Meat and Livestock Australia has launched a campaign designed to showcase the red meat industry’s environmental credentials. ‘Target 100’ is based on 100 environmentally related initiatives the industry...

A leading Australian nutrition scientist, Professor Andrew Sinclair from Deakin University, has called for mandatory labelling in Australia of trans fat in food products. His findings indicate that some...

Despite the 2011 floods, in which 130 million litres of water swamped orchards, Riverina blood orange growers are seeing record crops this year. Grower, Mr Vito Mancini of Redbelly Citrus, said, “The...

The musical group, The Wiggles, which began in Australia and has become an international phenomenon singing to children around the world, has just released its own food range. The concept is not just...

The mandatory government imposition of a price for carbon emissions in Australia (which industry and consumers have dubbed the ‘carbon tax’) came into effect on Sunday 1 July, 2012. The Australian...

A new scheme will provide greater transparency for New South Wales consumers about farm production systems. Terms such as “free-range”, “barn” and “cage” are now more clearly defined on the...

There are several dairy products on the Australian market that are supplemented by phytosterols and marketed as cholesterol-lowering. Phytosterol esters are essentially fatty acids derived from plants,...

An international group of public health academics has collaborated in research finding that provocatively describes the role of big companies in low- to middle-income (LMIC) countries as a “manufacturing...

The muscular cartoon sailor Popeye maintained his physique by gulping cans of spinach. Swedish researchers, from Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, have found that nitrate, found in spinach, other leafy...

A national independent consumer survey released today has revealed the raging price war on grocery staples is unlikely to extend to the snack food market. The majority of consumers surveyed indicated they...