Food & Beverage Reporter

Food & Beverage Reporter (FBR) is one of South Africa’s leading B2B magazines, with a track record of more than 25 years in the industry. With thought leadership and in-depth coverage of technical topics, news, and local and international developments across the foodbev and allied industries, the magazine caters for South Africa and neighbouring countries. FBR also carries a specialist Packaging& Processing Reporter section in each issue, exploring technology, ideas, and trends in these key segments of the food chain. In response to changing readership trends we offer a fully digitized publication, with both Apple and Android apps In March each year, FBR’s annual Supplier Directory is distributed both in print and online versions providing you with a handy guide to local suppliers and service providers on the continent.

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Food & Beverage Reporter

Industry News

Tiger Brands Appoints Financial Director

Industry News

Tate & Lyle rebrands

Budget Briefs

2023 Sin Tax Increases

Budget Briefs

Kwanalu Echoes Concerns

The Future of Flour • The fourth World Flour Day will be celebrated on 20 March 2023, and the theme is “The Future of Flour.” This year the organisers are asking this question of the global flour community… “How do you see the future?”

Plant genetics company GDM to launch new GM-soy seeds in South Africa

Beer into bread • Using food waste to feed the nation

Back to our Roots • Heirloom recipes to inspire flavour innovation in 2023

Africa… • Kerry’s charts cover the four phases of adoption, which are mainstream, key, up and coming and finally emerging flavours and claims. Their research for South Africa outlines some interesting emerging flavour choices for our region in the year/s ahead.

Food waste in action • The third annual Food Waste Action Week took place from 6 - 12 March 2023. Their theme this year was ‘Win. Don’t Bin.’ and their focus was to demonstrate how valuable food is in our lives, how it unites people and how using up everything we buy saves money, time, and the planet.

Real-time PCR for safer food • Real-time PCR methods for food testing and analysis are used for the detection and quantification of bacteria, viruses, animal species, GMOs and allergens. Real-time PCR detects and amplifies a target DNA sequence using specific oligonucleotide primers and fluorescence probes.

The Evolution of Listeria • The latest research and the risks

Put an end to ‘Wrap Rage’ • Choose the right closure for your food packaging

Thermoplastics in food packaging. The pros & cons • Plastic items have been developed and used extensively during the last half-century and do so much to benefit people’s lives worldwide. Most of this plastic is still around today because it doesn’t biodegrade, so there is now a significant focus on how to make these products environmentally friendly and recyclable. This is where thermoplastics are different.

High-volume Open-Chute Tipper from Flexicon • A new High-Volume Open-Chute Tipper from Flexicon allows discharging of nondusty, free-flowing and/or agglomerated bulk materials from multiple drums or boxes simultaneously, as well as from Gaylords, totes or bins individually.

Under scrutiny: Food contact packaging • With increasing global restrictions for food contact materials and emerging contaminants under scrutiny, now more than ever, manufacturers need to take regular measures to ensure their packaging does not pose a risk to food.

SABS cautions against unverified claims of degradable plastics • South Africa generates 2.4 million tons of plastic waste every year, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). This means that every South African contributes about 41kgs of plastic waste...