Global confectionery company Nestle has announced it will remove artificial flavours and FDA-certified colours, such as Red 40 and Yellow 5, from all of its chocolate confectionery products in the US by the end of 2015. Nestle USA said ...
Traditional preserves brand Anathoth Farm has launched a new Sweet Chilli Relish in Australia. Anathoth Farm is based in Geraldine in New Zealand and produces a range of farm-made jams, curds and relishes, which are sold in Coles ...
Tags: Sweet Chilli Relish, jams
New Zealand based Fonterra Co-operative Group has started operating its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. Located on a 25-hectare site, the new facility has been developed to produce whey and lactose specialty ...
Tags: dairy ingredients, Food
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 of the Netherlands. The ...
Tags: Agriculture
Hyundai has announced that the company has been selected as the official automotive partner of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, and has already provided a fleet of 94 vehicles to be used during the championship. The fleet was provided by ...
Tags: Hyundai, Cricket World Cup
Vegemite is overwhelming more popular among Australian consumers born in Australia than overseas-born Australians, although New Zealanders are partial to it too, according to findings about Australia’s favourite spreads from market ...
Tags: Vegemite, Australian consumers
The Ministers who met last Friday at the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation have said they are “extremely concerned” about consumption of unpasteurised (raw) cow’s milk that is sold as ...
Tags: Raw Milk Consumption, Raw Milk
Blue River Dairy, a sheep milk powder producer in New Zealand, has divested its sheep milk processing plant in Invercargill to Blueriver Nutrition HK. The financial terms of the transaction, which has become effective 1 February, have ...
Tags: Sheep Milk, Blue River Dairy, milk powder
For fourth-quarter 2014, Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has reported revenue of €7.4m, up on €4.3m last quarter but down 44% ...
Tags: organic light-emitting diode development, pilot materials, Electrical
American bedding maker Tempur Sealy International has recently unveiled several new mattress lines under its three brands, Tempur-Pedic, Sealy Posturepedic and Stearns and Foster. Tempur-Pedic’s new Tempur-Flex Collection offers ...
Tags: mattress lines, hybrid construction, Textile
Fish oil capsules and supplements fail on Omega-3 claims and freshness, University research study Most fish oil supplements sold in Australia and New Zealand are lower in omega-3 fatty acids than their labels claim, according to new ...
Tags: Fish Oil, Omega-3 Claims, Freshness, Agriculture
European meat company HKScan Group will soon commence the exports of Finnish pork to China. The firm's pork slaughtering facility at Forssa in Finland is expected to receive export certification from the Chinese food authorities, who ...
Tags: Pork, meat company, Agriculture
BASF and Save the Children will pool their expertise to develop solutions including improvement of water accessibility and quality in Mumbai, and livelihoods and food security in the Turkana region of Kenya. The project development ...
Tags: water pipes, Construction
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched an open consultation on the draft scientific opinion on the safety of caffeine that was presented recently to EFSA. The provisional findings of the Draft Scientific Opinion on the ...
Tags: energy drink, public health, Agriculture
University of Sydney-based research centre the Fresh Produce Safety Centre has launched two landmark research projects, which it says are aimed at improving the safety of Australian and New Zealand fresh produce. Australian Food News ...