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Victoria promotes probiotic industry and poses a dilemma for Canberra

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The Victorian food industry is experiencing a boom in live micro-organisms. Probiotics is the name of the game. Probiotics are ‘friendly bacteria’ with beneficial health effects being claimed for consumers. Victoria...

Australia Post to offer fresh food deliveries

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Australia Post is getting ready to compete head-to-head with other online grocery shopping and delivery services. Yesterday, Australian Food News reported that a rival, ParcelPoint, was opening a new delivery...

Banks give Victorians new way to buy coffee

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A bank in Victoria is promoting an iPhone app that will allow people to avoid the coffee queue. The ordering system, named NoQ (“no queue”), has been trialled in Adelaide over the past 12 months, with...

Australia’s first “salt-reduced” smoked salmon

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Australia’s first “salt-reduced” smoked salmon product is about to hit the market. The Tassal Salt Reduced Smoked Salmon comes with “60% reduced salt” making it a “healthy alternative for those...

Last survivor after nuclear disaster may not be a cockroach

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It is sometimes said that cockroaches will be the only survivors of a nuclear disaster. Not so! Octopus and whelk (the latter being a marine snail) are both traditional seafoods in Japan. Each of these...

Australian kids consuming “low levels of food colouring”, FSANZ reports

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Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today released a report that reassured Australian parents that their children are “consuming low levels of food colours”. Steve McCutcheon, FSANZ Chief...

Online distribution network opens for Australian convenience stores and groceries

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An Australian delivery service has established a way for online consumers to receive their parcels at the local convenience store, rather than having to collect them from an Australia Post outlet. ParcelPoint...

Supplier declares new battlefront comparison with supermarket brands

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A new marketing war has begun between supplier brands and the supermarket homebrands, with a new angle being taken by the suppliers against the homebrand product. A major milk processor is promoting that...

Three major sports spurn Australian government anti-alcohol sports campaign

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There has been a mixed response to the Australian federal government’s announcement of a $25 million incentive for sporting codes to end their alcohol sponsorship agreements. While twelve organisations...

Australian PET packaging growing in demand in U.S.

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An Australian packaging company, Amcor, has been expanding its U.S. profile through the marketing of a new U.S. niche for PET bottles. Amcor Rigid Plastics, a subsidiary of Amcor, has seen a growth in...