12 Jan SA’s passionate love affair with Scotch whisky
Last year R1.78bn of Scotch was imported to SA, indicating how it has become the tipple of choice for a wide cross-section of South Africans.
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11 Jan Fantastic new resource for SA food-drink industrialists of every ilk
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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08 Dec Coca-Cola explains the sour side of a sugary tax on SSBs
A tax on sugar-laden beverages may jeopardise Coca-Cola's investment plans in South Africa. However, there is an alternative to the sugary tax, says head of communications Zipporah Maubane.
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06 Dec More plastic bottles recycled in SA than thrown away
SA can be proud of its PET bottle recycling efforts - in 2015, 52% of PET plastic bottles were collected for recycling in South Africa, reports PETCO.
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30 Nov Wine and Olive Oil Suppliers Expo heads for Cape Town in 2017
Wine and olive oil production will be new additions to the acclaimed Propak Cape exhibition in October next year, with organisers, Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery, announcing the launch of the co-located Wine and Olive Oil Suppliers Expo.
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29 Nov Distell taps into to bubblies’ popularity with new upmarket range
Distell's House of JC Le Roux, South Africa’s leading sparkling wine producer, has added an exciting new range of high quality bubblies to the JC Le Roux family to appeal to those who enjoy a drier, more sophisticated taste.
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23 Nov Inside the new SAB: How the good times ended for SABMiller
The SA Breweries you knew and loved, which listed on the JSE back in 1897, is no more. After Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $109bn takeover last month, apprehension is stalking the corridors of the SA beer icon. But for new boss Carlos Brito, the numbers will trump...
23 Nov South Africa’s famed rooibos industry: insights into its many controversies
There are political, environmental, commercial and social controversies associated with that most delectable of South African beverages: rooibos tea. The debate enfolds both the plant itself and the traditional use and knowledge that fostered the growth of this lucrative industry.
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22 Nov The size of South Africa’s super-sweet tooth may be over-stated
Are South Africans the 8th highest sugar consumers in the world? Africa Check investigated...
21 Nov No reason to turn noses up at local whiskies
In a curious way, whisky has largely tracked the same curve as every segment of the South African liquor business, writes Michael Fridjhon...
15 Nov Danone SA launches innovative hybrid ‘man’s drink’
New to SA's chiller shelves is DanUp, an new beverage that combines yoghurt with multiple grains.
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09 Nov Why Africa should resist the power of Big Sugar to undermine public health
The South African government has decided to tax sugary drinks to help cut excess sugar consumption, which is contributing to a burgeoning epidemic of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This follows the lead of Mexico and the US city of Berkeley,...
07 Nov Afriplex on mission to develop a South African stevia
In a timeous and topical development, Paarl-based Afriplex, well established beneficiator of indigenous plants, has announced it is embarking on a project to locally cultivate and process stevia (Stevia rebaudiana), viewed by many as a Holy Grail of non-nutritive sweeteners.
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01 Nov Taste: Taking on too much with Starbucks and Domino’s?
Since Taste Holdings CE, Carlo Gonzaga, opened his first Scooters pizza store 16 years ago he has always thought big. But there is market concern that in taking on Domino’s Pizza and Starbucks, two global heavyweight brands, in one shot he has bitten off more...
01 Nov Clover Care, new enriched milk in South Africa
Hot on the heels of launching new Clover NoLac lactose-free milk, the dairy giant has débuted another new brand, Clover Care, a fortified fresh/UHT milk.
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20 Oct Dunkin’ Donuts bets on SA’s sweet tooth
Rising demand for quality coffees and sweet treats has lured yet another American favourite to SA’s shores.
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12 Oct Leading US health activist has his say on SA’s proposed sugar tax
One of the US's fiercest food industry critics, Michael Jacobson, president of the Centre for Science in the Public Interest in Washington DC, has been in South Africa. Here's his take on SA's proposed sugar tax sweetened beverages.
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12 Oct Coca-Cola to acquire SABMiller’s former stake in CCBA
Coca-Cola has announced that it will exercise a change-of-control clause, allowing it to acquire SABMiller's former interest in the soft-drink company’s largest African bottling company.
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10 Oct SA’s SoftBev: Looking a trifle troubled?
An unexpectedly flat performance from plastic packaging specialist Bowler Metcalf's 43%-owned soft-drink bottling subsidiary, SoftBev, has resulted in a swathe of speculation, reports the Financial Mail.
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10 Oct Clover launches lactose-free milk
Clover has introduced a dairy solution for lactose intolerant people: new Clover NoLac lactose-free milk. (In a country where millions cannot digest milk, one has to ask why this took so long? Ed)
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