20 Mar Interesting evolution of healthy peanut snacking
UK snack company, Real Handful, hopes to shake up the nut category with a unique new range – Air Nuts, designed as a lighter way to snack on an old favourite.
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18 Mar Montego’s impressive pet food trajectory
Montego Pet Nutrition, the largest privately-owned pet food manufacturer, brand owner and distributor in Africa with a capacity of almost 100 000 tons annually, is at the forefront of the continent’s growing pet food market.
18 Mar Putting wastewater to work
There’s value waiting to be recovered in many wastewater streams, including the water itself.
18 Mar The EU bans titanium dioxide – but the UK won’t follow suit
As of mid-2022, titanium dioxide (E171) will be banned as a food additive in the EU, by order of the European Commission. Titanium dioxide is the mostly widely used pigment to add white colour to foods, such as baked goods and sandwich spreads, to soups, sauces, salad dressing, and food supplements.
16 Mar Repurposing potato waste into high value prebiotics
UK scientists have made a breakthrough in technology to viably create valuable prebiotics from waste potato skins.
16 Mar Ukraine invasion puts local food producers in a tough spot
As the price of wheat, maize, edible oil and fuel surge in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, JSE-listed food producers and grocery retailers face a tough balancing act.
16 Mar Rethinking vegan cheese: making it liquid
The uber plant-based trend is giving rise to some very novel food science/tech innovation. For instance, shredded vegan cheese is notoriously difficult to melt, so this US vegan dairy company decided to rethink the entire product.
15 Mar How the Shoprite Group is reinventing itself for the future
The Group's latest financial results show that they have grown sales by 10% and profits by more than 25% - great insights here from the sublime innovation futurist, Jonathan Cherry, for anyone involved in FMCG foodbev retailing...
15 Mar South African bread set to get very expensive
Russia's invasion of Ukraine will make bread in South Africa a lot more expensive, but consumers will only start to feel the pinch three months from now, an economist has warned.
14 Mar Virgin Active-Kauai merger sets stage for turbo-charged lifestyle group
Fitness chain Virgin Active has merged with Kauai's parent company. The Real Foods Group, by acquiring its nutrition assets, namely Kauai and Nu Health Food Café, for £28.6m (R581m).
27 Feb Propak Africa highlights latest trends across full-spectrum of packaging
The return of live trade shows will provide a much-needed business impetus in the wake of the pandemic. The Propak Africa Expo makes a welcome return in March.
25 Feb Outlook for Africa’s snack foods industry in 2022 and beyond
Snacking, and the role it has played in providing comfort and a sense of normalcy during the pandemic, has more recently emerged as a clear universal truth.
25 Feb How Russia-Ukraine war could influence Africa’s food supplies
" No man qualifies as a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problems of wheat." The words of the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates.
24 Feb The meat paradox: how the brain wrestles with the ethics of eating animals
Most people eat meat and dairy with little thought to their origins or consequences. So why do people keep eating meat, despite widespread awareness of the downsides?
24 Feb Baby formula marketing ‘pervasive, misleading and aggressive’ – UN report
Parents and pregnant women globally are exposed to aggressive marketing for baby formula milk, according to a report launched jointly by two UN agencies this week.
24 Feb The count-down starts to the 20th annual SAAFFI seminar!
It's nearly time for the flavour & fragrance industries to gather for the 2022 annual SAAFFI seminar. This year the theme is “Virtual is a reality – are we pushing sensory boundaries?”
23 Feb SA’s pet food and care categories surprisingly resilient during pandemic
Despite the fact that many retail categories saw large sales decline during the Covid-19 pandemic, the pet food and pet care categories saw only a small decline in 2020 compared to 2019, reveals a recently released BMi Research report.
23 Feb Shoprite Group to prioritise locally-produced sugar on shelf
A new partnership between the Shoprite Group and SA Canegrowers will see the country's largest retailer prioritise selling only locally-produced sugar in its 1,189 Shoprite, Checkers, Checkers Hyper and Usave supermarkets in South Africa.
23 Feb Lactalis names new head of Southern Africa operations
Lactalis Southern Africa (LSA), part of the international Lactalis Group and formerly known as Parmalat SA, has a new boss....
20 Feb Top SA muso Danny K snaps up Sweets from Heaven
SA's award-winning musician Danny K has many arrows in his impressive professional quiver - and he is, in fact, an accomplished entrepreneur in the FMCG realm. His food company recently bought the Sweets from Heaven brand.
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