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Seasonings specialist Mingle has launched a new look, with branded packaging reflecting its mantra – provide consumers a better-for-you offering – and differentiating the brand from counterparts on shelf.

The case for establishing shelf-stable food manufacturing in the Northern Territory was presented at the Food Futures Conference in Darwin this week.

Nestlé Australia has launched a new refillable packaging system for its Nan Supremepro toddler milk formula – a first in Australia – as it explores ways to reduce packaging and test new packaging systems.

Micronutrient deficiencies and large scale food fortification will be discussed at a side event of the World Health Assembly, to push for a scaling up of food fortification programs globally.

Upcycled Grain Project (UGP), the sustainability initiative founded snack brand Rutherford & Meyer, rescues the leftover grain from beer brewing to create crisps, adding to a growing trend of eco-conscious products.

Bubs Australia CFO Iris Ren has resigned, two weeks after founder and CEO Kristy Carr, and former chair Dennis Lin were sacked for failing to comply with directions from the board.

When Dr Vincent Candrawinata was researching how to extract potent antioxidants called phenolics from apples, he didn’t know he was going to create a whole new industry for Australia’s apple growers and become the largest purchaser of apples in the country.

Euromonitor International’s latest report, Why Megatrends Matter, examines what they are, the drivers behind them, and how businesses can use them to their advantage.

Australian Agtech startup, MEQ Probe says its new MEQ HQ, innovation lab and production facility in Reservoir, Victoria, will open in June. Its operations in Gundagai, New South Wales, and Brisbane, Queensland will remain.

Lion's latest special edition can for XXXX features a cut-out lure, designed to help fishing enthusiasts combat the invasive carp population, and preserve the delicate balance of the state's waterways.

In a preview of the Snacks & Confectionery feature in the June/July issue of Food & Drink Business magazine, we spoke to chocolate manufacturer Angus Suttie about what prompted his first own brand to have 50 per cent less sugar.

The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) and not-for-profit standards organisation, GS1 Australia, have collaborated to assist APCO members with annual sustainability reporting.

New Zealand's IPO has ruled NZ honey producers have no exclusive claim to the term “Manuka honey”. Australia’s Manuka honey industry welcomed the “common sense outcome”.

Barely two weeks after B2B beverage tech platform Kaddy went into voluntary administration, Singapore based food and beverage focused investment company Lecca has stepped in.

Just over 18-months since Andrew Loader and Gavin Evans launched Openway Food Co., the health foods company has opened a $10 million factory to bring manufacturing onshore for one of its most popular products.

Bacardi’s new managing director ANZ, Luiz Schmidt, is an internal appointment with Schmidt currently regional marketing director for Latin America and the Caribbean.