Industry body Fruit Juice Australia says the consumer sentiment pendulum has swung too far when it comes to the role of juice in a healthy diet and it says it has the evidence to prove it.

Farmer-owned Australian dairy processor Murray Goulburn Co-operative has won a major contract to supply and produce private label milk for Coles from the middle of 2014.

Rebecca Dee-Bradbury, Kraft Foods' president of developed markets for Asia-Pacific, will advise the federal government on implementing its Asian Century policies.

Australia's defence force is taking a key role in a new Centre for Food Innovation that's been launched in Launceston to develop cutting-edge food and packaging innovations for troops.

The peak food growers body AUSVEG and the Australian Greens and have both expressed disappointment over a Senate committee's rejection of draft country of origin (CoO) labelling laws.

Australia's cider makers are bracing themselves ahead of the May budget as their counterparts in the spirits industry call for a higher tax on their products.

Bulla Dairy Foods is the latest food manufacturer to invest in cogeneration to improve its green credentials and reduce its energy bill.

Patties Foods, which owns the Four'N Twenty brand, has defended the future of the meat pie category following the release of a report that found sales had fallen.

Unilever is the latest food manufacturer to spruik its environmental credentials as it moves to source more sustainable raw materials.

The CEO of the AFGC, Gary Dawson, outlines his position on Country of Origin Labelling.

Coca-Cola Amatil has announced an upgrade to its Richlands plant that will bring it closer to achieving its $450 million PET bottle conversion strategy.

The Australian Beverages Council has criticised a proposed ban on the sale of energy drinks as mixers in bars and clubs across Western Australia.

Mackay Sugar has opened a $120 million cogeneration plant that will use processing waste to sell renewable energy back into the national electricity grid.

Tough conditions in the Australian market have cast a shadow over otherwise strong half year results from NZ dairy products company Fonterra.

Parmalat is expected to be one of the few milk processors to benefit from Woolworths new 'Farmers Own' milk venture which will see it buy milk direct from farmers.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) is poised to launch an interactive toolkit to educate marketing professionals on sustainable packaging design.