More than two-thirds of Australians, who made resolutions in January to eat better food and cut out unhealthy snacks did not manage to stick to their plans. Independent research, commissioned by McCain...

World dairy product prices are forecast to remain relatively firm in 2010-11 after rebounding from the low prices experienced in mid-2009, delegates were told at the ABARE annual Outlook conference in...

Major challenges facing the Australian meat industry in the short term include the high Australian dollar and increased competition in Australia’s major markets in Asia, according to Paul Morris,...

The opening of Costco, in Australia in August last year has contributed to the world’s ninth largest retailer 25% jump in quarterly profits, with sales gains driven by international expansion. The...

The biggest growth in coffee is coming from out-of-home consumption with more and more consumers adopting the idea of café culture, reports Datamonitor in their report “Hot drinks in Australia to...

Child obesity in the US may not have hit a plateau, experts have claimed, with kids now snacking three times a day. According to a study published in the US journal Health Affairs, some 16.4% of kids aged...

Over the last 24 hours some readers may have had a ‘malware’ notification pop up on their screen whilst accessing the Australian Food News website. Our technical investigations point to the...

Restrictions on food television commercials aimed at children may have reduced the number of kids’ TV food ads, but children are still being targeted with cross-promotional tactics and product placement. According...

An internationally recognised plant scientist who helped rescue many Australian farms from the brink of disaster has been awarded the 2010 Grains Research and Development Corporation Western Region Seed...

Sunfield Australia Pty Ltd is conducting a voluntary consumer level recall on the Sunfield Carrot Bar and Sunfield Date Bar 600g, Use by 10/04/2010 and 20/04/2010, due to incorrect ingredients listed on...