A MOTHER haunted by the fatal allergic reaction of her nine-year-old daughter has started an online petition calling for changes to Australia’s allergen labelling laws. Isabel Marrero in March this year...

THE quality of our diets in Australia across all age groups is poor, says a new report exposing opportunities to meet specific category deficiencies across the cohorts. The Australian Institute of Health...

INVESTMENT in the cannabis market by food and beverage producers is increasing as laws enable recreational use of the drug.  According to GlobalData, cannabis infused beverages are poised to become more...

A NEW global study has found consumers are shifting towards purchasing products containing ‘natural’ ingredients or are ‘clean’ labelled products. German-based ingredient supplier Beneo commissioned...

PEPSICo is on a drive to grow its healthy portfolio faster than its core ‘treat’ products. We talk to its director of innovation about finding the right healthy ingredients, working with start-ups...

ANTI-FOOD-WASTE company Yume has been named a winner in three categories of the Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards for developing Australia’s first commercial online marketplace for quality...

HOW long now until sugary drinks carry the sort of gruesome medical images used on cigarette packets warning smokers of the damage to their health? This week sugar and sugary drinks’ seemingly inexorable...

CAUTION is being urged about the findings of a French study that found those who ate more organic produce, dairy, meat and other products had 25 per cent fewer cancer diagnoses over all, especially lymphoma...

TWENTY years ago, NASA declared that quinoa was the perfect meal for astronauts on long-term missions because of the grain’s high amino acid and mineral content.  To the rest of us, the superfood remained...

PEOPLE are happier when they are healthier – so if you eat well, you stay well, Tom Griffith, co-founder of Emma & Tom’s told Australian Food News. The Emma & Tom’s brand was born, quite...