17 Nov Starbucks enters juice market with $30m acquisition
Starbucks is paying $30m to acquire US juice business, Evolution Fresh, as it looks to tap into the growing demand for healthy food and drink, a market estimated at $50 billion....
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17 Nov Unilever likely to divest individual food brands: Fitch
British-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever is likely to reduce its exposure to low-margin food business by divesting individual brands, according to the rating firm Fitch Ratings....
17 Nov Petri dish to dinner plate, in-vitro meat coming soon
Scientists are cooking up new ways of satisfying the world's ever-growing hunger for meat. "Cultured meat" - burgers or sausages grown in laboratory petri dishes rather than made from slaughtered livestock - could be the answer that feeds the world, saves the...
17 Nov ‘Efficient policy taxes being fat, not eating fat”
If policymakers were serious about implementing efficient obesity policy, they would have to tax being fat, not eating fat, by charging individuals for each “overweight” kilo they’re carrying. It’s an idea so repugnant that even the most heartless economist surely wouldn’t endorse it...
17 Nov Exciting NPD ideas from Durban food tech students
From a semi-sweet, pink-coloured ladies beer and vanilla ice cream infused with chocolate tequila, to green banana paste and black liquorice melt-proof ice cream - some of the interesting NPD ideas presented by food technology students from the Durban University of Technology...
17 Nov AMSA report: Sodium nitrite in processed meat, poultry
Bringing clarity to the discussion currently taking place within the meat industry and with policy makers and consumers concerning the use of sodium nitrite in processed meat and poultry meats, the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) Scientific Information Committee recently...
17 Nov Enhancing the understanding of E coli: new report
It has been the cause of infamous international food-borne disease outbreaks and yet it is the most studied bacterium in science, an essential part of the human digestive tract, and a backbone of the biotech industry. To enhance public ...
17 Nov How sour tastes sweet: Science of ‘flavour-tripping’ fruit revealed
Biting into a lemon has never tasted so sweet. New research reveals the secret ingredient of the red "miracle fruit", which turns sour into sweet. The results won't just make for sweet lemons, but could lead to more believable non-sugar sweeteners.
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17 Nov Stevia sweetener approved in Europe
In a move sure to shake up the global sweetening industry, steviol glycosides have been approved for use in foods sold in the European Union....
16 Nov Fairtrade-certified Cadbury Dairy Milk slabs debut in SA
Fairtrade-certified Cadbury Dairy Milk slabs are here...
11 Nov UK: Cold pasteurised juice makes more commercial progress
UK upmarket retailer Waitrose has introduced cold pasteurised fruit juice - the exclusive launch is only the second in the country that utilises high-pressure processing (HPP)....
11 Nov Now Heston invents pine-smelling mince pies
Last year there was chaos at Waitrose checkouts when his Christmas puddings containing a whole candied orange sold out in weeks. Now Heston Blumenthal, the celebrity chef, has come up with another upmarket Christmas gimmick aiming to replicate the pudding’s success: a mince pie that...
10 Nov Kraft enters energy drinks sector
Kraft is entering the energy drinks market with the roll-out next month of a caffeinated version of its MiO “water enhancer”. The world's second-biggest food company is to take on Red Bull and others with its MiO Energy, with caffeine equivalent of 12 to 18...
10 Nov Och noo! It’s alcohol-free whisky!
Miami company, ArKay Beverages, has launched what it claims as the first alcohol-free whisky to the world. ArKay will be available in stores worldwide on December 1st. Not everyone is happy...
10 Nov Brand make-over for Ceres beverage ranges
Pioneer Food's Ceres beverage range has undergone and extensive brand and packaging overhaul - and used the Anuga expo in Cologne in October to show it off to its substantial international market.
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10 Nov POM enters ingredient market
POM Wonderful, best known for massively popularising pomegranate in the US, has entered the functional ingredient market with the introduction of POMx, an all-natural, concentrated source of polyphenol antioxidants from pomegranates.
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10 Nov Call in the food fixers
Consumers navigating the aisles of their local supermarket are routinely confronted with food labels shouting what is not in the product: fat, sugar, gluten. This article takes a look at some of the precisely tailored combination of other ingredients is called upon to replace them,...
10 Nov Big five fight for food market share
The battle for the biggest slice of South Africa's R220-billion food retail market is hotting up, with the Shoprite Group and Massmart in front and Pick n Pay, Woolies Food and Spar on the periphery. This analysis from the Mail & Guardian...
10 Nov New study: blood pressure gains minimal from salt reduction
When it comes to salt, despite all the research and debate, there are no rights or wrongs. Yet. That’s the beauty of the salt debate: there’s so little reliable evidence that you can imagine just about any outcome. For all the talk about the growing...
10 Nov Irish cheese import consignment destroyed
Almost 22 tons of imported Irish cheddar cheese was destroyed last week because it was contaminated with E coli bacteria, the Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO) reports....
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