIWOSA, Premium Independent Winemakers of South Africa, to boost their wine sales in the UK; SA’s leading wine export market.
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Umami — the meaty taste that the unfairly maligned MSG is designed to deliver — has seen a resurgence in the foodie community. Even famous chefs are using natural glutamates — which are not chemically different from the ones found in MSG...
European researchers have developed a novel method for pasteurisation of milk with microwaves. The system preserves the valuable components of milk, and is also suitable for heating viscous and concentrated dairy products due to minimised fouling formation. As a result, cleaning efforts can be reduced...
The headline may be rather dramatic, but this is an interesting take by Time magazine on some interesting food developments. Menu highlights: insect tacos, rice that stops blindness, noodles that can be "printed" in space, and hybrid confectioneries....
SA's fishing sector has long been in choppy waters. JSE-listed corporations with exposure to fishing can't claim to have consistently netted great catches. AVI has, at best, endured mixed fortunes with frozen hake specialist I&J, while empowerment companies Sekunjalo and Brimstone have had solid, but...
Woolworths is riding high in SA's food retail sector, generating sales growth and profitability well ahead of its peers. But success attracts competition, particularly when the stakes are as high as they are in Woolworths's focus market: the upper-income LSM 8-10 segment. A great article...
Natural antioxidant systems are gaining momentum as more and more consumers turn their backs on foods containing artificial additives.
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Kerry Group, the global ingredients & flavours and consumer foods group, has formally announced the establishment of a Kerry Commercial Office in Lagos, Nigeria, to serve the group’s global and regional customer base in Nigeria and the wider West African region.
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Have you ever wondered why some ice cubes are as clear as glass, or why bakers use sugar, even in savoury breads? Celebrity American chef, Alton Brown, answers these questions in this American Chemical Society’s (ACS’) Bytesize Science episode. ...
Renowned for its cuisine and with discerning consumers who put priority on food provenance, a high-profile food fraud scandal is unfolding in Japan. It has engulfed some of the country's most prestigious hotels and department stores and threatens to undermine the international reputation...
Obesity experts say they are appalled by an EU decision to allow a "health claim" for fructose, the sweetener implicated in the disastrous upsurge in weight in the US and elsewhere....
Unilever South Africa has broken ground on an envisaged R500-million ice-cream manufacturing facility, in Midrand, to drive the FMCG company’s capacity expansion strategy in SA and exploit what chairperson, Peter Cowan, describes as a swelling consumer market.
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Can you prevent the flu? Sure you can. Don't come into contact with someone who has the flu, or get a vaccine. Can diet do it? A group of researchers say bacteria found in a traditional Japanese pickle can - and they have primed mainstream...
A Stellenbosch University study shows a rapidly growing black middle class in South Africa, along with a dramatic decline in racial inequality. The study does, however, caution that opportunities and life chances for children from different communities still remain unequal.
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Cargill , one of the world's largest beef processors, will begin labelling when its finely textured beef is used in the making of its US ground beef products....
Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the US for the last decade. Now, the FDA is finishing the job. It has announced its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans...
Burchells Foods, the Worcester-based manufacturer of sauces, soups and condiments, has received the prestigious FSSC 22000:2011 food safety and quality certification from ProCert in Switzerland. This global ticket has only been awarded to a handful of progressive food manufacturers in South Africa to...