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Premium food maker, Barossa Farm Produce, has been found to have misled consumers by using white pig meat in its black pig small-goods range.

When it comes to chocolate, Australians look to be losing interest in the block format, according to Roy Morgan Research.

An innovative new mobile app has helped Australian social venture Thankyou Group take out a Social Innovation Award at the Social Enterprise Awards in Melbourne.

Woolworths has retaliated to vocal opposition to Jamie's Garden campaign by cancelling a meeting between vegetable growers and international buyers, according to peak body Ausveg.

Suppliers are being squeezed between high manufacturing costs and dominant retailers more than ever, and the pressure being applied is unsustainable, according to a new report.

Australia’s first fully dedicated gluten-free lifestyle publication, Australian Gluten-Free Life, has just hit the shelves, underscoring the momentum behind the dietary trend.

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The Brand Guy, Richard Sauerman, will reveal the forces that have propelled some of the world's biggest food brands to success, at Food & Drink Business Live: Industry of the Future Forum 2014.

Breakthroughs in health ingredients, fruit and nut sorting, milk powder analysis, and conveyor belt splicing are among the technological advances that will go on show at foodpro 2014.

More than one in ten Australians think bacon is a super food, and 3 in 10 say they need chocolate every day according to The Good Food Karma Index.

Ausveg and Independent Senator Nick Xenophon have voiced their opposition to a new levy on growers to help Woolworths pay for its latest Jamie Oliver marketing campaign.

Consumer group Choice says yoghurt products are not always as healthy as their marketing suggests due to their high kilojoule and sugar levels.

Matthews Intelligent Identification has signed on as headline sponsor of the inaugural Food & Drink Business Live: Industry of the Future Forum 2014.

Exhibition space at foodpro 2014, the triennial food and beverage industry trade show, has now completely sold out according to organisers.

DSICA has labelled a NSW government ban on the sale after midnight of shots, doubles and RTDs with more than 5 per cent alcohol completely unjustifiable.

Australian Organic is calling for a review of the laws and related codes affecting GM production following the outcome of Australia's first test case.