With the increase in numbers of overweight children and young adults, Canada and other developed countries are facing an obesity epidemic, according to a new article in the Canadian Medical Association...

Meat giant JBS, owner of Australia’s JBS Swift and Rockdale, has rebuffed allegations that it illegally purchased cattle in the state of Acre, Brazil. Brazilian prosecutors have brought a civil lawsuit...

Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW), a joint venture between General Mills and Nestlé, plans to invest CHF35m (US$39.8m) over the next two years to build a breakfast cereal factory in Malaysia. The factory,...

With the Easter bunny looming large, comedian and Jenny Craig ambassador Magda Szubanski, who has shed 25kg with the program, offered her tips this Easter for avoiding overindulging in the season’s...

Bright Dairy, one of China’s major dairy manufacturers, is to invest about CNY1.4bn (US$214.5m) to build a new plant in Shanghai.The plant, which will make fresh milk, UHT milk and yoghurt, is scheduled...

Coffee made in espresso makers, above all that made from capsules, contains more furan — a toxic, carcinogenic compound — than that made in traditional drip coffee makers, although the levels...

Cadbury has released a newly reformulated range of Mousse chocolate, in chocolate, caramel and hazelnut flavours. The new Mousse blocks feature large triangular instead of square pieces, with more up-market,...

Pick n Pay CEO Nick Badminton said yesterday he was “disappointed” with the performance of South Africa’s second-largest grocer and warned about continuing difficulties in the trading...

Pietro Ferrero, the joint chief executive at Italian confectionery giant Ferrero, has died in South Africa, the company has confirmed. Mr Ferrero, 48, was on a business trip in South Africa, a spokesman...

The latest in beer technology was flowing – and free falling – at Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) new zero gravity research facility today.Queensland University of Technology...