08 Jun Cadbury Dairy Milk in SA joins the Fairtrade family
Kraft Foods South Africa will become the first major South African business to achieve Fairtrade certification for its popular chocolate brand, Cadbury Dairy Milk [plain].
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08 Jun Spur buys majority stake in Cappuccino’s
Franchise restaurant group, Spur Corporation has announced that it would acquire a 60% stake in Cappuccino's, the cafe and pizzeria restaurant franchise, for about R25-million in cash....
03 Jun Government targets salt content of processed food
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is planning to introduce legislation to lower the salt content of food, he advised Parliament this week. Motsoaledi said SA could learn from the UK, which decided in 2006 to reduce the salt content of food by 40% within five...
03 Jun Our lives transformed by plastics
Plastics have freed us from the confines of the natural world, from the material constraints and limited supplies that had long bounded human activity. That new elasticity unfixed social boundaries as well. The arrival of these malleable and versatile materials gave producers the ability to...
02 Jun Hot trends among SA’s Y generation
The seventh annual Sunday Times Generation Next 2011 Brand Survey Awards was recently published. The survey is a font of knowledge for those looking to maintain their finger on the pulse of the local youth market (between the ages of 8...
02 Jun US: Campbell’s expands drink line with new energy drinks, shots
Campbell Soup is expanding its V8 franchise by entering the energy drink category with two new products: V8 V-Fusion+ Energy drinks and the V8 Energy Shot....
02 Jun ‘Sweet little bites’ of cake on a stick
American confectioners are thinking outside the box when it comes to cake. Hence the latest trend in portable pastry: shift aside cupcakes, here come cakes on a stick, also called Cake Pops and Lollibakes...
02 Jun Goodbye food pyramid, hello dinner plate
Farewell, food pyramid. US government officials are dishing out nutritional advice to the nation on a more appetizing platter...
02 Jun More science confirms benefits of a protein-rich breakfast
A University of Missouri researcher has found that eating a healthy breakfast, especially one high in protein, increases satiety and reduces hunger throughout the day. In addition, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) the researchers found that eating a protein-rich breakfast reduces the brain signals...
02 Jun Energy drinks make children fat, not fit, says study
Parents are are making their children fat and ruining their teeth by buying them sports or energy drinks and should give them water instead, notes a new study published in the journal, Pediatrics.
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02 Jun Pork: now the other pink meat?
That could be pork’s new slogan after the USDA recently lowered its safe cooking temperature to 62 C (145 F), from the longtime standard of 71 C (160 F). The new recommendation is in line with what many cookbook authors and chefs have been saying...
02 Jun German E.coli outbreak caused by new toxic strain: scientists
The E. coli epidemic in Europe is caused by a new, highly infectious and toxic strain of bacteria that carries genes giving it resistance to a few classes of antibiotics, researchers and public health experts believe.
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02 Jun Can we really blame Ronald McDonald?
Childhood obesity is a real problem and, no pun intended, growing worse all the time. However, who really is at fault? Nutritionists and public health advocates want to blame fast food, sugared soft drinks, and junk food. Some cities have even gone so far as...
02 Jun Massmart plans to open many new shops
Massmart Holdings plans on opening 50 to 100 new stores over the next three years and about 20 new Cambridge stores a year. After Walmart International received approval to take control of the local group on Tuesday, the focus would now be on opening additional...
02 Jun Tetra Pak acquires SA’s Chaswill Process Technology
Announcing an acquisition that will strengthen its ability to offer solutions for food production, Tetra Pak has bought Chaswill Process Technology, a leading process engineering company, based in Cape Town, with experience in food and beverage production.
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02 Jun Woolworths launches “Moms Tours” to promote healthy eating
With a range of nutritional challenges facing South Africa today, Woolworths, in co-operation with the Sports Science Institute, has launched dietician-led ‘Moms Tours’ to give parents the opportunity to learn about healthy eating habits, good food options, balanced lunch boxes and smart snacking ideas....
01 Jun Three interesting food numbers
A dietary recommendation for servicemen in the 1940s led to modern-day nutrition labels and the five-second rule may not be a safe bet when it comes to food on the floor...
01 Jun Massive fallout from Germany’s E coli outbreak
After days of recriminations that threatened new inter-European trade wars, German authorities have conceded that contaminated Spanish cucumbers are not, after all, to blame for the E coli outbreak thas has killed at least 17 people and infected more than 1 500 others. The outbreak...
01 Jun World’s food system broken, Oxfam warns
Millions more people across the world will be locked into a cycle of hunger and food crisis unless governments tackle a "broken" production system which is being exploited by speculators and will cause a doubling in basic foodstuff prices in the next 20 years, leading...
30 May New MD for McCain South Africa
Louis Wolthers has been appointed managing director of McCain SA, effective from May 2011....
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