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Channel Ten’s MasterChef 2011 has ended with contestant Kate Bracks being narrowly crowned the winner over second-placed Michael Weldon last night, August 7. “I’m still pinching myself!” said...

The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed standard definitions for manufacturers who want to label their products as being gluten-free. The FDA said yesterday (2 August) that it is proposing that...

Kraft Foods is to split into two companies, a move that will create a global snacks maker that would sell brands including Oreo biscuits and Cadbury chocolate. The US food giant today (4 August) announced...

The Centre for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a US-based nonprofit consumer group, has urged the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise its current serve-size mandatory regulations.  The...

The Productivity Commission, the Australian federal agency responsible for recommending key Australian government economic reforms, has recommended that the AUD$1,000 threshold exemption from Australian...

Australia’s biggest public float in the past few months, Collins Foods, fell 8 percent on its first day of trading. Collins Foods is a KFC franchisee that operates all 117 KFC outlets in Queensland and...

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has decided not to hold an inquiry into milk prices after arguing that there is enough competition at retail and wholesale level in the market. Dairy giant Fonterra,...

Frucor, the New Zealand-based beverage company and maker of the V energy drink, has been awarded the Supplier of the Year award by the New Sunrise Group, a major Australian supplier of petrol convenience...

Scientists at the Nestlé Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland, have found that the antioxidant properties of decaffeinated coffee may benefit drinkers’ mood and cognitive state, even though the...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accepted court enforceable undertakings from Aldi Foods Pty Ltd and Spring Gully Foods Pty Ltd in relation to misleading claims about the...