In the last decade, coffee consumption by Australian adults has declined slowly but steadily, from 10.5 cups to 9.2 cups per week, but cafe visitation and ownership of coffee-making machines is on the rise
Biotechnology research has the potential to help the horticulture industry overcome common pest and disease issues facing vegetatively propagated crops, while helping to shift the public perception of genetically modified foods.
Mike Smith, the CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), has purchased Spray Farm winery on Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, from Rick Jamieson for $10m.
Australia will benefit from and can play a larger role in providing high-quality food to Asia, especially to those fast developing nations like China and India, said a report by the Economist Intelligent Unit (EIU) launched Tuesday here.
Purple foods may be the key to unlocking the obesity crisis, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease and a host of other health disasters, according to new USQ research.
Fast food giant KFC has launched a national initiative as part of World Salt Awareness week where it will encourages its customers to reduce their salt intake when they visit one of KFC’s 600 Australian stores.
Whitestone Cheese (NZ) has recalled Whitestone Windsor Blue Cheese 110g from Woolworths Supermarkets in QLD, NSW, ACT and VIC due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The Australian apple harvest got underway in mid January in the Riverland, Southern Australia with the Gala apples, while in Tasmania the harvest is just about to start.
Beef Central readers living within ‘shopping distance’ of any large supermarket will be familiar with the ubiquitous ‘grab and go’ hot cooked chickens sold by all large retailers.
Australian red meat exports would find significant opportunities in emerging markets such as China and the Middle East, delegates at the conference heard.
The increasing incidence of Salmonella infections in Australia has prompted health officials Down Under to warn the public about the risks of consuming raw or undercooked eggs.
Popular bourbon brand Wild Turkey has launched a new spiced bourbon in Australia, which it says is the first-ever spiced Bourbon from the “Island of Kentucky”.
Food manufacturer and electronics retailer Dick Smith has lost the name rights to its version of the popular Australian yeast spread, with Intellectual Property Australia ruling that OzEmite products must be pulled from sale.
Supermarket group Woolworths has announced a net profit after tax for the first half of the 2014 financial year of $1,321.7 million, up 14.5 per cent on the same period in the previous year.
Victoria, a southeast state of Australia, launched on Wednesday a four-year Food to Asia Action Plan, which aims to boost exports to Asia and make the state "the food bowl of Asia."
