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Obesity is rising in America, that's no secret - but what about the rising economic costs of those extra pounds? According to a new study from the Campaign to End Obesity, spending due to obesity is actually twice the amount previously estimated -...
Of course, every dog lover's dog is cute enough to eat...
Salad dressing on your fish? How about on your stir fry? In a new marketing campaign, Kraft Foods is hoping to boost sales by encouraging consumers to use its dressings in a limitless variety of dishes - as a dip, a spread, a marinade...
Rhodes Food Group can take a deserved bow - its Portobello Franschhoek Angelot, a washed-rind cheese, has been crowned as the 2012 Dairy Product of the Year. In Agri-Expo's annual dairy championships, 26 excellent dairy products were awarded the coveted Qualité mark of excellence, and...
Local high-end retailer Woolworths came one step closer in its bid to lure what CEO Ian Moir calls "trolley shoppers" away from rival Pick n Pay by recently opening its first supermarket.
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America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine has said.
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While South Africa pumps billions into coal and nuclear power, smaller entrepreneurs are helping communities deal with soaring electricity prices by offering affordable and novel ways to cook and boil water. SunFire, offering several clean cooking technologies, is one such initiative....
Nestlé is to buy US drugmaker Pfizer's infant nutrition business for $11,85bn, beating out French rival Danone in the battle for dominance of baby food in fast-growing emerging markets.
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The fifth Tetra Pak Dairy Index, released last week, highlights the challenges and opportunities in meeting rising expectations of low-income consumers in developing countries. New research from Tetra Pak has identified 2.7 billion low-income consumers in developing countries as the dairy industry’s...
His name was Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim and his contemporaries called him Paracelsus, but history knows him by this title: the Father of Toxicology. Paracelsus was a 16th century Swiss physician who profoundly influenced our understanding of how chemicals...
South Africa’s beleaguered ostrich industry has found a means to sidestep the crippling export ban on its products — imposed 12 months ago by the European Union after an outbreak of bird flu — by selling heat-processed meat abroad. ...
When it comes to bottled water, a number of new ideas are popping up to replace throw-away PET. The lastest 'green' innovation is the Bübi Bottle - a re-usable and scrunchable silicone container.
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Potatoes South Africa (PSA) has recently turned to the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, as well as the Minister of Trade & Industry, in order to address the influx of frozen French fries into South Africa....
SABMiller planned to invest up to $2.5 billion (R19.7bn) in the rest of Africa over the next five years to build and revamp breweries, the beer maker’s regional head has said, as it looks to slake rising demand for beer in the fast-growing continent....
Just when you thought all of your favourite foods had their corresponding alcoholic counterparts, a vodka version of America’s most beloved childhood sandwich rounded out the list....
An interview with Doug Brown, Global Marketing Manager at DSM Nutritional Products, on the latest developments in bone health and 'ageing well'.
...Last year, China passed the US as the largest food and grocery market in the world (with both nations outpacing the No. 2 market, Japan, by a long shot). Both food price inflation and economic growth account for the jump, with Chinese...
All French fries are not created equal. It turns out that sodium levels in the same fast food items can vary significantly between countries, according to a recent study — and can you guess which country’s Big Mac is especially salty?
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The term “consumers” is routinely used in place of “people” and “citizens”. While most people (consumers?) don’t notice or care much about the terms being used interchangeably, there are those who resent being labelled as “consumers,” as if their sole purpose and...
Is raw milk a wonder food? Or a health risk? What are the benefits and what are the dangers? Dr Heidi Kassenborg, a veterinarian and the Director of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Dairy & Food Inspection Division debates the issue with...