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Candy and pet food conglomerate Mars is buying veterinary hospital operator VCA for $7.7-billion in a deal that will give the maker of Pedigree pet food an even bigger share of the $4-billion global pet healthcare market.
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PepsiCo recently revealed a new global corporate agenda that emphasises health and social accountability. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and chief scientist Mehmood Khan (pictured) are committed to working toward progress in health and sustainability.
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Most people who have tried durian either love it or hate it. The fruit's yellowish flesh is sweet and custard-like, but it comes with an overpowering stench of garbage.
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In a notable diversification move out of dairy, JSE-listed Clover Industries has announced it has acquired a 51% stake in olive and olive oil supplier, Olive Pride.
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NASA food scientists are busy with new challenges: creating new foods for the crews of the first manned deep space missions since Apollo.
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New to America's heaving snack aisles are on-trend Pringles Loud, a line-up of boldly flavoured, very crunchy new crisps with a corn, grain and vegetable-bases.
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It's time to be introduced to Food Focus, www.foodfocus.co.za, which, dear reader, is a place to visit and bookmark if you are involved in any way in producing or marketing food and drinks in South Africa, or servicing those industries.
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While 3D printers have mainly been in the news for their ability to manufacture inedible goods, they are increasingly being used for culinary endeavours. But will people happily eat these foods?
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When it comes to the type of chickens that are raised for their eggs as opposed to their meat, the hens are obviously more valued than the non-laying males.
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In news just to light, Tuks' Food Science Department (Pretoria University) was last year the lucky recipient of a new SOA hygiene facility donated by PHT SA, the local subsidiary of the global hygiene and technology company headquartered in Germany.
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Natives of Chile have revelled in it for centuries. Now local entrepreneurs want to export the antioxidant-rich maqui berry and become the next super-food giants. All right, acai berry. You had a good run.
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At a time when even the most routine of ingredients is required to have a “clean” aura, giant starch ingredients group, Ingredion, has agreed to acquire texture company TIC Gums, which supplies advanced clean-label texture systems gums to the food and beverage industry, for $400-million.
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“Nature is not good to human beings,” says Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the outgoing chairman of the world's largest food company. He has staked his flag, casting Nestlé — with its $88.8 billion in annual revenue — not as the purveyor of natural foods or conveniently-available snacks,...
A fabulous put-down Not all politicians are humourless egotists, notably Sajid Javid, British Tory politician and currently a government minister, who frequently takes the mickey out of himself, such as this anecdote he told in a speech to students: 'I remember when I became an...
Cool collection of collective nouns A pretension of intellectsAn exchange of call girls A grapple of hookersAn aarmory of aardvarks A camp of transvestitesAn abandonment of orphans An absence of waitersAn attitude of teenagersA clench of sphinctersA clutch of testiclesA mass of CatholicsAn overcharge of...
Olympic Games 2016 gaffes Here are the top nine comments made by sports commentators during the Olympics that they would like to take back: 1. Weightlifting commentator: 'This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was...
Top gags from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival The Fringe, a key part of the famous Edinburgh Festival, is renowned for being the best place to spot new and emerging comedy talent – and a judging panel sits through some 60 different comedy performances before selecting...
Modern ways #1 I was visiting my daughter last night, when I asked her if I could borrow a newspaper. 'This is the 21st century,' she said, 'we don't waste money on newspapers. Here use my iPad.' I can tell you this, that fly never...
Bittersweet tweets from those demolished by the US election Michael Jordaan @MichaelJordaan: The leader of the free world will be the guy that gropes or the girl who can't do e-mail. This is what we've come to. Max du Preez @maxdupreez: Great sayings by US...
US investigative journalist Nina Teicholz calls it “a victory for science”. SA scientist Tim Noakes says it proves that one person can “change the world”. This article calls it a decisive defeat for medical, scientific and dietetic establishments in their ongoing war against the critics.
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