A natural sweetener made from the stevia plant could have a major impact in the food and beverage market. The plant-based sugar substitute is increasingly being used by food and beverage companies –...

The Fine Food Australia award winners were announced on Monday night, with Foods Pacific Limited and Rubens Fine Foods sharing the prize for Best New Australian Retail Product.Australia’s largest...

Advertising of snack foods and drinks by Australian companies has dropped by more than 50 per cent in Australia since 2005, according to new research from the World Federation of Advertisers. The study...

The global recession has driven more to the frozen sector, according to a new report from Britain, which discovered that one in ten are buying frozen food more often. Research carried out for the Food...

Nestlé is planning to continue increasing marketing spend in anticipation of a faster than expected upturn in the global economy, CEO Paul Bulcke has said at the opening of the company’s new luxury...

One of Western Australia’s youngest integrated dairy companies, Challenge Australian Dairy, has received the top accolade at the annual Westpac Food and Beverage Industry Awards, run by the Food...

UK confectioner Cadbury has informed Kraft of their decision to knock back a surprise takeover offer from the US-based manufacturer. The world’s second largest manufacturer and owner of the Vegemite...

Earlier this week a Federal Government commissioned taskforce relayed the results of research into preventative health strategies, providing an insight into the possible future of regulation for food and...

Australia’s food regulatory body has rejected a call for food manufacturers to name the source of vegetable oil in their products. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) said this week that...

Market research firm Mintel has taken a look at the global consumer to discover the themes behind the behaviour, with five standing out above the rest. “At the end of last year, we knew 2009 was...