A CSIRO scientist has been recognised for creating a processing technology which reduces ‘dark meat’ at an Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) conference...

A diet and exercise program based around low-carbohydrate, high protein eating can be highly effective in helping to control Type 2 diabetes according to researchers from the CSIRO and South Australian...

Australians are their own worst enemy when it comes to sticking to their diets according to a new CSIRO study.   Examining the weight management habits of more than 2, 300 Australians the CSIRO found...

  The National Heart Foundation of Australia and Australia’s leading scientific body the CSIRO have been jointly won the United Nation’s INFOODS Success Stories Award for significant food composition...

A University of Queensland professor has created a beverage which is gaining attention for being a lactose-free way of consuming probiotics.   The “Perkii” j=drink contains only 26 calories per...

Freedom Foods is set to acquire well-known muesli producer Popina Foods for AUD$35 million.   Popina Foods currently sells Arnold’s Farm muesli and the range of Goodness Superfoods breakfast cereals,...

Australia’s food industry will be left behind the rest of the world if it does not embrace innovation, according to a key food industry leader.   Russel Rankin, the founder of Food Innovation...

New research has unlocked the connection between genetics and a preference for sweet or fatty tastes, the results of which could lead to a rise in genetically personalised food products or weight-loss....

Australian diets are not making the grade with an addiction to junk food largely to blame, according to findings from the CSIRO Healthy Diet Score Survey. The country’s diet quality was given a rating...

The inaugural Foods for Specific Populations Conference commences Wednesday 17 September 2014 and will see leading experts address the nutritional needs of a range of groups including  people with allergies...