Nutritional health expert Dr Peter Clifton, co-author of the popular CSIRO Wellbeing Diet and head of the Obesity and Preventative Health Flagship at Adelaide University, said today that reducing salt...

Sara Lee North American Fresh Bakery this week announced the expansion of its successful Soft & Smooth bread line with the introduction of its new Sara Lee® Soft & Smooth Plus breads Made with...

One of the leaders of the Australian flour milling industry, Mark Laucke of Laucke Flour, has written an open letter to the Australian Food Industry expressing serious reservations about the mandatory...

The addition of iodised salt to Australian bread from tomorrow (October 9) will help address the re-emergence of iodine deficiency across most of the population, the nation’s food regulatory body...

Food manufacturer Goodman Fielder has appointed Clive Stiff to the role of Managing Director, Fresh Baking, in the wake of last month’s resignation by Gordon Hardie. Mr Stiff will be responsible...

From Sunday 13 September 2009, bread-making flour in Australia must have folic acid, a form of the B vitamin folate, added to it to reduce the risk of babies being born with birth defects such as spina...

Mandatory fortification of folic acid in bread will be deferred until May 2012 in New Zealand, with the focus now on introducing a targeted voluntary programme, NZ Minister for Food Safety Kate Wilkinson...

Goodman Fielder has today announced that their Managing Director of Fresh Baking, Gordon Hardie, has decided to leave to pursue a chief executive position elsewhere. Mr Hardie, who has been with the Australian...

New Zealand is contemplating a deferral of the proposed mandatory fortification of folic acid in bread until 2012 in response to concerns about the safety of the move. Australia and New Zealand are currently...

New Zealand could pull out of a trans-Tasman move to fortify bread with folic acid as opposition mounts against the plan. As of September 13, the flour used to make bread will be required to be fortified...