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When the history of sugar is written, 2016 may go down as the year its image turned, when it became 'the new tobacco' in the public mindset. And this is a huge problem for Big Food. It's built on the stuff, and finding acceptable alternatives...
Japan is obsessed with mayonnaise — well, its version of mayonnaise, anyway, a brand called Kewpie. Why?
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Organic vegetables are much higher in carcinogens than are vegetables grown sprayed with pesticides, asserts Richard Muller, Prof Physics, UC Berkeley in the US, author "Now - The Physics of...
Tweaking texture could give us healthy versions of our favourite junk foods—and that's just the beginning...
Stellenbosch University is hosting "Quackery and Pseudoscience: How the False Hope business endangers people’s health and wellbeing – and how science communication can counter it", a two-day conference in November, the first of its kind in Africa and the developing world.
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In an effort to cut down on confusion about labels on food items, US grocery manufacturers and retailers are being urged to get rid of terms like 'sell by' and 'best before'.
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Kraft Heinz’s unsolicited $143-billion offer forUnilever [now spurned and off the table] comes at a time of vulnerability for the Anglo-Dutch giant, the world’s second-largest consumer-goods firm by sales after Procter & Gamble, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Kraft Heinz has withdrawn its proposed £115 billion ($143bn) offer for Unilever, claiming that the decision had been amicable after talks between the companies, reports The Times, UK.
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The internet's abuzz with McDonald's [in the US] latest announcement. It's not all-day breakfast (that's already a thing). And no, they're not making the McRib a menu staple. It's tech-y. It's design-y. It's a new ...
There could be a future where we eat incredible, sustainable, engineered foods—3D-printed or lab-grown meals, chemically optimised to unleash the perfect combination of flavour and nutrients to fit our bodies and our tastes. But only if we start paying attention to our food scientists...
Curcumin, a compound in turmeric, continues to be hailed as a natural treatment for a wide range of health conditions, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease. But a new review of the scientific literature on curcumin has found it's probably not all it's ground up to...
Acquisitive Israeli flavour firm, Frutarom, has acquired South African supplier, Unique Flavors, for R90-million as it edges towards its recently-set target of hitting sales of $2-billion by 2020.
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Diet culture is just another way of dealing with the fear of death...
The Medical Research Council is expected to probe a senior employee accused of teaming up with "big sugar" to discredit Banting-diet champion Tim Noakes (left), reports the Sunday Times.
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Outbreaks were first reported in West and Central Africa at the beginning of last year. They have since jumped the Equator into Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi and have spread to some of the northern areas of South Africa.
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The reality is that the move to introduce a sugar tax in South Africa is necessary because of the scourge of non-communicable diseases and obesity in the country, write three University of Pretoria researchers.
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Researchers have sequenced the genes of hundreds of tomato varieties to construct a road map back to desirable flavour.
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UK media has been aflutter with stories of shortages of lettuces, courgettes, broccoli and other unseasonal vegetables due to bad weather in parts of Spain - and there's been a predictable number of column inches about Britain’s reliance on imported fresh produce.
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What's the world's biggest food company to do in the face of changing consumer tastes and a shifting retail landscape? The Economist investigates...