Ferrero has marked World Chocolate Day (7 July) with an update on sustainability and social initiatives in West Africa, releasing its third annual report on the Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI).

Each issue we ask industry leaders about their working life. This month we talk to the CEO of Frucor Suntory Darren Fullerton.

Unilever has completed the sale of its tea business, ekaterra, to CVC Capital Partners Fund VIII for $6.8 billion (4.5 billion Euro).

This NAIDOC Week, Indigenous entrepreneur and Brisbane Broncos player, Ryan James, will launch a new health food range, BSKT Native, to celebrate Indigenous foods and culture.

The margin for error in food processing and packaging is slim to none. The Open IIoT Group explains how machinery data and predictive maintenance tools can reduce those risks.

Maggie Beer Holdings (MBH) has appointed strategic advisory firm Nash Advisory to develop options for the company’s non-core dairy assets, Paris Creek Farms and St David Dairy.

Simplot says a $65 million upgrade to its Bathurst facility will transform the site into a frozen vegetable centre of excellence.

With the fourth plane load of infant formula landing in the US today as part of Operation Fly Formula, carrying 90,000 tins worth around $3 million, Bubs Australia is capitalising on its increased international profile and profits with a $63 million equity raise.

It is not unusual these days for distilleries to experiment with creating NoLo versions of their spirits. Kim Berry speaks to Paul Baggio from The Craft & Co about removing the alcohol but not the flavour.

Dairy group Australian Dairy Nutritionals (ADN) says its production of an organic A2 whole milk powder is an Australian first.

With global taste and food ingredient company Kerry celebrating its 50th year, Kim Berry caught up with John Cahalane, the CEO and president of Kerry Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa.

Wide Open Agriculture (WOA) officially opened its pilot plant-based protein facility in Western Australia, which will produce a breakthrough, eco-friendly protein called Buntine Protein.

An alliance of food industry associations across the supply chain has formed in response to ongoing supply disruptions, rising inflation, and equity between large retailers and independents.

When Brigid Woolnough went on maternity leave, her love of chocolate spurred the birth of a whole new career as a chocolatier. Kim Berry spoke to Woolnough about her company Kokopod.

Jennifer Evans is the new chair of the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC), the largest regional body to represent and manage a global mutual recognition arrangement (MRA).

Indigenous chocolate company, Chocolate On Purpose, has won Indigenous Business of the Year at the inaugural Australian Rural Business Awards, launched by Spend With Us.