Kraft Foods Australia has been pleased with the market take up of  its belVita Breakfast biscuits.  Launched in March 2012, research conducted in June 2012 by AC Nielsen Homescan showed market penetration of 10.9% (or more than one in ten) Australian households having tried the product. Following on from this success, Kraft Foods Australia is introducing a new flavour to extend this biscuit range, which is specially designed for breakfast, to include a new Honey & Nut with choc chips flavour. The... ...Read more »

The Victorian State Government has been heavily criticised for offering a grant to Singapore-based Olam International Limited for helping build its proposed “state-of-the-art” almond processing plant in Victoria. The criticisms come at the same time as the Australian Government is being criticised for inadequate support for Australian-owned companies, when foreign investment in the country’s food industry is at a record high. The Singapore based international Olam group bought 8,000 hectares... ...Read more »

The Federal Government has announced successful trade negotiations with India will enhance the export of macadamia nuts to the sub-continent. Concluded negotiations with India’s quarantine authorities will allow Australian macadamia nuts to be exported to India without fumigation previously required. Ongoing consultation with the Australian macadamia industry will allow heat treatment as an alternative to fumigation. Australian Macadamia Society CEO, Jolyon Burnett, said market access negotiations... ...Read more »