Salt in Australian-manufactured simmer sauces, and salt and saturated fat in processed meats, is the next target for reduction by the industry, retailer and government partnership, the Food and Health...

German food group Dr Oetker has admitted it has had a “sluggish” start to 2011 with all its business lines – apart from chilled products – “falling below target”. The...

Australia is on track for a bumper year for olive oil, with a record production of 17 million litres of extra virgin oil expected for 2011. Favourable climatic conditions have boosted the industry after...

Fonterra has confirmed that its Chilean subsidiary Soprole has withdrawn a proposal to merge its business with Nestlé’s liquid and dairy business in the country. Fonterra CEO Andrew Ferrier said...

Entries are now open for the 2012 Product of the Year Awards, recognising Australia’s most innovative products to hit supermarket shelves this year. The winning products are selected by over 5,000 shoppers...

Nearly three months after a metre-and-a-half of water swept through its doors, Rosalie Cold Rock Ice Creamery is rising from Brisbane’s devastating floods. The store in the city’s inner-west will reopen...

Some of Australia’s best chefs, major retailers and more than a thousand butchers across the country have launched April’s International Festival of Pork to a hungry audience. Consumers around the...

The Wrigley Company has released a new addition to its successful Extra Professional sugarfree chewing gum – Wrigley’s Extra Professional Calcium, a calcium-fortified gum designed to deliver...

Diamond Foods has struck a deal to buy the Pringles snack brand from consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble for US$2.35 billion. The transaction will see Pringles join a Diamond stable including the...

The US Department of Agriculture has proposed a new “test and hold” procedure for meat and poultry products that aims to reduce the amount of “unsafe food” reaching the shelves. Under...