19 Apr Chocolate king Ferrero dies during Cape Town visit
Pietro Ferrero, a chief executive of the famous Ferrero Rocher brand and heir to Italy's largest fortune, has died at the age of 47 in Cape Town after an apparent heart attack while cycling.
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14 Apr The good news on coffee and heart health
Numerous studies in recent years have reported that drinking coffee may be good for the cardiovascular system and might even help prevent strokes. Just last month, Swedish researchers announced results of a large study showing that coffee seemed to reduce the risk of stroke...
14 Apr Rush to use crops as fuel raises food prices
Each year, an ever larger portion of the world’s crops — cassava and corn, sugar and palm oil — is being diverted for biofuels as developed countries pass laws mandating greater use of nonfossil fuels and as emerging...
14 Apr Ububele buys So Gourmet
So Gourmet, renowned in South Africa for putting sexy into condiments with its So!Go brand, has been bought by Ububele Foods, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ububele Holdings, the food group listed on the Altx of the JSE....
14 Apr EFSA backs safety of food irradiation
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has declared there are no microbiological risks linked to the use of food irradiation, but has said a more sophisticated approach was needed to make its application more effective....
14 Apr A tastemaker in her flavour factory
They're not chefs, but flavourists' work quietly features in many of the foods we eat. Part Willy Wonka, part chemist, they cook up flavours and aromas in the labs of many flavour houses. Synthesizing flavours requires the precision of a chemist and the...
14 Apr The future of food technology writ large
Released in March 2011, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking consists of six volumes, 2,438 pages, more than 650,000 words and thousands of photographic images. Many believe it is the most important food publication in history. The influential Hartman Group in...
14 Apr Degradable gum base gains EFSA novel foods approval
A new synthetic polymer for use as a chewing gum base has received a positive novel foods opinion from EFSA, bring the technology for less sticky gum that breaks down within months closer to the market....
14 Apr Health claim tweaks to new labelling regulations expected
The tough restrictions on health claims in R146 (the regulations governing labelling of foodstuffs in SA) are likely to be amended soon. But, cautions Nigel Sunley, a leading food industry consultant and part of the Consulting in Food Labelling team, the new parameters will not...
14 Apr Health claim tweaks to new labelling regulations expected
The tough restrictions on health claims in R146 (the regulations governing labelling of foodstuffs in SA) are likely to be amended soon. But, cautions Nigel Sunley (left), a leading food industry consultant and part of the Consulting in Food Labelling team, the new parameters will...
14 Apr Tiger Brands dubbed an “infantile bully”
Bruce Cohen, a former journalist on the Mail & Guardian, and in recent years the founder of Absolute Organix, has blogged on what he views as some overly heavy-handed tactics from Tiger Brands over baby food....
14 Apr Is healthy fast food for real?
Oats porridge is hot, a very hot food trend. Most recently, Britons have turned in their droves to a comfort breakfast of porridge, with sandwich chain Pret A Manger announcing that it is selling 50,000 bowls of the stuff every week....
14 Apr The health halo effect: don’t judge a food by its organic label
The taste and health benefits of organic food could all be in the mind, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that labelling something organic triggers the 'health halo' effect, tricking the brain into thinking it is...
14 Apr Wine drinkers wasting money on expensive vintages
Most drinkers are unable to tell the difference between cheap plonk and wine costing up to six times as much, a scientific taste test has shown. The new UK study suggests many people are merely paying for the label when...
14 Apr Turkey eggs on shelf at UK supermarket
Turkey eggs are one and half times the size of hens eggs and are recommended for cakes and pastries because they give a light and fluffy texture. But they are also good for boiled eggs and scrambling - and Waitrose has...
14 Apr EFSA rejects hundreds more health claims
The European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) NDA panel has published the outcome of the evaluations of a fourth series of "general function" health claims proposed for use on food products. The panel rejected most of the 442 proposed health ...
13 Apr China’s tainted pork meat scandal
China is taking serious note of the scandal over clenbuterol-tainted pork, which has hit the industry hard since pork is the most consumed meat in the country....
13 Apr Lesser-known E coli types targeted in food safety research
Almost everyone knows about Escherichia coli O157:H7, the culprit behind many headline-making outbreaks of foodborne illness. But the lesser-known relatives of this pathogenic microbe are increasingly of concern to food safety scientists.
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13 Apr Manuka honey ‘could help fight superbugs’
Manuka honey could be an efficient way to clear chronically infected wounds and could even help reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics, according to research presented at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Harrogate, UK.
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12 Apr It’s not about the calories
The past few years have seen the launch of many admirable initiatives to solve the problem of childhood obesity in America, but I'd like to respectfully suggest that these programs are, quite simply, doomed to failure. This is not because the food...
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