South African Food Review - Volume 39, Issue 5, May 2012

Fresh new look from Liqui-Fruit

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Elgin Vintners dedicate wine to pioneer

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The wine potential of Nigeria

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Nederburg's offering for 2012 Auction

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WSA crowns winners

The global focus will be on South African wines when guests from as far afield as China and Canada converge in Cape Town in September for the country's international trade exhibition. Cape Wine 2012, hosted by export association Wines of South Africa (WOSA), is a biennial event but was suspended in 2010 due to the FIFA World Cup. Now it's back with a vengeance, with two-thirds of the country winemakers supporting the event.

Avondale, a family-owned wine estate near Paarl, is producing some exceptional vintages through techniques that incorporate a mix of organic and biodynamic farming methods combined with modern science.

Each month, Food Review will be inviting a guest writer to share their views and insight of the industry they work in.

Human Beverage Acquisitions, an organisation that provides a funding platform for new or expanding beverage brands, has developed a beverage and oxygen system for the ready-to-drink industry, which is currently drawing in more than $10 billion per year (around R78 billion) in the US. The product, known as 2.0, includes breathable compressed oxygen that provides additional boost to a functional beverage.

South Africa is about to get a taste of the West Coast Chill Pure Energy Drink, housed in the groundbreaking 'chill on demand, anytime, anywhere' can. Johan du Plessis, MD of 5 Star Brands SA, has landed the southern African Master License to import and market both the beverage and the Chill Can technology. The agreement was signed by Mitchell Joseph, CEO of Joseph Company International (JCI), the developers of the drink and technology, at their R&D facility in London.

Fruit packing film packs punch

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Waste not, want not

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AIP database

Convenience versus conscience - that's an interesting one. In our busy, hectic lives, the grab-and-go and eat-on-the-move concepts are pulling in the fans. Yet, there lingers that niggling guilt about the effect these may be having on our ailing world.

Avery Dennison Europe introduces HP Indigo digital press

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Pyro Inspirational Awards

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Use packaging as a virtual billboard

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Plastic packaging prices to increase

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Cold turns drinks blue

There are numerous technologies available for food and beverage labelling, specifically targeted at coding, marking and inspection designed to protect the consumer.

With convenience being one of the overriding trends in the packaged food industry, innovative ideas are constantly revolutionising what it means to be handy. Single-serve, pouch, resealable, easy-open and easy-carry are today's buzzwords, followed closely by appealing and reliable.

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