The FOOD REVIEW website and journal is aimed at decision makers in the manufacturing processes of food, beverages and related industries. It offers incisive and authoritative reports on all aspects of the process, from raw material sourcing, to manufacturing and packing, right down to the distribution and marketing of finished goods.
FOOD REVIEW informs readers about the introduction of new ingredients, equipment, products and packs and provides objective commentary on local and international market trends and issues, as well as relevant processing and packaging technologies.
The USDA has expanded its affiliation with the WCF in a bid to boost cocoa production in developing countries and improve livelihoods for cocoa farmers.
The two organisations have signed a five year deal that will see 32 scientists and public and private sector professionals from cocoa-producing countries, such as the Ivory Coast and Ghana, enrol on two programmes to gain knowledge on cocoa growing.
SA’s multi award-winning R&B and gospel singer, Loyiso Bala, has been appointed as Fairtrade Label South Africa’s very first ambassador. He met with Deon Boshoff, cellarmaster of Place in the Sun Wines at a Devon Valley farm, to see for himself where the grapes are harvested for the Fairtrade-accredited wines.
Bala also met some of the farm’s top farmworkers and presented each with a signed copy of his latest album.
Research led by the controversial Italian scientist, Dr Morando Soffriti, linking the artificial sweeteners sucralose and aspartame to cancer has been dammed as ‘irresponsible’ by the industry.
He reported that 134 male and female Swiss mice had been fed with 99.4 per cent purity sucralose at varying concentrations from prenatal life to death. The first results indicate that ‘sucralose in our experimental conditions induces a dose-related incidence of leukaemia in males’. Soffriti said his studies showed that drinking Diet Coke can be linked to increased mammary cancer in female mice.
However, the data has to still be statistically evaluated and isn’t as yet published. ‘A second study needs to be conducted,’ admits Soffriti.
A new regulation has been approved to formalise a new pan-European list of the 2,800 strong flavouring substances which have been assessed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and other scientific bodies. The approval of the permitted flavouring substances list, in addition to a transitional measure on other flavourings, was agreed to at a meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH).
Under the new legislation, the food industry in Europe will only be able to use flavouring substances that have been assessed by the EFSA and other scientific bodies. The pan-European lists contains 2 800 permitted flavouring substances, which will be available in an online database – allowing consumers, food businesses and national food control authorities to easily identify which flavouring substances are authorised.
ArcAqua, the South African developer of the NOZ ozone-based sanitising system, is taking its first steps in conquering the global market, thanks partly to first-round funding from venture capital firm Invenfin. ‘The use of ozone to clean fresh produce is nothing new globally, but those systems have always been large, expensive installations – which is why NOZ is such an exciting innovation,’ says Stuart Gast, executive director at Invenfin. ‘The tremendous shift towards fresh, organic and unprocessed foods demands that more care is taken in preparation and storage, and NOZ is an effective, low-cost and chemical-free solution for all food preparation areas.’
SA’s multi award-winning R&a&and gospel singer, Loyiso Bala, has been appointed as Fairtrade Label South Africa’s very first ambassador. He met with Deon Boshoff, cellarmaster of Place in the Sun Wines at a Devon Valley farm, to see for himself where the grapes are harvested for the Fairtrade-accredited wines. Bala also met some of the farm…
Groote Post has released the 2011 vintage of their well-loved Unwooded Chardonnay, as well as their elegant 2009 Reserve Pinot Noir. This beautiful historic Cape West Coast farm, owned by the Pentz family, has its vineyard plantings on the cool south-facing upper slopes of the Kapokberg in the Darling Hills. …
Hunters Extreme Zero is Distell’s new zero-sugar offering in their existing Hunter’s Extreme cider division and is being positioned as the first beer alternative within the South African liquor market. Distell approached brand design agency Just Design to assist with the packaging design. The client brief required maintaining the masculine and r…
The Portobello Franschhoek Angelot was crowned the 2012 Dairy Product of the Year. In addition, 26 other dairy products were awarded the coveted Qualité mark of excellence, and 90 dairy products were lauded SA Champions at the DuPont Qualité Awards Dinner. Pitted against more than 780 entries in categories including cheese, butter, cottage chee…
The local market’s wine export volumes have shown healthy growth for the first three months of 2012, increasing by 21 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2011. According to Wine of South Africa’s (WOSA) CEO, Sue Birch, we’re seeing an increase in demand for bottled wines from non-traditional markets such as East Africa, Russia and Japan.…
