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Partner News: Echemi – The world’s leading B2B platform in the chemical industry
Echemi invites companies who attend the Africa’s Big 7 to experience the digital transaction for chemicals on www.echemi.com, we provide information services like price trends, market analysis, inquiry services and supplier shops to companies around the world.
Nestle is planning a rice-based KitKat
Nestle SA is adding its first vegan milk chocolate to its products as the world’s biggest food company expands beyond meat alternatives.
Biltong hits the big time – listing in New York!
Stryve Foods, America’s major producer of biltong, is riding a growth trajectory as Americans develop a taste for SA’s favourite meat snack – so much so it’s now taking to the Nasdaq.
New label-friendly preservative for processed meat
DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (DuPont) is now bringing one of the most effective and label-friendly antimicrobial systems to processed meat manufacturers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA).
Ghanaians are eating more fast food: the who and the why
Fast food – food sold in an outlet, drive-through, or restaurant either as preheated or precooked, and served or packaged as take-away – is ubiquitous in developed countries. For instance, in the US, 45% of adults between the ages of 20 and 39 years and 37.7% of those between the ages of 40 and 59 consume fast food daily. Over 40% of higher-income earners eat fast food on a given day, 36.4% of middle-income, and 31.7% of lower-income earners.
FIVE TRENDS FUELING FOOD AND BEVERAGE INNOVATION IN 2021
After an unpredictable and turbulent 2020, many are hoping 2021 will bring more stability. But the pandemic is expected to still hold sway and influence some of the biggest food and beverage trends in the coming months.
Agri SA calls for more commercial sector involvement in driving growth
Industry organisation Agri SA says President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to spell out the role of the commercial sector clearly in his upcoming State of the Nation Address.
Eat-at-home trend and online delivery foray make the difference for Woolies
Positive sentiment surrounds SA retail shares after Woolworths advised that it expected positive trading numbers for the six months to December 2020. This follows last week’s healthy reports from Mr Price and TFG, which reported solid third-quarter sales and profit numbers after the coronavirus sales slump.
UN Women, Standard Bank programme provides leg up for women farmers
Despite the many challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, financial services provider Standard Bank and United Nations (UN) Women have made progress in equipping women farmers with the skills and resources needed to grow their businesses and succeed over the long term.
Citrus sector celebrates record export season
Industry organisation the Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) says South Africa had a record-breaking 2020 export season that delivered 146-million cartons of citrus to the rest of the world.
Local Innovation In Vegan Food As Eating Trend Grows
Listed food group Libstar has developed more vegan options for South Africans that are adopting a plant-based diet, whether full or part-time. Here, Libstar gives us insight into their food development and how they’re increasing vegan products across the board.
Sugar master plan for SA signed off
South Africa’s Sugar Master Plan, delayed by Covid, has been agreed by all stakeholders in the R14-billion industry and seeks to stem a crisis caused by a flood of cheap imports and the tax on sugar-sweetened drinks that lowered demand from beverage makers.
A new totally natural sparkling fruit water with 0 calories infused with real African fruit hits SA this summer
ONE54 South Africa disrupts the healthy drinks category with the launch of a premium and African-centric innovation, A1 Fruit Water
Global food prices rise by 3.9%
Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, according to a benchmark United Nations report released today.
These are the food trends that Whole Foods predicts will be big in 2021
As 2020 winds down, food and beverage industry observers are forecasting what trends will drive change in 2021. America’s trend-setting Whole Foods Market has released its predictions of ten trends that will matter in 2021.
