The chief executive of the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC) Katherine Rich has told Australian Food News today that the UK”s announced sugar tax will not help fight obesity. Under the UK tax, drinks which contain more ...
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The European Union (EU) is to set aside the equivalent of approximately AUD$365 million annually to promote healthy eating to school children. Meanwhile, Australian governments are lagging behind. Approved last Tuesday 8 March 2016, ...
Tags: EU, School children, Milk
Over the past 20 years, there has been a distinct shift in food composition and food labelling laws around the world. Historically, food laws were necessary to prevent people eating unsafe food. Later, food laws were aiming to prevent ...
The US Departments of Agriculture and Health & Human Services has released an updated nutrition guidelines for general public based on scientific recommendations to improve quality of health by eating right. The newly released eighth ...
Tags: vegetables, fruits, grains
Australians are their own worst enemy when it comes to sticking to their diets according to a new CSIRO study. Examining the weight management habits of more than 2, 300 Australians the CSIRO found 69 per cent of respondents identified ...
Tags: Dieting, weight loss goals
Eating a handful of walnuts each day has been linked to a better overall diet and an improvement in certain risk factors amongst people at high risk of diabetes. Published on 23 November 2015 in Volume 3, Issue 1 of the free online ...
The United Nations have declared 2016 to be the Year of Pulses or as Australians refer to them, legumes. Australia is amongst 40 countries participating in the initiative which will launch globally on 6 January 2016. Australia’s ...
A new study has found that there may be health benefits to consuming whole-fat dairy products. Published in the latest Journal of Nutrition, scientists discovered making full-fat dairy as part of a diet can lower the chances of an ...
Tags: Full-Fat Dairy, full-fat cheese, milk, yoghurt
International Chefs Day, Nestle UK are running cookery workshops in schools to raise awareness of healthier lifestyles and healthy cooking amongst school children. As part of Nestlé UK's Healthy Kids Programme, 90 students from ...
Tags: healthy cooking, Healthier Eating
I’ve just returned from several weeks travelling across the United States. It is fabulous to be home – and to appreciate just how lucky we are in Australia to live in an amazing part of the world. We see so much ...
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Health trends, volatile input prices and strong competition have slowed growth in Australia’s snack food sector, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. However, the ‘healthy’ snack foods sector has benefitted ...
Tags: Snack Foods, Health Snack Foods
Melbourne-based snack manufacturer Funch has launched a range of snack food pre-mixes in Australia, which it says is part of the “next generation of snack foods” that appeal to consumers wanting to eat healthily. The ...
Tags: Snack Foods, sunflower seeds, cacao, coconut, Agriculture
Confectionery manufacturers should promote chocolate products as an indulgent treat with natural ingredients and sustainable production in order to tap into the chocolate market, according to market research organisation Canadean. ...
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Crunch Pak, the fresh sliced apples specialist, are teaming up to offer NBA fans a new, healthy snacking option, and the result is a slam dunk! The new product, called NBA Fit Snackers, ...
French chocolate and pastry makers are opposing the government's recent proposal to impose health warnings on cakes and chocolates in an attempt to curb rising obesity in the country. The new proposal requires companies to introduce ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Chocolate