According to the latest consumer research from Nielsen, New Zealand wines are quickly becoming a regular feature in the cellars of Australian households with continued strong volume sales growth for take-home...

Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding says the Greens are a bit slow off the mark in trying to address Australia’s $16 billion alcohol toll by trying to introduce another tax which won’t...

An EU-wide health warning must now be put on any food or drink that still contains the colours that are thought to cause hyperactivity in some children. This is following the Southampton Study, commissioned...

The Nestlé Research Center, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, has donated USD 500,000 to the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute, USA. The gift will fund a collaborative study focused on...

US snack maker Lance has signed an agreement to merge with pretzel firm Snyder’s of Hanover.The deal, announced last night, will combine the two firms in a stock-for-stock merger of equals that will...

Food industry heavyweights including Nestlé, Kellogg and Mars Inc have pledged to use responsible advertising and marketing in India.General Mills and local Unilever arm Hindustan Unilever are also among...

Coles has announced a plan to phase out the use of sow stalls by its producers by the end of 2014, with the first shipments of cage-free pork in the Coles Butcher line beginning next year. Coles already...

Consumer advocacy group CHOICE has awarded Michel’s Patisserie top honours in a review of ten of Australia’s coffee chain stores. CHOICE brewed and reviewed espressos made from the standard...

Fosters has unveiled Treasury Wine Estates, the umbrella branding for its new demerged wine business. “The announcement today does not pre-empt any outcome for our demerger, nor does it represent fundamental...

A new eco-friendly foldable water bottle is taking on the bottled water industry: the Vapur Anti-bottle is a durable, dishwasher-safe, freezable, BPA-free water container which folds down to practically...