A new study from the University of Granada, in Spain, shows eating fast food is linked to a greater risk of suffering from depression. The study, which was published in the Public Health Nutrition journal,...

Australian-owned company Fantastic Snacks is recalling batches of their 2 minute noodles sold in Australia because of the “presence of unpleasant odour” and a “stale taste”. The company is recalled...

Dairy multinational co-operative Fonterra has reported a first-half profit rise of 18 per cent for the six months leading to February 2012. However, the dairy giant’s consumer business profits in New...

Foster’s new chief Ari Mervis told investors this week that SABMiller, which acquired the Australian brewer in December last year, plans to make Foster’s the biggest selling brewer in Australia. Foster’s...

Researchers from the University of Scranton, in the United States, say that popcorn contains more of the healthful antioxidant substances called “polyphenols” than fruits and vegetables. The university’s...

An independent commission of scientific leaders from 13 countries, including Australia, has released today a detailed set of recommendations to policy makers on how to achieve food security in the face...

Australia’s leading pie manufacturers are the latest to have “voluntarily” agreed to reduce salt levels in thier products over the next two years as part of the Australian Government’s Food and...

More than 60 per cent of senior executives in Australia believe the Australian Government should intervene in, and regulate, the activities of Australia’s two leading supermarkets, Woolworths and...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today announced that it does not propose to intervene in Australian-based multinational packaging company Amcor Limited’s proposed AU$238 million...

A group of health Australian health and consumer organisations have renewed calls for the Australian Government to introduce legislation on front-of-pack labelling for packaged foods in Australia. The...