Mars chocolates manufactured in Australia has not been impacted by a global recall impacting 55 countries.   Chocolates manufactured in Mars’ Netherland production facility have today been recalled...

New Zealand based global dairy producer Fonterra last week opened its first wholly-owned ingredients plant in Europe. In a smart move, the plant is located in Heerenveen in The Netherlands and is next...

Fonterra expands with new plant in the Netherlands New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra) has commissioned its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north...

Sense of smell may be crucial to how we detect dietary fat People can use the sense of smell to detect dietary fat in food, according to new findings from research centre on human senses the Monell Centre...

Moves by one of the world’s leading grocery retailers, the Dutch-listed international Ahold group, demonstrate strategic thinking in the convenience supermarket and online grocery sectors that, according...

New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal, Flavour, suggests that strong food aromas lead to smaller bite sizes and that aroma may be used as a means to control portion size. The...

The Australian Government’s Primary Industries Ministerial Council (PIMC) has ruled that ritual slaughter methods will continue to be exempt from any “stunning” requirements. The decision came at...

Netherlands firm Albert Heijn has launched an app for its customers to help them create shopping lists by scanning barcodes of products they are running out of using their mobile phone camera. The app,...

The Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) is investigating a number of companies in the flour industry over suspected involvement in a cartel. The agency said it drew up several reports against a number...

Dutch company FrieslandCampina Domo and Australia’s Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory has announced the opening of a new plant in Australia. The opening of the joint venture, Great Ocean Ingredients,...