Potato Tracker project reveals taste and convenience key factors to increase Australian spud consumption Australian consumers are buying potatoes for taste and convenience, and are keen to purchase more,...

Iced tea and breakfast drinks blitz beverage market The 21st century has not been kind to flavoured carbonated soft drinks, as the number of Australians aged 14 years or older consuming them continues...

Tropical tree produces sweetener suitable for diabetics, study A process for producing the sweetener erythritol from sapodilla, a tropical tree, has been developed by students at the Technological Institute...

Mediterranean diet, olive oil and nuts can help reverse metabolic syndrome, study For people with metabolic syndrome, a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts may help reverse...

Supermarket bread price wars won’t impact specialty bakers, Roy Morgan Research Woolworths Supermarkets’ recent announcement that they were reducing the price of their Homebrand white bread from...

Energy drinks sales skyrocket in UK despite health concerns Over half of UK consumers believe energy drinks are bad for ier health, but sales of the drinks are reaching record levels anyway, according...

Tinned food struggles drive demand for alternative types of packaging One in five consumers consider tinned food difficult to open, but with UK consumers spending over £8 billion on the most convenient...

Coffee good for the liver, even if decaffeinated, study Drinking coffee, caffeinated or not, may benefit liver health, according to new research from the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. The...

UK prefers vegetables over miracle health cure products, Canadean A majority of UK consumers are distrustful of food and drinks products that offer a ‘magic bullet’ health solution, instead...

Turnover and exports up, but job shedding continues: AFGC State of the Industry 2014 report The Australian Food and Grocery Council’s (AFGC) sixth annual industry snapshot State of the Industry 2014...