World food prices surged to a new historic peak in January, for the seventh consecutive month, according to the updated FAO Food Price Index, a commodity basket that regularly tracks monthly changes in...

A venture run by Australian sugar processors Bundaberg Sugar and Maryborough Sugar Factory is to close a mill in northern Queensland. The Northern Milling Joint Venture, owned by Bundaberg and Maryborough,...

Australia’s sugarcane crop has suffered devastation as farmers venture out to survey their properties in the wake of category five Cyclone Yasi, whose destructive eye broke land at Mission Beach...

* Freeze, then thaw, in UK could hit UK sugar crop * ABF says UK sugar problems may “moderate” profit growth this year * UK grocery sales up 9%; weaker performance in Australia Concerns over...

Wal-Mart Stores has announced plans to reformulate thousands of its packaged food products including slashing sodium by 25% and cutting sugars by 10% by 2015. The world’s largest retailer unveiled...

NSW Minister for Primary Industries Steve Whan today met with local cane growers and industry officials in the Clarence Valley to see first-hand the impact recent floods have had on the sector. “It’s...

Advertisements for high fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) foods aimed at children now only make up a very small portion of all food and beverage advertisements on children’s television in Australia, according...

US dairy giant Dean Foods has jumped on the healthy food and drink bandwagon, launching a health campaign that includes the reformulation of their flavoured milk drinks.Recognising that consumers are now...

A CHOICE review of the popular and growing number of vitamin enhanced water drinks advises consumers not to buy into the hype as they are essentially expensive lolly waters with hyperventilated health...

Global food prices last month reached the highest since records began, exceeding the 2008 highs that sparked riots across the globe, according to figures from the UN. An index of food commodities tracked...