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A yummy innovation from Lancewood - the dairy company in the Libstar stable. With convenience and taste in mind, it has launched ‘Piece o’ Cake, a ready-made cheesecake mix for an effortless, mouth-watering alternative to baking a traditional cheesecake.
Packing in 12 high-fibre, plant-based ingredients and no additives, Modern Baker’s Superloaf claims to be as healthy as eating vegetables, and has won the praise of ‘gut guru’, Dr Tim Spector.
MeliBio, a California-based start-up making real honey without bees, expects to have its first product on the market in late 2021.
HACCP can be scary, and Entecom understands this. In this new podcast series, well known food safety expert, Rolf Uys, tackles the struggles and obstacles that food companies might face, and how to fix them.
Lactalis South Africa’s 10-months Mature Gouda, made for Woolworths, has been crowned the South African Dairy Product of the Year for an unrivalled third time at the South African Dairy Awards on Friday 26 March 2021 at Cavalli Estate near Stellenbosch.
Daily Maverick has a new investigative food team and it is publishing a four-part series, ‘The Sugar Saga’. Part one looks at the origins of how fat came to be demonised, while the real demon, sugar, was exorcised in the human diet.
Covid and high stress have propelled consumers to reach for flavourful comfort foods, while simultaneously seeking 'better-for-you' choices. These often conflicting trends can find innovative remedy via Salt of the Earth's Mediterranean Umami sodium-reduction solution.
The 2021 annual SAAFFI seminar themed “Save the Planet – WAKE UP, GROW UP, SPEAK UP!”, aims to highlight the initiatives in the flavour, fragrance and related sectors that are influencing thought and practice in the areas of environmental awareness and sustainability.
Checkers is taking another step on Woolies' toes with the launch of a new premium food range called Forage & Feast.
Amid a growing consumer interest in plant-based foods, South Africa's RCL Foods and US plant-based food company, LIVEKINDLY Collective, have established a local joint venture called LIVEKINDLY Collective Africa.
Here's stuff of food entrepreneurial dreams coming true... Mondelēz International is continuing its expansion in the snacking sector, and will acquire UK performance nutrition company, Grenade, from its majority shareholder Lion Capital.
There has been significant funding activity in the cultured meat space since the start of the year — and we’re only three months in! Here's taking stock of the cell-based meat companies that have gotten funding so far in 2021, and see how their approaches vary.
Is salt really the enemy? Is all processed food bad for us? Does red meat give you cancer? Renowned UK epidemiologist, Tim Spector, has a new book out which reveals why almost everything we have been told about food is wrong. He questions every diet plan, official recommendation, miracle cure or food label and encourages a rethink on our whole relationship with food.
Biodegradable plastic promises a plastic that breaks down into natural components when it’s no longer wanted for its original purpose. The idea of a plastic that literally disappears once in the ocean, littered on land or in landfill is tantalising — but also (at this stage) a pipe dream.
The SA Association for Food Science & Technology (SAAFoST) has announced the appointment, on a part-time contract, of its new SAAFoST CEO, Susan Featherstone.
‘Climate change is already affecting agriculture and food security, which will make the challenge of ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture more difficult…’ Really?
Products containing cannabidiol, also known as CBD, have been legal for sale in South Africa since May 2019. Here's a look at some local CBD entrepreneurs...
Kellogg’s has announced two new local launches, designed to tap into the snacking craze - a trend that's ballooned in lockdowns.
A whopping 78% of South African consumers say they have changed their purchasing behaviour since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with no prospect of this returning to 2019 levels anytime soon.
Massmart, the owner of Game, Makro and Builders, plans to sell the Cambridge Food, Rhino and Massfresh chains in a bid to "reduce exposure to non-core assets".