A new report from Nielsen shows the New Zealand Wine trend continuing to grow, with volume sales up 42.3% over the financial year to 2009, and sales doubling since 2007.  New Zealand wine now accounts...

Organic produce is gradually becoming established in the diet of Australian households, according to Biological Farmers of Australia. Growth in organic markets in the UK has slowed, leading to speculation...

PepsiCo announced today that it has completed acquisitions of its two largest bottlers, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc, and PepsiAmericas, Inc.  The US$7.8 billion dollar acquisition is intended to streamline...

Sales of French cheesemaker Groupe Bel’s flagship cheese products have partially offset a decline in revenues at the company’s industrial products business, the company has revealed.In a regulatory...

Marks and Spencer is aiming to become the “world’s most sustainable retailer” by 2015, with the addition of 80 more commitments under the UK retailer’s Plan A ‘eco-plan’.The...

Researchers from the University of Buffalo in the US have published a study suggesting that increasing the prices of unhealthy foods could do more to prevent obesity than subsidising healthy foods. In...

The ACCC has today received a court-enforceable undertaking from importer and distributor Sony Trading Pty Ltd to stop distribution of banned mini jelly cups. The jelly cups, which contain the non-dissolving...

America’s most popular mayonnaise brand, Hellmann’s, yesterday announced that it would convert US production of its Hellmann’s Light product to use cage-free eggs. The mayonnaise, production...

A draft ruling by the ACCC today allowed members of the Tasmanian Farmers & Graziers Association to continue collectively negotiating contracts with major vegetable processors McCain Foods and Simplot...

Unilever Australia Corporate Nutritionist and Dietitian Megan Cobcroft called for the food industry to take responsibility for reducing salt, sugar and saturated fat in their products at Tuesday’s...