Avocado’s draft genome could be the key to improvements in future crops, according to researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) and The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation...

Baby wipes may contribute to the development of food allergies in children new research out of the US has discovered. According to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology on...

Woolworths has had another win in the supermarket wars, taking an increased share of the total grocery market in the 12 months to December 2017. As measured by Roy Morgan Research, in the 12 months to...

Gluten avoidance among Australians who do not have coeliac’s disease has plateaued new research has found. A PhD candidate at the Australian Research Council, Kyah Hester, conducted research into how...

Promotion and sales of pork has paid off in increased Australian retail sales of the meat Nielsen research has found. According to Nielsen, over the past 12 months in Australia, pork has experienced a...

A RMIT University study has found Australians growing veggie patches could be planting in areas contaminated with high levels of lead. RMIT researchers tested 136 veggie patches in Melbourne’s metropolitan...

A diet high in protein rich foods reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease Australian research has found. Researchers from Edith Cowan University studied the diets of 541 Australians and measured...

A Deakin University report is putting the pressure on Australian supermarkets to do more to improve Australian diets, including suggesting they remove sugary treats from the checkouts. The report, produced...

Australia’s supermarket and grocery industry is expected to grow in 2017-18 after declining last financial year says IBISWorld. After conducting its first quarter 2018 supermarket update, market researcher...

Demand for dairy snacks in Asia is higher than the global average demand new research data has revealed. Market researcher, GlobalData, found in Asia 26 per cent of consumers prefer to snack on dairy-based...