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In almost all mammals, the placenta - the organ that develops in pregnancy to provide oxygen and nutrients to the baby and remove waste products - is eaten by the mother immediately after giving birth. Humans and aquatic mammals are the only exceptions.
Eating well is not just about the nutritional content of food – with a new study illustrating that it is also about how food is labelled and presented.
Here's an interesting item of food supply chain disruption... Introducing Quickspaza, an online business selling hampers of basic food, cleaning, cosmetics and other products, delivered for free, at supermarket prices, in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
Pioneer Foods has announced that it is set to acquire full ownership Heinz Foods SA – makers of the famous tomato ketchup.
Nestle is leaving the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), a lobby group that represents hundreds of food companies in Washington, just months after a similar decision by Campbell Soup Co.
It appears that upper middle-class households in South Africa are doing less well than thought. With financial stress being particularly acute in the lower income and broad middle-class segments, there are stark indicators that wealthier consumers are also under pressure, and are tightening their belts.
Fred Kummerow, a scientist who fought the food industry and prevailing medical practices for decades until his early warnings about the dangers of trans fats were finally vindicated, died May 31 at his home in Urbana, Illinois. He was 102. [An amazing life! Ed]
Food delivery start-ups are a big trend globally and now busy Capetonians (that’s not an oxymoron) who don’t have the time nor will to make their own meals are finding help from JarBar, a company that delivers healthy, free-range salads and soups in a jar.
Demand for the pricey, land-farmed sea snail continues to exceed supply, sparking growth and creating sought-after jobs. Red tides and poaching seem to be the only things hurting profits.
In the vast anthropological catalogue of contemporary humanity that is YouTube, there's an entire universe of videos where cute kids bug out their eyes, gag and make hideous faces while trying not to spit out distressingly sour or disgustingly flavoured candy. Videos with titles like "Extreme Sour Candy Challenge" have millions or even tens of millions of views. So what is the appeal?
The US FDA has proposed to revoke a health claim for soy protein and heart disease.
The US marijuana industry is growing so fast that if the government legalised it nationally it would outsell ice cream, crisps and movie tickets combined, by some margin!
Scholars in a variety of academic disciplines have started to critically explore exactly what is meant by the African middle class notion, and question its reality and relevance.
Propak Cape 2017 was hit at Cape Town's CTICC last week - superbly supported by 200 vendors across its 'packaging, processing, plastic, labelling, printing' byline and attracting some 6,000 visitors over the three days. Generally, the event felt and looked sophisticated and truly world-class. Editor, Brenda Neall, spent two days browsing the show and presents these snapshots....
What counts as dietary fibre? That's up for debate. The US FDA is reviewing 26 ingredients that food manufacturers use to bulk up the fibre content of processed foods to determine if there's a health benefit.
Mérieux NutriSciences, previously Swift Silliker, has expanded its offering in South Africa with the inauguration of a brand new microbiology laboratory in George, a growing city in the Western Cape.
When it comes to the taste of foods, most of us assume that everything we eat is either sweet, sour, bitter, salty or umami. According to a team led by Prof Russell Keast at Australia's Deakin University, however, carbohydrates have their own unique taste. What's more, people who are particularly able to sense it are more likely to put on weight.
South African holding company Libstar is to merge with Sonnendal Dairies in the Western Cape following approval by the country's competition watchdog.
Global market intelligence company, Euromonitor International, has released the latest results of the 2017 Global Consumer Trends survey. In terms of South African findings, the top consumer trends are detailed below....
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is back on the warpath against LCHF advocate, Prof Tim Noakes. Noakes has called this ongoing and incredibly expensive saga "malicious" and that the HPCSA face “five rather large roadblocks in its case against him”.