21 Apr UK: Unilever launches first-of-kind liquid cake mixes
Unilever in the UK has launched a new range of ready-to-bake Stork cupcake mixes to help consumers who may lack the time or confidence to bake.
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21 Apr UK: New low-carb, high-fibre flour that acts like a regular flour
'Fibre is the only option to turn our comfort foods from toxic to therapeutic,' says the founder of FiberFlour, a low-carb, high-fibre flour with the same functionality as regular flour.
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21 Apr Atomic mutant fruit is perfectly ‘organic’
The modern green hysteria about genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) and the corresponding fad for organic food is exposed as vapid and fact-free by their acceptance of food created by nuclear radiation but labelled “organic”, writes well-known Daily Maverick columnist, Ivo Vegter.
20 Apr US Post Holdings tucks into breakfast cereal Weetabix
US company Post Holdings is buying Weetabix from China’s Bright Food Group for £1.4bn, putting the British breakfast favourite back into the hands of a cereal company.
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18 Apr Food Explorer #13: A South African food scientist does pork and pirogies in Poland
Lisa Ronquest is one of South Africa's top young food scientists, now transferred to the Netherlands in a global food R&D role for Mars. She's been sharing her European impressions, insights and travels with FOODStuff SA readers in a regular blog, and we're proud here...
10 Apr Sally Williams opens shop in chi-chi Sandton square
Sally Williams, arguably South Africa's best-known handcrafted nougat brand, continues on an ambitious growth track - and has just launched its first ice-cream store, which it plans to extend over the next few years.
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10 Apr Two startups disrupt American Dairy in record time
Two backyard brands, born out of the curiosity and imagination of a single young founder, have catapulted to the top of US dairy.
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10 Apr McCain adapts to drought with changing business model, water strategy
The impact of South Africa's drought on local farmers, producers, and consumers have been immense with a significant impact on agricultural yields, quality and price. This is forcing companies like McCain South Africa to adjust their business models to mitigate the impact.
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10 Apr Unilever butters up investors by selling margarines unit
Dutch-British consumer products giant Unilever has announced the surprise sale of its under-performing margarine division, seeking to soothe investor jitters after spurning a takeover bid by US rival Kraft Heinz.
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10 Apr A young inventor’s plan to recycle styrofoam
From packing fruit, fish and meat to disposable coffee cups, and a myriad of other applications, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of styrofoam — none of which can be recycled. An American youngster has come up with an...
10 Apr Impossible Foods gears up to make 5.5m kg of plant-based burgers a year
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Inside a former baked-goods factory near the Oakland, California airport, a construction crew is installing giant vats that will soon be used to scale up production of the Impossible Burger–a plant-based meat designed to look and taste good enough that meat eaters will want to order it, not vegetarians.
10 Apr Major lift-off for Western Cape pet food business
Through the government's Black Industrialists programme, a Western Cape company has been able to grow its business to become a pet food supplier for one of the country’s giant retailers.
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10 Apr PepsiCo’s first Chief Design Officer: people don’t just buy products anymore
PepsiCo no longer just competes with other food and beverage brands. “In a world where relevance changes almost day by day,” gone are the days of deliberating market research for months, says the company’s first-ever chief design officer, Mauro Porcini.
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07 Apr Nestle’s new CEO challenges food industry’s cost-cutting mantra
Nestle CEO, Ulf Mark Schneider, has said many food and beverage companies are focused so much on cutting costs that they will undermine their growth prospects, challenging a recent mantra that’s been driven by companies such as Kraft Heinz and AB InBev.
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05 Apr Cape Town’s Vital Health Foods evolves into healthy snacking
Nutritional supplements manufacturer, Vital Health Foods in Cape Town, has launched a line of grab-and-go nutritional snacks.
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04 Apr New study shows one possible mechanism for weight gain via artificial sweeteners
A new study could point to one of the mechanisms that show how artificial sweeteners promote fat accumulation.
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30 Mar The science of liquorice: whether you love the dark root – or hate it
There are foods that can split families, or even just couples. Love it or hate it foods. Marmite (and the Antipodean alternative, Vegemite) is one. Then there’s Brussels sprouts, blue cheese, chilli peppers, coriander (cilantro), tomatoes (especially the cooked variety) … and liquorice.
30 Mar Fact or fiction – is sugar addictive?
Some of us can definitely say we have a sweet tooth. Whether it’s cakes, chocolates, cookies, lollies or soft drinks, our world is filled with intensely pleasurable sweet treats. Sometimes eating these foods is just too hard to resist.
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30 Mar Is Ramsay enough to pull Checkers some high-end shoppers?
Checkers recently announced a new partnership with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and his daughter on a range of kids' convenience meals. Will it work in upping its image as a purveyor of quality at a good price?
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