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As your leading supplier of the best quality meat Cape Town and Johannesburg have on offer, N1 prides itself not only on quality, service and delivery; but also on its commitment to all things foodie, nutritious, and healthy, which is why we’re always looking for ways to encourage better well-being.

Staying healthy is top-of-mind for all of us as we navigate the pandemic, and part of making sure our immune systems stay strong and resilient is to manage our weight by making wiser and healthier food choices. These needn’t be huge changes, sometimes the smallest things, like choosing to grill a piece of Halaal fish as opposed to frying it, can end up making the biggest difference - so keep these 5 easy swaps in mind as you plan your meals:

Most often around this time of year N1, as responsible providers of the best quality meat Cape Town have to offer, cover the need for food safety and how best to prepare for the upcoming holidays next month, but this year it is more important than ever before! Considering the unprecedented experience of lockdown in 2020, most of us are looking forward to spending time with family and friends over the festive season, but we do need to be extra careful in terms of hygiene, social distancing, and food prep.

Gratitude is something we should aspire to every day, but even the most positive amongst us sometimes have our off days (load shedding comes to mind!), and it’s especially at those times that we need a good laugh to help us lift our spirits.

It’s the start of a new year and as everyone is inclined to do in January, we begin looking at publications from around the world to see what the food predictions are for the coming 12 months. Part art, part science, and influenced by many factors ranging from fashion and pop culture to health trends, we all wait with great anticipation to see what those ground-breaking new ideas might be.

Millennials: more’s been written about this generation than probably any other, even surpassing the Baby Boomers in specificity. Classified as those born between the early 1980s until around 2004, Millennials are currently the largest age demographic in America.

It’s the start of a new year and as is normal at this time of the year, publications around the world begin predicting their food trends for the coming 12 months. Part art, part science, and influenced by a number of factors ranging from fashion and pop culture to health trends, we all wait with great anticipation (and sometimes amusement) to see what these ground-breaking new trends may be.

Eat This, Not That! is an American organisation begun in 2007 to better identify the caloric and nutritional content of every day food, particularly that sold by the fast food industry. In their role as public watch dog, they have encouraged various food chains to not only be more transparent about what goes into their food, but to also introduce healthier options.

Always on the forefront of our developing world and the future of food, the National Geographic last year ran an insightful (and alarming) article on food waste and how by simply readdressing what we constitute as ugly or imperfect food, we could actually be feeding billions.

To highlight this struggle, herewith snippets of the article to show how global food standards are effecting waste: