Australia’s two main supermarket groups, Coles and Woolworths, have each announced their intention to ensure their private label milks are all “permeate-free” milk. The ‘statements of intent’...

New market research has identified a global trend for lactose-free dairy products targeting mainstream consumers. A report released yesterday (11 July 2012) by market researchers, Innova Market Insights,...

The iconic Australian chocolate and confectionery brand Darrell Lea has been placed into voluntary administration by its directors. The company, started 85 years ago by the same family from a small factory...

Studies released on 4 July 2012 in the international peer-reviewed journal Molecular Nutrition and Food Research (MNFR) based in Germany address the effects of foods such as oats, virgin olive oil, and...

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,...

After Australian Food News reported that the Dairy Farmers and Pura Milk brands had decided to make permeate-free milk, allowing contrast with the supermarket homebrand milks, other milk brands are declaring...

The Victorian food industry is experiencing a boom in live micro-organisms. Probiotics is the name of the game. Probiotics are ‘friendly bacteria’ with beneficial health effects being claimed for consumers. Victoria...

A new marketing war has begun between supplier brands and the supermarket homebrands, with a new angle being taken by the suppliers against the homebrand product. A major milk processor is promoting that...

Australian Food News recently reported a call for fortification of milk with Vitamin D by nutritionist Professor Carol Newsom. The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) Vitamin D deficiency study has echoed...

Earlier this week, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) launched its Food Allergy Campaign to raise awareness of the increase of anaphylaxis in children, a potentially life-threatening...