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Fresh ideas are as important to the food industry as fresh ingredients to a dish. Here are the stories of four entrepreneurs, courageous people who manage to take an idea, a recipe, a concept and scale it up for access to their own people and the world at large.
Each year, the Ocean Conservancy organises the International Coastal Cleanup, a global effort to rid the world’s beaches and waterways of trash. In 2019, for the first time in the NGO’s history, food wrappers overtook cigarette butts as the most collected item from the annual cleanup, a sign of how huge the single-use packaging problem has become.
Plant protein is a major food trend. Enjoy this SAAFoST webinar for a detailed discussion on the global plant-based protein movement, hosted by SA experts Lisa-Claire Ronquest-Ross and Marisa Munroe. It took place on 17 September 2020 and is now permanently available on the SAAFoST website.
While the diverse food group missed out on restaurant trade during the lockdown, consumers bought more of its products to prepare at home.
As the industry struggles to showcase its latest innovation, insights, services and opportunities, due to the current global restrictions with regards to live events and travel, dmg events have, in response to this, developed Africa’s first digital summit for the industry.
South Africa's ubiquitously consumed mealie/maize meal porridge/pap/putu has officially entered the ready-to-eat food market in the innovative form of Papstix, pre-packaged rolls filled with a tasty relish centre.
RCL Foods has reported a big drop in full-year earnings with hefty impairments due to local economic woes and the impact of Covid-19.
An Australian ingredients company has isolated a sugarcane extract called Saccharum officinarum to create a golden chocolate with a better-for-you nutritional profile.
Chickens have never had a reputation as intellectual heavyweights and scientists at Linköping University in Sweden may have found the reason why.
Nestlé recently announced the launch of a plant-based alternative to tuna, its first move into the growing market for plant-based seafood alternatives.
Chocolate chips are an important part of baking inventory - and now an American engineer has redesigned them to look, cook and taste better.
Spain’s Iberchem Group is expanding its presence on the South African market with the creation of Iberchem South Africa, taking full ownership of Versachem after buying a majority 70% share of the Pretoria-based food flavour-colours business just over two years ago.
The COVID 19 pandemic and lockdowns are forcing many foodbev businesses to newly explore digitalisation in an attempt to continue with business and make it future-proof, But for true digital transformation – where do you start?
The surging consumer interest in vegan and vegetarian products presents many challenges for the food industry, especially in manufacturing practices. Here are some excellent guidelines and advice from FACTS SA, the Food, Allergy Consulting & Testing Services consultancy in Stellenbosch.
Tiger Brands is quitting the processed meat sector, agreeing to dispose of its value-added meat products businesses and inventories for R428m to two parties.
An unlikely dessert, Portugal's treasured and delicious pastel de nata, is on its way to becoming as globally ubiquitous as the croissant.
Researchers have found great preservation results for highly perishable fruit by coating them in a nanocomposite “egg wash”.
UK food writer, Joanna Blythman, has written a provocative piece on modern food factories - and how they can abet the spread of coronavirus. It's not a pleasant picture she paints - this should give many food industrialists pause for thought...
British prime minister, Boris Johnson, has launched the "Better Health" campaign after becoming seriously ill with coronavirus, partly blamed on his weight. The plan will include "cycling prescriptions" and junk food advert bans.