Australian teenage boys are eating more than 10kg of free sugar from soft drinks alone, prompting the Heart Foundation to again call on the Australian Government to examine the merits of a health levy...

Two of Australia’s leading academics in nutritional health have taken a swipe at the current orthodoxy concerning which fats are health or unhealthy. Professor Andrew Sinclair of Deakin University and...

Dairy company Murray Goulburn has today revealed its Managing Director Gary Helou will be stepping down and has downgraded its expected profits for the financial year ending 30 June 2016 by 40 per cent. The...

Arnott’s Shapes have been a favourite of many Australians for decades, but a recipe change has gone down badly with some customers. Altered to improve health star ratings and to contain more “more...

Allen’s is now selling “one piece, one portion” lollies in Australian supermarkets. Different to the usual lollies found in supermarkets, the ‘Sea Stretchies’ and ‘Jungle Stretchies’ packets...

The Aussie Farmers Foundation has pledged to fund Foodbank’s ‘Meals for Mates’ program in Australian rural areas for the next two years. The ‘Meals for Mates’ initiative helps to fight hunger...

Vegetable industry representative groups AUSVEG and vegetablesWA have labelled the AUD $5 billion Northern Australian Fund “unfair”, saying it excludes valuable regional centres. The Federal Government...

Hart & Soul is now selling an India inspired soup and soup kits in Australian supermarkets. The Indian-inspired Coconut Lentil soup was created in conjunction with Melbourne nutritionist Melanie Lionello....

The Australian Advertising Standards Board (ASB) has decided a McCain pizza advertisement is in breach of the Advertiser Code of Ethics. The ASB said the television advertisement is in breach of Section...

Could dried ‘meat bars’ be just as popular as chocolate bars? The Hershey Company is hoping this will be the case revealing this month that it will be launching a new line of jerky bars under its recently...