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Dietary fibre has become one of the most important functional ingredients in modern bakery formulations, valued for both nutrition and processing performance. As consumer demand for healthier products grows, understanding how fibre interacts with the gluten-starch matrix is key to getting formulations right

Synercore supports Pedal for Good's trail therapy programme. The programme is aimed to support the mental health of learners in under-resourced school communities.

The acquisition of the Orthochem Plant 2 business diversifies the Synercore group's local manufacturing assets and deepens its investment in the African food industry.

GLP-1 medications are reshaping the food industry. Here's how manufacturers must adapt.

Allmark Foods, Impilo Products, and Sizwe Foods now operate under a single, integrated Food Safety Management System (FSMS), certified to FSSC 22000 under Synercore Food Holdings (Pty) Ltd.

Codex 192 and South Africa's FCD Act both require labels to clearly disclose a product's true composition — not rely on its name or shape. Since 2018, enforcement has fragmented across Health, Agriculture, the SABS and the NRCS, and local rules have increasingly let form and naming (sausage, patty, meatball) substitute for real compositional disclosure. The result: product names that often disguise, rather than reveal, what's actually inside. — Dr. Francois Mellett

Dr. Stefan Hayward, our principle scientist, explores the difference between exfoliated and extruded grains.

2026 marks 10 years since Synercore was founded, reflecting a decade of measured growth, strategic partnerships and continued investment in Africa's food manufacturing sector.