14 Aug Science in your cooking: fast caramelised onions
Everybody loves caramelised onions - and here's a great tip on using a touch of simple chemistry to speed up the cooking process.
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14 Aug Euromonitor identifies top five food and beverage ingredients
Phytoestrogens (isoflavones), botanicals, cultures, polysaccharides and proteins are set to be the top five food and beverage ingredients, with the highest forecast growth rates globally, according Euromonitor International. This, it says, shows the increasing consumer trend towards healthier and functional products, not only in developed...
13 Aug New multihead weigher top of pops for Nibbly Bits
Wellington-based snacks manufacturer, Nibbly Bits, reports it has reduced product giveaway by as much as 35% following the installation of an Ishida multihead weigher. Nibbly Bits is a major SA producer of handcrafted rusks, biscuits, cookies and snacks, supplying the Woolworths Group and the Granarie...
13 Aug N-Fix tech could drastically reduce use of agricultural fertilizer use
Modern agriculture requires massive quantities of synthetic fertilizers, especially nitrogen, but they are a huge cost and a source of pollution. Now, a scientist at the University of Nottingham has developed what he claims is an environmentally-friendly process that allows virtually any type...
13 Aug GFSI to host focus day in Jo’burg
A Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) South Africa Focus Day, will be held in Jo'burg on September 11, 2013. The event will provide the SA food industry stakeholders with thorough background information on the principles behind the GFSI and will demonstrate the benefits...
12 Aug ‘Tuck-shop Truths’ study reveals poor nutritional offerings
Fizzy drinks and potato chips are the top sellers in primary school tuck shops - a key finding in the 'Tuck-shop Truths' survey, commissioned this June by Nestlé South Africa to discover the attitudes and behaviours around primary school tuck shop usage.
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06 Aug SA land of the fat and the hungry
South Africa is a paradoxical land of the fat and the hungry, where poor food choices are piling on the kilos without staving off rumbling stomachs, according to the new South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Sanhanes-1), published this week by the Human...
05 Aug Eating the world’s first cultured burger
No animals were hurt in the production of this hamburger! A slice of history was served this morning in London when the world's first test-tube burger, created at a cost of some €250 000 from lab-grown meat, was cooked and eaten. [Click to enlarge]
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02 Aug Mondelez South Africa now official – new MD shares his vision
Kraft Foods South Africa this week announced its official name change its to Mondelez South Africa after parent, Kraft Foods, split last year to create Mondelēz International, the world’s largest snacks group. The company used the occasion to share its vision for growth and position...
02 Aug McDouble is ‘cheapest and most nutritious food in human history’
Describing the McDonald’s double cheeseburger as “the cheapest, most nutritious, and bountiful food that has ever existed in human history” might seem beyond fanciful, but according to the author of Freakonomics, it is not as absurd...
01 Aug Wrap of IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo
Over 23 500 food professionals from all over the globe gathered in Chicago for the IFT 2013 Annual Meeting & Food Expo from July 13–16, 2013, to make this year's event a huge success. Few South Africans were likely there — but if you'd...
01 Aug Introducing the banana vending machine
Nice bit of fresh fruit marketing innovation out of Queensland, Australia, where a major banana grower has launched a specially designed fresh banana vending machine in a Brisbane food court. This neatly bypasses traditional supply channels and supermarkets, and no doubt has a dandy premium...
01 Aug BM Foods launches new state-of-the-art factory in Lanseria
A year on after it was gutted by a devastating fire on August 9, 2012, BM Food Manufacturers, best known for its popular Mediterranean Delicacies and Bettafresh products, has officially opened its newly rebuilt state-of-the-art facility. Full production will start on Monday.
01 Aug Food history: Why we ‘Got Milk’
When a single genetic mutation first let ancient Europeans drink milk, it set the stage for a continental upheaval. There has been a wave of discoveries about the history of milk in Europe in recent years - findings that illuminate the profound ways that dairy...
31 Jul Sasol teams up with Burger King
In a bid to support the fast food chain's rapid expansion plans, Burger King South Africa has signed an exclusive agreement to open stores within Sasol's national fuel retail network.
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31 Jul Study reaffirms the safety of aspartame
A new review in Food and Chemical Toxicology reaffirmed the safety of aspartame. The study, 'Aspartame, low-calorie sweeteners and disease: regulatory safety and epidemiological issues', examined the research that has been done over the past 22 years on the safety of aspartame.
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31 Jul Handwashing – The do-it-yourself-vaccine
Handwashing is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of disease - and a basic prerequisite for everyone working in the food industry, asserts Prof James Marsden, Kansas State University Regent’s Distinguished Professor of Food Safety. He offers some sage advice in...
31 Jul Gluten intolerance – mainly in the head?
Gluten-free food, once seen as fad, has evolved into a multi-billion dollar trend. Why, when scientific reasearch shows only one percent of the US population has celiac disease and only 0.5 percent is allergic to wheat. Like MSG, gluten intolerance looks to be mainly in...
29 Jul Functional foods: the risky strategy of brand extensions
What strategy could you propose to management that they will like the most – but which has, at best, only a 50-50 chance of success? The answer: brand extension. The reason: because executives believe it’s a low-risk strategy. The reality:...
26 Jul US: Starbucks takes a leap into dairy
Starbucks Coffee and Danone have announced a strategic agreement to offer a jointly created and developed selection of new specialty yoghurt products in participating Starbucks stores and in grocery channels....
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