Australia’s sugar consumption has fallen by 16.5 per cent from 1970 to 2011, according to Australian research published in this month’s European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study, ‘Apparent...

The global cheese market is growing strongly, driven by emerging countries such as Brazil, where cheese consumption is expected to triple in less than a decade. However, the top five global brands hold...

Jan Davis is a contributor to Australian Food News. I’ve just returned from several weeks travelling across the United States. It is fabulous to be home – and to appreciate just how lucky we are in...

The Australian Industry Group (AI Group), which represents Australia’s major industry groups, says that manufacturing within Australia slumped in the month of June 2015. Nevertheless, the “food, beverages...

A studied mechanism by which a high-fibre diet during pregnancy in mice can increase the chances of offspring growing up asthma-free has been reported in the publication “Nature Communications” this...

The A2 Milk Company Ltd may soon be acquired by two unnamed companies.    Announced in a statement to stock exchanges in Australia and New Zealand today, The A2 Milk Company Ltd said it could not state...

A new US study has found that the longer shoppers are in a grocery store, the more likely they are to impulse buy. A new US study has found that the longer shoppers are in a grocery store, the more likely...

German discount supermarket chain Lidl looks to be making solid moves to enter the Australian market soon. German discount supermarket chain Lidl looks to be making solid moves to enter the Australian...

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health in the USA has found that low-tar electronic cigarettes may reinforce addiction to nicotine. A new study from Harvard School of Public Health in the USA...

The number of foods requiring mandatory Vitamin D fortification in Sweden may soon increase due to a proposal by the Swedish National Food Agency (NFA). Currently in Sweden, all milk and margarine must...