The soft drink sector in the UK has shown resilience to the recession, with a marginal 1.1% decline in volumes last year as convenience, health and value trends ensure strong demand.Carbonates continued...

The food labelling debate has ignited again overnight, following the release of the largest study on the issue completed to date. Commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency, an independent group of experts...

A coalition of parent, health and consumer groups have renewed calls for tougher advertising regulations, after releasing figures suggesting Australian children encounter about 2200 junk food advertisements...

As people become more educated, they tend to choose foods that are lower in calories but higher in nutrients. They also pay more. In a study published in the May 2009 issue of the Journal of the American...

A new pilot program launched by Melbourne City Council today is designed to help consumers to make healthy choices about what they eat. The ‘green light, eat right’ program, running at QV Urban...

The world’s largest food group will phase out the use of the New Zealand Heart Foundation’s ‘Tick’ on its popular Milo brand, just eight months after winning ‘Tick’...

Just seeing a salad on the menu can push some consumers to make a less healthy meal choice, new research has discovered. It’s an effect called “vicarious goal fulfillment”, in which a...

Alcohol researchers from Curtin University in Perth believe they have discovered evidence that the alcohol sector uses a variety of strategies to distract public debate on the issue of health and alcohol...

In the next few years, Unilever has pledged a worldwide effort to reduce the salt content of almost its entire food portfolio, covering 22,000 products. Unilever’s aim is to reduce the salt content...

The American Dietetic Association has suggested functional foods can benefit a person’s health when consumed as part of a varied diet, encouraged further research and urged continued efforts to educate...