PepsiCo has proposed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock it does not already own in its two largest anchor bottlers, The Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, in a move that has...

Sydney restaurant Tetsuya’s has again been named best restaurant in Australia at an awards ceremony in London overnight, where a list of the World’s Best 50 restaurants was announced. The...

A global survey released last week has demonstrated that support for Fairtrade is on the rise. Ahead of World Fair Trade Day on 9 May, the survey on Fairtrade discovered that shoppers increasingly expect...

Immunologists in the UK have reported fruit and vegetables are slowly replacing the peanut as the major cause of allergies in children, with doctors in Australia also noting a rise in reactions to some...

The American Dietetic Association has suggested functional foods can benefit a person’s health when consumed as part of a varied diet, encouraged further research and urged continued efforts to educate...

Integrated, cross-media advertising campaigns are the leaders of modern marketing, and cross-media campaigns have an undisputed effect on perception, new research has confirmed. The synergetic effect...

Sara Lee has announced the opening of its new North American innovation campus, The Kitchens of Sara Lee, which they hope will stimulate significant growth in the years ahead. The 120,000 square-foot research...

The recently established Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture has urged the immediate adoption of a five-point plan of action, entitled “Food First”, to counter concerns about food security...

Finnish food group Raisio is the world’s first food company to add an H2O label to product packaging, indicating the total water consumption of the product. The label was added to Elovena oat flakes,...

Kosher and Halal foods – as defined by the sacred dietary laws of Judaism and Islam, respectively – must be produced and processed according to standards that typically exceed those imposed...