SA Food Review

Food manufacturing

14 Dec 2015

Demonstrating the aromas and tastes of our continent

The 14th South African Association of the Flavour & Fragrance Industry (SAAFFI) seminar will be held on Thursday, 3 March at the Bytes Conference Centre in Midrand, Gauteng.

14 Dec 2015

The triple bottom line and the plastics industry

Plastics SA has released the line-up of speakers that will be presenting at its second industry-specific conference on 16 March 2016. The industry body’s seminar forms part of the Pro-Plas Africa conference, to be held during Propak Africa 2016.

10 Dec 2015

Africa’s Big Seven boosts Halaal opportunities across Africa

As the annual global demand for Halaal food soars beyond US$1 trillion, more manufacturers, suppliers and service providers are taking advantage of the massive business opportunities supplying Halaal products to Africa’s burgeoning Muslim population.

25 Nov 2015

Hands on insight into extrusion in the food industry

The third Food Extrusion Seminar, organised by Coperion in close collaboration with the German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL), took place in Germany recently. The in-depth seminar attracted 35 guests from all parts of the world. Most of the participants came from the production and product development departments of food companies.

23 Nov 2015

Innovative concepts for appealing products

Sensient Flavors uses proprietary technologies to create value-added flavour systems and customised solutions for customers in the beverage, sweet and savoury industries. A recent addition to its range offers complete solutions for products with authentic taste profiles and flavour to support new products from Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

16 Nov 2015

Evonik launches new technical centre for food industry

Evonik has launched its new silica technical centre in Midrand. The facility will service both regional clients and those in sub Saharan Africa, and customers can request the evaluation of their products using Sipernat and Aerosil silica products. To date, the facility has worked with clients and projects from South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Namibia and Senegal.

10 Nov 2015

Symrise hits the A list

The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) awarded Symrise a 100 A rating, adding the company to the Climate A list. This achievement signifies that Symrise leads the energy and materials sector in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), as well as in the German MDAX stock index. As a result, the company is among the Top 100 companies worldwide recognized by CDP in the Climate A list. The recently received DQS sustainability prize and the inclusion in the FTSE4 Good and ETHIBEL sustainability indices further prove Symrise’s commitment to the environment and sustainability.

10 Nov 2015

Optimum macadamia processing

Flip Potgieter and his son Philip started building Macridge in 2003. Since 2011, Philip has been in the driving seat at the company, a well established macadamia factory in Limpopo in South Africa.

09 Nov 2015

Winners of 2015 Gold Pack Awards announced

Innovative packaging came under the spotlight at the Institute of Packaging SA’s (IPSA) 2015 Gold Pack Awards, which was held on 4 November in Johannesburg at a prestigious awards ceremony.

03 Nov 2015

Pyrotec PackMedia wins big at Fix-a-Form International Awards 2015

Pyrotec PackMedia walked away with three awards at the recently held 2015 Fix-a-Form awards ceremony. Its winnings included joint first prize for Best Fix-a-Form Marketing campaign and winner of the best innovative Fix-a-Form leaflet-label award.

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