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Tim Noakes has moved from advocating carbo-loading to suggesting that carbohydrates are an addiction posing severe health risks. But while his revised recommendations are couched in the language of science, does the science support them? [Excellent opinion piece from the Daily Maverick].
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Every day, Nestlé sells more than 100 million cubes and tablets of its Maggi bouillon seasonings in Central and West Africa - now it has announced the product's fortification with iron, an initiative aimed at helping to address one of the region’s most widespread micronutrient...
Cans that heat themselves up. They've been around for 30 years in niche-fashion but a UK company, Heat Food & Drink, believes its Hotcans have a brilliant future. The firm has embarked on a promotional campaign, given its cans a design makeover, extended capacity...
The road to market for health ingredients is typically a long one and, at times, frustrating. Suppliers first have to show their client’s NPD or R&D teams what their ingredient does and convince them it adds value to a finished product. Julian...
The Economist looks at how brewers are racing to capture beer drinkers among Africa’s growing middle class.
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Popcorn's reputation as a snack food that's actually good for health popped up a few notches as scientists recently reported that it contains more of the healthful antioxidant polyphenols than fruits and vegetables....
Clover's business is about adding value - and distribution...
There's a week to go before the US FDA is beholden to a court-ordered March 31 deadline to respond to a petition asking that it immediately issue regulations banning bisphenol A in food contact applications. That the FDA would have to determine a...
Thai billionaire, Chaleo Yoovidhya, who created the renowned Red Bull energy drink three decades ago, died of natural causes at the age of 89 on March 17, 2012....
Unilever (UNA), the world’s second-biggest FMCG products maker, unveiled a website to gather and assess ideas from outside the company as it looks to bolster sales from new products and improve environmental practices, an extension of its open innovation strategy which it began in 2009....
Wednesday 22 March 2012 was World Water Day - an ever-worthy reminder highlighting the scarcity and preciousness of the world's most precious resource, and the one we perhaps take most for granted. If you care about water, visit this great site, www.loveofwater.co.za,...
The Starbucks siren is about to butt heads with the Red Bull. Just as it opened its first Evolution fruit juice store, the world's largest coffee chain announced at its annual meeting in Seattle this week that it's about to dip into the $8-billion energy...
Starbucks has begun a new journey to find out just how much it can squeeze out of its brand. On Monday, the world's biggest coffee chain opened its very first retail store — dubbed Evolution Fresh — that's centered on the coffee cup, but on...
American eating habits can be categorised into five distinct patterns strongly correlated with factors like age, race, gender, and region, according to researchers who presented their findings at an American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in San Diego this week.
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"Medical researchers churn out scary-sounding studies about steak and bacon faster than McDonald's produces Big Macs." In reaction to the latest scare study out of Harvard, www.spiked-online.com's deputy editor, Rob Lyons, argues that the really striking aspect of this latest study and...
In the search for healthier foodstuffs, scientists have long looked for alternatives to 'unhealthy' saturated fats [perhaps misguided now that so much science is rescinding their bad press] - a task problematic because of the texture that they provide to many foods such as ice-cream...
The 'pink slime' saga continues apace in the US...
In 2010, there was no volume growth in margarines for the first time in more than a decade, despite new players and products in the category, reports BMI in its annual market quantifiction of the sector (December 2011), including baking fats....
The South African coffee market saw relatively good growth (5.3%) during 2010, where this was driven by mixed instant, mixed ground and pure ground coffee volumes. This follows a fairly static market state in the two years prior to that, reports BMI in its latest...
The food safety armoury might soon have another weapon - a new antibiotic discovered by chemists at the University of Illinois that's an analog of the widely-used food preservative, nisin. It also has potential to be a boon to the dairy industry as a treatment...