Exotic, unusual and complex yoghurt flavours such as papaya, damson and coconut, are featuring strongly in new product launches globally.

A new five star rating system to be displayed on the front of food packaging has been approved by state and federal health and agriculture ministers today.

Two Australian-made food scanning apps have been recognised in separate awards presentations in Australia and overseas.

Avocado producers have formed a united front to market their produce and reduce the need for imports through a new marketing company, The Avolution.

The ACCC has started proceedings in the federal court over claims made by Coles regarding par baked bread sold at its in-house bakeries.

The Food Industry Innovation Precinct will be temporarily established at La Trobe University's R&D Park Bundoora campus.

Research from Tetra Pak has found flavoured milk consumption will grow at double the rate of white milk globally between 2012 and 2015, creating opportunities for the industry to improve profitability.

A review by Choice that deems bottled water a waste of money is based on a faulty premise: that the product competes with tap water, according to the bottled water industry.

Australia's leading food brands are collaborating in a new program to recycle soft plastics into furniture to reduce the amount of soft plastic packaging going into Canberra's landfill.

The Bleasdale-Fortis-et-Astutus tawny port bottle from South Australian winery Bleasdale took out the top design award at the Australian Wine Industry Design Competition.

The ACCC has opposed the proposed acquisition by Heinz of fast-growing premium baby food manufacturer, Rafferty's Garden.

Simplot has today advised employees that its vegetable processing plants in Bathurst in NSW and Devonport in Tasmania are under threat of closure.

Coles managing director, Ian McLeod, has defended the retail giant's efforts to pare down its prices at the expense of suppliers at a business lunch this week.

MOI International has had to pay two fines worth a combined $20,400 because of misleading claims it made on its product labels.

Coles has floated a plan to create its own panel of approved field agents who would go out to food suppliers to tender for their services.

The Australian Institute of Building has applauded the innovative design and engineering delivered during the construction of Primo's smallgoods facility in Brisbane.