Cutting advertising spend in a downturn is likely to lead to a loss of market share to private label that is unlikely to be regained in the years ahead, according to research from the University of North...

Eighteen major catering companies, including many high street fast-food brands, will introduce calorie information on their menus for the first time. The list of trailblazers, announced overnight by UK...

Iconic Sri Lankan tea producer, Dilmah, has celebrated their 21st year with Founder, Merrill J. Fernando, and his son, Dilhan, recently returning to Australian shores – where the family company took...

People who eat takeaway food frequently are less likely to consume enough fruit and vegetables than those who do not, and a QUT study aims to find out how this can be changed.Researcher Kyoko Miura has...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published the first in a series of opinions on flavouring products which are added to foods to give a “smoked” flavour. EFSA’s CEF Panel...

A report by the UK Department of Health has suggested junk food be placed above the eye-line of children as part of a wider strategy to tackle high obesity rates in the region. Industry body, the British...

Overall growth in the global dairy drinks market slowed to just 0.5% in 2008 (from 2.4% in 2007) according to recent research by beverage industry specialists, Canadean Limited. Deteriorating economic...

The introduction of a traffic light system on the front of products would represent an overly simplistic approach to food labelling, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC), which represents...

For years, restrictive high-protein/low-carb diets were the bane of the United States’ declining market for grains and grain-based foods. However, the low-carb fad is fading as health-minded eaters,...

European consumers are universally drawn to brands when purchasing alcoholic beverages but the brand vs price battle is a lot closer when it comes to food and non-alcoholic beverages, according to a nine-country...