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Our July edition has arrived! 

Keep an eye out for your issue in the mail, or see our digital edition for all the news, trends and stories in the food and beverage manufacturing world. 

Some of our favourites: 

Stick Seach's boundless passion for his ice cream business, Pat and Stick's Homemade Ice Cream Co., and how he is tackling changing consumer tastes. Read here.

How FlexCAM helped a dairy processor improve production capacity by more than 350 per cent. Read here

Our ENTIRE health and functional foods feature, including market insights by Sharon Natoli. Read here

Teresa Cutter's journey from celebrity chef to heal and wellness business owner is a cracker. Read here

And the CEO of meal kit company Marley Spoon, Fabien Siegel, shares his experience in this sector that is growing fast. Read here.  

Please don't hesitate to contact us on editor@foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au with your latest news. 

Packaging News

In an initiative led by Viva Energy in partnership with Nestlé, a limited run of KitKat chocolate bars wrapped in locally manufactured recycled PP is rolling out to stores nationwide, demonstrating the potential for locally collected soft plastics to be returned to food-grade packaging in Australia.

Three Gold awards and a Silver saw RePlay top the medal tally in this year's PIDA awards. But behind the accolades lies an equally important story: the practical challenges of making reusable packaging systems commercially viable.

Australia's peak paper industry association has rebranded as the APPIA, reflecting what it says is the growing importance of fibre-based packaging across Australia and New Zealand.