UK prefers vegetables over miracle health cure products, Canadean A majority of UK consumers are distrustful of food and drinks products that offer a ‘magic bullet’ health solution, instead...

Turnover and exports up, but job shedding continues: AFGC State of the Industry 2014 report The Australian Food and Grocery Council’s (AFGC) sixth annual industry snapshot State of the Industry 2014...

Productivity Commission calls for sellers of dairy products to share in on-farm investment Australia’s federal government Productivity Commission has found that on-farm investment was “crucial” to...

Rising demand for natural sweeteners, including stevia, Canadean The concerns about obesity and related health problems plus sugar taxes in many countries have stimulated the market for non-caloric sweeteners,...

SodaStream launches new ‘True Lemon’ flavour range Home soda making machine company SodaStream has launched a new range of lemon flavours to its portfolio in Australia. The Company said the True Lemon...

CHOICE opposes sports drink health claims as ‘misleading consumers’ Consumer group CHOICE has said it believes that allowing sports drinks to carry health claims will “mislead consumers into believing...

Red Bull to pay more than US$13 million to settle false advertising lawsuit Global energy drink company Red Bull GmbH has agreed to pay more than US$13 million to settle a class action lawsuit in the US...

Global vegetarian food and drink product launches double in five years, Mintel Global food and drink launches that carried a vegetarian claim doubled between 2009 and 2013, increasing to 12 per cent, up...

UK ‘food inventor’ creates world’s first Levitating Cocktail Machine UK based ‘food inventor’ Charlie Harry Francis has created a levitating cocktail machine called the Levitron,...

Private label pushes towards high-end beverages in Europe, Canadean Private label drinks products, such as own brand ranges from supermarkets, are known for low prices at the expense of quality. However,...