10 Oct FoodForward SA achieves global recognition for its food security efforts
Local NGO, FoodForward SA, beat out numerous contenders to secure the annual Arrell Global Food Innovation Award in the Community Category for 2019.
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08 Apr StixFresh “magic sticker” will keep fruits fresh for longer
In the process of transporting produce all the way to supermarkets , it is estimated that 52% of fresh fruits and vegetables go to waste before they even make it to the consumer (US figures).
18 Oct Pick n Pay commits to further cut down on food wastage
As part of its financial results for the six months ending 26 August 2018, Pick n Pay announced that it remains committed to cutting down on food wastage.
10 Oct Food waste #2: Seeing food wasted makes us mad – but should it?
Food waste is a cause that's moved up priorities on the public food agenda - but, not so fast, the problem is full of complexities with financial implications across the value chain...
10 Oct Food waste #1: Enormous amounts of food are wasted during manufacturing – here’s where it occurs
The volume of edible food that is wasted is staggering. In 2017, the UN estimated that almost a third of all food that is produced is discarded. In the commercial F&B environment the challenges in mitigating this are huge.
10 Oct Tesco to scrap ‘best before’ dates from fruit and vegetable lines
The UK’s largest supermarket is to scrap potentially confusing “best before” dates from dozens more of its fresh fruit and vegetable lines after research found ditching the labels helped customers reduce their food waste at home.
18 Sep Air Liquide takes MAP into domestic application
Air Liquide Japan has developed a product called “Deliéa”, bringing “Modified Atmosphere Packaging” or MAP technology to households, a multiple-benefit preservation method widely used in the industry.
08 Jul South African ‘fly farm’ recycles food waste nutrients
Stellenbosch University animal nutrition expert, Dr Elsje Pieterse, is the one of the brains behind AgriProtein, the start-up initiative to commercially produce protein products from fly maggots that's much in the news of late. Will her ingenuity help feed the world?
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12 Jun UK: Waitrose to offer ugly and fallen tomatoes
Upmarket UK retailer, Waitrose, is now selling bags of tomatoes that have either fallen naturally or are misshapen as a drive to cut food waste.
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13 Nov Innova’s top food-bev trends for 2014: waste reduction and regaining trust
The latest trends impacting the food industry include moves to reduce the huge amount of food waste, as consumers simultaneously adapt their habits in times of continuing austerity. These trends come as the industry focuses on regaining consumer trust, following a year of negative headlines,...
13 Nov Innova’s top food-bev trends for 2014: waste reduction and regaining trust
The latest trends impacting the food industry include moves to reduce the huge amount of food waste, as consumers simultaneously adapt their habits in times of continuing austerity. These trends come as the industry focuses on regaining consumer trust, following a year of negative headlines,...
07 Nov Goodbye mouldy bread?
Anti-microbial packaging could soon be a reality, really. Pharmaceutical company, Janssen Pharmaceutica, and UK advanced plastics manufacturer, Symphony Environmental, have collaborated to create a new type of plastic that helps preserve food and prevent spoiliage. Two years in development, they are now reportedly in...
19 Sep US: Food date labels create massive food waste
More than 90% of Americans are confused by the “sell by”, “use by” and “best before” labels on the foods sold at grocery stores - and prematurely discard edibles because they’ve misinterpreted the dates stamped on the products, according to a report released this week....
10 Jul Packaging is a silent warrior against food waste
In recent years, food waste has arisen as a major topic as we come to terms with feeding an extra two billion people by the middle of this century. Rather than just relying on additional food production to feed a growing planet, the opportunity to...
31 May Food security in SA? Stop the rot
Malnutrition is a major issue for millions of poor South Africans, yet half of the country's fresh produce is wasted. For some perspective, if the wasted fruit and vegetables were 10kg bags of potatoes, every person in Johannesburg could receive a bag of...
07 Feb Food Lover’s Market in Cape Town is first to adopt cooked food composting method
Food Lovers Market in Noordhoek, Cape Town, claims it's the first retailer in South Africa to truly invest towards a zero waste solution by adopting a composting method which breaks down cooked food waste, helping to minimise the strain on overflowing landfills....
23 Aug New biorefinery finds treasure in Starbucks’ spent coffee grounds and stale bakery goods
With 1.3 billion tons of food trashed, dumped in landfills and otherwise wasted around the world every year, comes news of the development and successful laboratory testing of a new "biorefinery" intended to change food waste into a key ingredient for making plastics, laundry detergents...
02 Feb Kraft Foods wages war on waste, one plant at a time
Kraft Foods reports that sustainability programs have seen the giant group reduce manufacturing waste by 50% since 2005, and that it now boasts 36 facilities in 13 countries that send zero waste to landfills....
10 Jan UK: Jamie Oliver helps boost frozen food sales by £250M
Celebrity endorsements by TV chefs such as Jamie Oliver plus consumers’ perception of high-value and low-waste helped the UK frozen food sector grow by 5.2% to reach sales of £5.36bn last year, according to the British Frozen Foods Federation (BFFF). ...
10 Jan UK: Marks & Spencer introduces packaging for ‘longer-living’ fruit
Next week M&S will become the first major retailer to roll out ground-breaking new packaging which it claims will extend the life of strawberries stored in the fridge by up to two days, helping to cut domestic food waste....
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