Ten Global Food Industry Awards, as well as the President's Awards, were presented by IUFoST president, Geoffrey Campbell-Platt, at IUFoST 2010 congress in Cape Town in late August 2010. Taking place every two years, the awards recognise exceptional products, packaging and communication campaigns. Only four nominations per category were allowed from each country.

Woolworths has been awarded the SAAFoST President’s Award for its contribution to food science and technology - announced at the black-tie banquet that was part of the IUFoST 2010 congress in August.

The annual Sunday Times Top Brands Awards were announced in Johannesburg on Thursday, 26 August 2010. This year, the Grand Prix of all Grands Prix went to Coca-Cola, a re-award from last year. Second place went to Koo, which has moved up the ranks from third place, while KFC came in strongly in third place.

Danisco has acquired South African ingredient-research firm, Research Solutions, in a bid to step up its dairy and frozen dessert activities in the country.

Bashew’'s, the oldest soft drinks company in the Cape dating back to 1899, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its iconic returnable glass bottle that's still delivered from door-to-door today in the famous wooden crates. A favourite in the coloured community, Bashew's is also now starting to move into mainstream retail.

Combining years of research on water purification, food microbiology and nanotechnology, scientists at South Africa's Stellenbosch University have developed a high-tech "tea bag" filter that fits into the neck of a bottle and turns polluted water into clean water as you drink from it.

A collaborative study by scientists at four international research facilities has found the first clinical evidence that drinking rooibos tea significantly increases the antioxidant capacity in human blood, thereby boosting the body’'s natural defences.

It was a great World Cup for SAB, with sales volumes ahead of expectations and a lasting legacy left through investments in township taverns.