22 Jun Starbucks to open first tea only store in Seattle
Tea time is set for a Starbucks-style makeover as the worldwide chain aims to do for the beverage what it has for coffee.
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22 Jun Rio+20: Unilever CEO on the need to battle on to save the world
The Rio Earth Summit has been in progress this week - and with the political process at the summit paralysed, if not failed, Unilever's Paul Polman has urged progressive business to show courage and leadership on the all-important issues of environmental and business...
22 Jun Swine and Punishment:What happens to Jews who don’t keep kosher?
In the US eleven consumers have sued ConAgra Food, claiming that the company’s Hebrew National products were inappropriately labelled as kosher. A federal judge in Minnesota will decide what, if any, punishment ConAgra will receive. But what about the Jewish...
21 Jun Let’s add a little dirt to our diets
Increasing evidence suggests that the alarming rise in allergic and autoimmune disorders during the past few decades is at least partly attributable to our lack of exposure to microorganisms that once covered our food and us. [A great op-ed piece by Jeff D Leach, a...
21 Jun Kellogg publishes update on science behind cereal as breakfast choice
The Kellogg Company is promoting its updated research compendium spanning scientific research that plugs the health benefits of cereals as a breakfast choice. The updated research compendium ‘Cereal: The Complete Story’ is intended to “give people the facts on this nutritious...
21 Jun Shoprite first SA retailer into the DRC
Shoprite, the largest supermarket group on the African continent, recently became the first South African retailer to enter the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the opening of a world-class supermarket in Gombe, Kinshasa.
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21 Jun You call that innovation?
Got innovation? Just about every company says it does, but the term has begun to lose meaning...
21 Jun Resveratrol may be natural exercise performance enhancer
Intake of the red wine polyphenol resveratrol could help boost exercise performance by improving strength and endurance, according to new research in rats out of the University of Alberta.
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21 Jun New meat slicer uses 3D scanner for super-precise cuts
3D scanning is widely used in a variety of industries - and the same technology is now being used for meat. Nantsune's (out of Japan) new Libra 165C meat slicer captures a 3D image of a piece of meat, ready to be butchered,...
21 Jun High-tech food authenticity tests
As we want/need to know everything about where our food is from and what is in it, scientists are hard at work developing ways to measure everything from exactly where a coffee bean was grown to whether that mozzarella is made...
21 Jun Big Food under scrutiny in article series
Multinational food corporations have a growing influence on the health of people around the world, including obesity, and their actions need greater scrutiny, according to an editorial in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine (PLoS). The editorial kicks off the journal’s three-week series...
21 Jun Mega portions make mega people
The second episode of the new BBC2 series The Men Who Made Us Fat, an investigation into the obesity pandemic in Britain, looks at how the concept of super-sizing has contributed to change eating habits
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21 Jun ‘Nutrition transition’ is making SA fat
An interesting article in The Star looks at the social and cultural complexities of eating, healthily and otherwise, in South Africa's rapidly urbanising township areas. Cheap and ubiquitous fast food is a classic side...
21 Jun US: Frito-Lay takes new tack on snacks
Frito-Lay has long dominated the snack-food business by relentlessly focusing on the middle swath of America that eats chips and pretzels without regard to the effect on the waistline. Now, though, Frito-Lay, a unit of PepsiCo, is building a “company within a company”...
21 Jun Unilever: consumers don’t easily accept less salt
Most South Africans do not believe tasty food can be made with less salt, and few realise cutting their intake may fend off a heart attack or stroke, according to new research by food giant Unilever. Getting to grips with consumer...
20 Jun International industry report ranks Amarula a brand champion
The Spirits Business, a leading UK-based international trade journal and a voice for the International Bartenders’ Association, has named Amarula a key contender in its new spirits survey, Reigning Supreme: Brand Champions 2012, released this month (June)....
20 Jun Twitter-activated vending machine trades BOS tea for tweets
Cape Town's BOS Iced Tea company has hit global beverage marketing headlines with a social media promotion, par excellance, using what appears to be the world's first Twitter-activated vending machine. The machine is named BEV, and has been rewarding people at Cape Town's Wembley Square...
20 Jun Study: No-fat, low-fat dressings don’t get most nutrients out of salads
The vegetables in salads are chock-full of important vitamins and nutrients, but you won't get much benefit without the right type and amount of salad dressing, a Purdue University study shows....
20 Jun Is this the world’s healthiest meal- incorporating all EFSA-approved health claims?
Scientists at Leatherhead Food Research in the UK have come up with what could be described as the healthiest meal in the world, proven by science, and the menu looks pretty darn tasty....
20 Jun How Bloomberg’s soft drink ban will backfire on NYC public health
New York's mayor has defended his proposed prohibition on sugary drinks with an appeal to science, but the very people who carried out the studies in question say he's misread their work. This article is by Brian Wansink (PhD), the John S Dyson...
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