Cheese snacks are popular with Australian kids Whether they are to be peeled into strings, shucked from a red wax shell, or unwrapped from a tinfoil segment featuring an overtly jovial French cow, cheese...

Cutting salt could prevent 5,800 heart attacks Cutting Australia’s salt intake could prevent an estimated 5,800 heart attacks, the National Heart Foundation of Australia has said. The Heart Foundation...

KFC is encouraging its customers to ask for less salt Fast food giant KFC has launched a national initiative as part of World Salt Awareness week where it will encourages its customers to reduce their...

Trumpeters Alcoholic Ice Tea Melbourne-based beverages company N & C Beverages (owner of the Trumpeters brand) has launched a new alcoholic iced tea in Australia that blends organic ice tea and premium...

The Victorian Government has released its Food to Asia Action Plan The release of the Victorian Government’s Food to Asia Action Plan has been welcomed by food manufacturing representative body the Australian...

Pie Face has a new 'low gluten' pie Australian pie restaurant Pie Face has added a new ‘low gluten’ pie to its range. The pie, which Pie Face said contains “only gluten-free ingredients”,...

Mother's diet may be linked to preterm birth Pregnant women who eat a “prudent” diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains and who drink water have significantly reduced risk of preterm delivery,...

Naturally sweet 'water' from maple trees? The success of coconut water, which surged from zero in 2006 to an almost US$1 billion business in North America and Europe by 2013, is just the first...

Who are binge drinkers in Australia and how healthy are they? From the national ‘alcopops tax’ in 2008 to the recent ‘one-punch’ laws in New South Wales, various laws have been passed in Australia...

Woolworths has announced a profit increase for the first half Supermarket group Woolworths has announced a net profit after tax for the first half of the 2014 financial year of $1,321.7 million, up 14.5...