The Australian food and beverage industry is continuing to review product formulations and processing technologies to reduce the use of salt, according to Australia’s leading organisation representing...

The winners of the 2009 Vogue Entertaining + Travel Produce Awards were announced last week, with Victoria’s Carla Meurs and Anne-Marie Monda taking out the top award for Producer of the Year. Their...

Coles has announced the hiring of Tony Buffin as their new Chief Financial Officer. He will claim the position vacated by Terry Bowen when he moved to the position of CFO of Coles owner Wesfarmers. Mr...

Australian bakers were reminded today that they need to replace the salt that they currently use in bread making with iodised salt by 9 October 2009. When launching the Australian User Guide for Mandatory...

A dead rat in the storage area of a Sydney restaurant joins a fish market which stored crabs in a toilet cubicle on the name and shame list in NSW. The name and shame database, run by the NSW Food Authority,...

New research has cast concern over the sodium content of pizzas, with 94% of pizzas sold in Australia reportedly “overloaded with salt”. The pizza with the highest sodium was found by The George...

The ever lucrative seniors market is growing, presenting food and beverage marketers with a major opportunity. Access to significant liquid capital ensures seniors are likely to ‘upgrade’...

Parmalat SpA has reported a resilient first quarter result in Australia as growth in the yoghurt and flavoured milk sectors spurred sales. In Australia, the makers of Pauls and Vaalia saw net revenues...

An Australia-wide drink container deposit system is being considered by the Federal Government, with Family First and the Greens both pushing for legislation similar to that seen in South Australia. The...

Patties Foods, the Australian makers of Four ‘n Twenty pies, has reported “unforseen delays” in their attempts to find a suitable Chairman following the resignation of Peter Kempen in...