The US Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) has proposed new guidelines for the use of nanotechnology by food manufacturers in the United States. Nanotechnology is an evolving technology that allows scientists...

Woolworths Limited has announced its third quarter sales of AU$13.7 billion, an increase of 3.9 per cent on the previous year, despite the company’s food and liquor sales remaining the same as they...

Australian supermarket chain Coles will today (23 April 2012) implement major changes to its flybuys loyalty card scheme. As well as changing the points issuance system for the loyalty scheme, Coles has...

Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Austin Health have discovered that the liver can directly talk to the brain to control the amount of food we eat. Dr Barbara Fam from the University’s...

Cadbury Dairy Milk have announced (18 April 2012) the launch of a global brand ‘platform’ called “Joyville” for a major marketing campaign.   The concept aims for greater interaction...

Five months after Australia’s largest ASX-listed dairy company Bega Cheese announced a contract to supply private label to Coles supermarket, a formal agreement has been finalised. The agreement is for...

A new study by researchers at Iowa State University, in the US, has found that chewing food thoroughly – 40 times before swallowing – reduces food intake in healthy young adults. The researchers...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, in Berlin, Germany, have discovered that liquorice root contains substances with an anti-diabetic effect. The scientists identified a group...

New South Wales-based company a2 Dairy Products Australia has recalled batches of its full cream milk due to the presence of foreign synthetic fibre. According to a2 Dairy Products, the product is being...

The Australian Government has decided to fund an extension of a collaboration between the dairy industry and Foodbank Australia which aims to provide 2 million litres of milk a year to Australians in need. Minister...