When money is tight, private-label brands, also known as ‘own brands’ or ‘store brands’, have a potential advantage over other brands as shoppers seek value and become more receptive to lower-price...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a proposal to amend minimum age labelling requirements for infant foods from “four months” to “around six months”. FSANZ...

New stocks of yeast extract spread Marmite have hit supermarket shelves in Australia after a production of the product was suspended as a result of the 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch. Supply of the spread,...

Almost two thirds of Australian shoppers have added new vegetables to their cooking repertoire in the last five years, according to new research from AusVeg, horticulture body representing Australian vegetable...

Beverage giant Coca-Cola South Pacific yesterday announced it would take action in Australia to “help be part of the solution to obesity”. Meanwhile, in the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority...

A scheme that offered a health insurance rebate that lowers the cost for healthier supermarket foods, such as fruit and vegetables and wholegrain foods, has been successful in improving the diets of shoppers....

Nestle Australia-owned Jenny Craig has assured its Australian consumers that there is no need to worry about horse meat in their ready-made weight loss meals. Jenny Craig Managing Director Amy Smith told...

Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has today released its half yearly results up until December 31, 2012, reporting a 22 per cent annual drop in profit. Largely attributed to its struggling SPC Ardmona business, CCA...

Dick Smith Food’s has landed itself in hot water over its new campaign which labels Heinz’s beetroot as “poor quality imported product.” Dick Smith Food’s “Magnificent Sliced Beetroot’s”...

Australian research, published online this month and to be published soon in the American Journal of Public Health,  has shown that the “consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) should be considered...