Proceeds from the sale of Nestlé’s remaining stake in Alcon to health-care giant Novartis are likely to be used for deleveraging, according to an industry analyst. The Swiss food giant announced...

DMV-Fonterra Excipients (DFE), a 50:50 joint venture between Royal FrieslandCampina and Fonterra, has announced the acquisition of Royal FrieslandCampina’s pharmaceutical lactose business and manufacturing...

Britain’s Takeover Panel has granted Cadbury three extra days to present new material aimed at fending off the current offer from Kraft as the US manufacturer reportedly considers raising their initial...

Geoff Ricketts, current Chairman of Lion Nathan, has welcomed the public recognition bestowed on Sir Douglas Myers in this year’s New Year Honours, with the former Chairman of the brewer made a Knight...

Australians making New Year’s resolutions to lose weight by improving their diets should follow daily intake labels which have been expanded to thousands of products, according to new research by...

Spotting trends in food is essential to understanding what food consumers are doing now and more importantly may be doing in the future. And it appears that this year’s trends – like “cocooning”...

The latest research conducted by independent market analyst Datamonitor has found that more than three-quarters of Australians are placing greater importance on maintaining or improving their health. A...

Tea prices reached record levels this year but should ease in 2010 as weather patterns returned to normal in the main tea-producing regions of Asia and Africa, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization...

Mintel reports that chocolate sales around the world have busted through the recession, as consumers looked to comfort food to overcome their economic worries. In China and the Ukraine-two countries not...

What will be the effects of predicted temperature increases on fruit crops in the future? How will climate policies like the federal government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme affect...