In 2005, red espresso changed the way South Africans (and consumers around the world) traditionally enjoyed rooibos – as a tea. The South African innovators revolutionised rooibos into an espresso – and won five global awards. Now the company has introduced another bold, world-first innovation:...
Consumers perceive that organic cow's milk differs from conventionally produced milk and that these differences justify the premium price of organic milk. In a review published in the Journal of Dairy Science, researchers in New Zealand found that the differences between organic and conventional milk...
While beer experts might know a thing or two about the colour of a beer bottle, many consumers don't take much notice to why one bottle colour is different from the other. Some are green, others clear, brown, and now we even have aluminum bottles....
Choosing a sports drinks after a tough workout? You're behind the science times, according to a small new study. Milk and milk alternatives—thanks to their natural balance of sodium, carbohydrate and protein—help the body retain fluid, researchers report in the journal Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and...
It surely started as a one-man experiment, and evolved into something of a social media joke - but Soylent, the Los Angeles start-up that makes a powdery meal replacement with a sweeping nutritional composition, has just raised $20-million in additional venture capital, the company announced...
Many health advocates advise people to eat an orange and drink water rather than opt for a serving of sugary juice. But in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, scientists report that the picture is not clear-cut.
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Citrus greening, a bacterial disease that’s ravaging orchards, has brought the US OJ industry to a crossroads.
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While consumers may think twice about buying a large box of cereal featuring a new functional ingredient, they are much more willing to try new things in the beverage category, which is a hotbed of innovation right now, two leading ingredients suppliers tell FoodNavigator-USA.
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Since he became the head of R&D about seven years ago, Dr Mehmood Khan has led what many at PepsiCo refer to as an R&D transformation. Evidence of his transformative thinking is abundant in packaging, as he believes that packaging now more than ever must be...
In what may prove to be badly timed news for those struggling to observe "dry January", Boston researchers have discovered that having up to seven drinks a week may give you a better chance of avoiding heart failure than people who abstain from alcohol completely.
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Starbucks is getting a new menu item. No, it's not another crazy seasonal Frappuccino. This time, the world's most massive coffee chain is taking a cue from a beverage created in the Southern Hemisphere, adding a drink that's known as a Flat White.
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Researchers at UC San Francisco have launched SugarScience, a groundbreaking research and education initiative designed to highlight the most authoritative scientific findings on added sugar and its impact on health.
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The lucrative premium juice market has exploded in the US, and with it, a new and heated debate over what makes a juice truly fresh. The controversy centers on HPP (alternately referred to as high pressure processing and high pressure pascalisation), where juices are treated...
KWV is set to take on the white spirits market as the new, exclusive distributor of Stolichnaya Premium Vodka and elit by Stolichnaya, for Stoli Group, part of the SPI Group who own these two iconic brands.
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The end/start of a year always brings voluminous trend insights and predictions — from research companies, newspapers, chefs, flavour-makers, food companies, bloggers...
Right now, there’s a product in America growing at an astronomical rate. In the past three years, its market share has surged more than fivefold. While this product is anything but new, it's now recovering from a near-death experience and, in fact, is making a...
The Coca-Cola Co is to axe up to 1,800 jobs across the world as a cost-cutting programme designed to save $3bn over the next four years kicks in to gear.
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Rhodes Food Group has announced it's buying the Wellington-based Pacmar fruit juice business for R165m, its first major acquisition since the company raised R600m when listing on the JSE in October last year.
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Three days of national mourning were under way in Mozambique today after 67 people died as a result of drinking contaminated beer at a funeral over the weekend.
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There's a revolution happening in South Africa's winelands where a handful of young impassioned friends are turning their backs on the very practices that have made the country's wine industry such a success.
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