Cargill has announced a three-year US$5 million commitment to support sustainable cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, including a partnership with CARE to sponsor a new program of activities to improve...

Author, journalist and science writer Julian Cribb has created a sobering text in The Coming Famine: The global food crisis and what we can do to avoid it, from CSIRO Publishing. Cribb’s view of...

The Wrigley Company has begun production of Eclipse mints at its factory in Asquith, Sydney, marking the end of imports for Australia’s leading mints brand. “The new line will meet demand for all...

National Organics Week will kick off on October 1st, with a launch yesterday at Melbourne’s Prahran Market. The event – which actually runs for ten days – is being supported by the Victorian...

A University of Missouri research team has developed a soybean which produces oil that is naturally low in saturated and trans fats. The food manufacturing industry has long sought answers to the question...

A new food allergen guide by Anaphylaxis Australia to help restaurants and cafes provide safe foods for people with food allergies has been applauded by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) today. Produced...

Associated British Foods said yesterday (13 September) that it had seen a “substantial increase” in adjusted operating profit in the second half of its fiscal year after a “strong”...

US food giant Kraft Foods is reportedly planning to double the number of Chinese cities in which Cadbury products are sold in just two years. Lorna Davis, president and chairman of Kraft’s business...