28 Jun Protecting foods with biopolymer fibres
Teams of US and Singaporean scientists have developed a biodegradable, biopolymer fibre-based coating that can be sprayed on foods, guarding against pathogenic and transportation damage.
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28 Jun Beyond Meat, beyond hope
The delusions of plant-based meat substitute strategies are being shredded by contact with reality, asserts Julian Mellentin, CEO of New Nutrition Business.
28 Jun Ashton fruit canning factory closure spells disaster for industry – Agri SA
On 9 June 2022, Tiger Brands gave personnel producers and clients a 60-day consultation period notice to close down its factory in Ashton in the Western Cape.
27 Jun Is hydrolysed gluten a health risk?
‘What is hydrolysed gluten and is it safe for those who suffer from coeliac disease?’ To begin to answer this question, we need to understand what hydrolysed gluten is, and how we can measure the amount of hydrolysed gluten in a food product. Advice from FACTS SA...
18 Jun Chicken trends: An astonishing global protein ascent
For centuries, a delectable steak or pork loin has been the preferred choice for diners as societies grew more affluent and improved their diets. No longer.
18 Jun PepsiCo’s big project to be free of Eskom by 2030
Multinational food and beverage company PepsiCo, owner of South Africa's Pioneer Foods, has ambitious targets for its renewable energy programme.
17 Jun How’d you like your steak? Rare, medium or manufactured?
The first manufactured beef steaks are set to hit restaurants next year. Israeli company Aleph Farms – funded by the sovereign wealth fund of Israel, UAE and Singapore, venture capitalists and private investors – has successfully created meaty steaks.
17 Jun No cherry on SA’s pie market
According to BMi Research, South Africa's pie category continues to experience constraints with sales volumes yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels.
17 Jun McCain launches regenerative agriculture project in South Africa
McCain Foods, the world’s largest producer of frozen potato products, will be developing its second ‘Farms of the Future’ project, a farm focused on sustainable regenerative farming practices, near Litchenburg in the North West province.
16 Jun Cannabis in baked goods? Yes! With new baker’s hemp seed oil
Paarl-based pharma-functional ingredients innovator, Afriplex, has launched a cannabis oil that will allow bakers to add on-trend health benefits to many staple foods.
16 Jun Sossi launch takes affordable protein to the masses
Your editor was recently invited to a most interesting product launch by a giant of a food group that ‘nobody has heard about’. Read on! The company in question is Promasidor, a privately-held powerhouse with multiple factories in Africa, and with a big and vibrant product...
15 Jun OP-ED: I’m drowning in new food!
The tsunami of new food products is reaching new and previously unimaginable heights, but they're not going to change our flawed food system, argues this writer.
14 Jun The growing tensions between Big Food vs govt regulation vs public health vs shareholder sentiment
John Harvey Kellogg and his younger brother William invented one of the first breakfast cereals in the 1890s as a health food to aid digestion, but John was furious when William created a version with added sugar. More than a century later, William’s company, now known as Kellogg, is still at the centre of a conflict between flavour and health.
14 Jun MSG: A brief history
Ridiculously, MSG is still widely believed to a no-no in food... here's a measured new article that outlines its history, safety and usefulness...
03 Jun DSM forms flavour giant with $21bn deal for Firmenich
Royal DSM will merge with Swiss ingredients maker Firmenich to form the largest maker of flavours and fragrances, completing its transformation from chemicals company into one more focused on consumer goods.
26 May Kerry opens new flavour plant – claimed as the most advanced in Africa!
Kerry, one of the world’s leading flavour and nutrition companies, has officially opened an impressive new factory in KZN.
24 May What South Africans are putting on their plates – 2022 report
The third Knorr Plate of The Nation report, complied by NielsenIQ, uncovers SA eating patterns of interest to all stakeholders.
23 May The coming food catastrophe
War is tipping a fragile world towards mass hunger. Fixing that is everyone’s business.... a chilling editorial from The Economist...
23 May Marmite back on SA shelves
Marmite is finding its way back to the shelves of South Africa's biggest supermarkets, but producers of the spread warn that supply will remain constrained until its backlog is cleared.
23 May How Pieter Boone plans to return Pick n Pay to its former glory
Supermarket giant Pick n Pay has implemented many failed turnaround plans in the past decade and longer. But new CEO, Pieter Boone, has unveiled his new initiatives.
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