Australian farmers are worried that the overtly hostile rhetoric of American President-elect Trump toward imports might close their second most-important market. The US currently takes 11 per cent of Australia’s...

A new sugar content certification program called ‘Sugarwise’ is gaining traction in the United States. Food products with added sugars meeting World Health Organisation guidelines will be eligible...

An analysis published this week by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has said a 1967 Harvard review of studies into the links between sugar, fat and heart disease, was deliberately...

Consumer advocacy group, CHOICE, is criticising some of Australia’s biggest brands saying their snack bars are tricking shoppers into thinking they are healthy when they actually include large amounts...

Artificial sweetener consumption has once again been linked to an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The research is separate from a previous study reported by Australian Food News in 2013 which...

Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE has today named and shamed a number of baby snacks marketing health claims whilst containing up to 60 per cent sugar. After reviewing 80 packaged baby and toddler...

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...

Messages around nutrition can be overwhelming, so overwhelming in fact that many consumers are left confused about which product to choose. Equally, it’s confusing for food manufacturers when evaluating...

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...

Scientists have discovered that a comet within our solar system is generating both Ethyl alcohol and a simple sugar called glycolaldehyde.   Named ‘Lovejoy’, the comet is currently creating...