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Australian athlete backs meat-free Quorn campaign

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Australian triathlete Charlotte McShane has signed on as ambassador for food manufacturer Simplot Australia’s meat-free brand Quorn. Made with mycoprotein – a meat-free form of protein and a member...

Kids more likely to eat sliced fruit

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Sales of apples in US primary schools jumped by an average of 71 per cent when the fruit was sold in sliced form, according to research published in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventative...

US consumers don’t trust ‘organic’ label and Australians concerned by pricing

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More than half of US consumers agree that labelling food or other products organic is just an excuse for companies to charge more, according to research from US market research organisation Harris Interactive. A...

New Gluten-free filter for FoodSwitch app will be free

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A new filter for the FoodSwitch mobile phone app, called GlutenSwitch, has been launched to help Australians with coeliac disease or a gluten intolerance make more informed choices. The new GlutenSwitch...

Our eyes “see” and create health perception

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People sometimes “see” flavours in foods and beverages before actually tasting them, according to a scientist speaking at a meeting of the American Chemical Society on 11 April 2013. The eyes sometimes...

Restricting larger-sized soft drinks may lift consumption, study finds

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Limiting the sale of soft drinks to small sizes could actually increase consumption, rather than decrease it, says a new US study published on 10 April 2013 open-access academic research site PLOS ONE. The...

Green leafy kale a growing trend in foods and drinks

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Kale, a green leafy cabbage-like vegetable, is a growing trend in the US and UK markets, according to global market research organisation Innova Market Insights. There has been a rise in use of the vegetable,...

New guide for salt content measurement and assessment in foods

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Swiss global manufacturer and marketer of precision instruments, Mettler Toledo, has created a guidebook for salt determination in food, in a bid to help food manufacturers rise to the challenge of controlling...

Capilano launches new ‘healthy snack’ honey sachet

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Leading Australian honey manufacturer Capilano has launched a new honey snack product called Snap n Squeeze. The new product is a 7g sachet of 100 per cent pure Australian honey presented in a packaging...

New gluten free grain for people with coeliac disease: Sorghum

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New biochemical evidence shows that the cereal grain sorghum is a safe food for people with coeliac disease, according to new research published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. The new...