A survey of 1000 primary grocery shoppers found that 16 per cent of people who buy organic started to do so because of illness.

Coca-Cola Amatil has warned that post-budget weak consumer sentiment will mean tough times ahead and the company also says it will seek to grow in new "better for you" categories.

Japanese beverage company Asahi has launched a $2.5 million ad campaign, its largest to date in Australia, for its Asahi Super Dry.

Monster Beverage has sold a 16.7 per cent stake to Coca-Cola for $US2.15 billion, giving the soft drink giant a greater hold on the energy drink market.

A new set of principles that promises Australian wine suppliers better protection in their dealings with Woolworths has been signed off.

Premium gelato brand Gelista’s has won gold in the Best Innovative Dairy Product category at the 2014 South Australian Dairy Awards.

A new industry-led, not-for-profit company, Fresh Produce Safety Centre, has been formed and one of its charters is to avoid food safety incidents such as those that have occurred overseas.

Nearly one in ten Australians 14+ have eaten a frozen or chilled ready-prepared meal in the last seven days and the number is on the rise, according to Roy Morgan Research.

NZ dairy giant Fonterra has signed a five-year strategic agreement with the CSIRO to drive innovation in sustainable farming, manufacturing, health, nutrition and consumer dairy products.

Traditional popcorn-based snacks are growing in number thanks to complex flavours and healthy organic and natural variants, according to Innova Market Insights.

Kellogg Company says it will responsibly source its top 10 ingredients and materials by 2020 as part of a new global sustainability commitment released by the company.

Change - surviving it and even thriving on it - was the overarching theme of the Food & Drink Business LIVE: Industry of the Future Forum event this week

New Zealand company A2 Milk looks set to benefit from the release of the results of the first clinical trial of A1 and A2 milk proteins on human digestion.

Vittoria Food & Beverage has successfully opposed a trade mark application made by Di Bella Coffee, to protect its tagline "We Know Coffee".

The foodpro 2014 numbers have been crunched and sales leads sliced and diced and the results show a strong food industry, according to the show's organiser.

People's propensity to consume energy drinks like Red Bull, V, Mother, Rockstar and Monster varies according to their occupation, says the latest research.