Food & Beverage Processing Feature Articles

CEOs have been told to look beyond to the current gloomy economic news, and take intelligently aggressive steps to capitalise on the mega-trends transforming business.

Producing enough sustainable and affordable food for a growing population and replacing diminishing fossil fuels will be one of the biggest challenges facing the world in the coming ...

New research has added more gloom to the threat of strikes by showing how the emotional strain of protracted negotiations can lock rivals on a path to mutual destruction.

In today’s tough economic times, many companies are looking to make their business more efficient and save costs, and one place to start is with your packaging.

It has long been a dream to turn Australia's tropical north into an agricultural hub, the food bowl of Asia.

An Australian, an Englishman and a South African walk into a bar - but the Australian's not buying.

Dairy products marketed on a bone health platform have become increasingly sophisticated in recent years, having originally primarily focused on a naturally high calcium content or ...

Using a noxious weed to clean up a toxic metal can rid the environment of two harmful substances, protecting people, water life, soil health and food crops, a new study has found.

The resources boom is not costless. What happens when it ends? Australia needs to prepare.

A university in the United Kingdom is undertaking a study to find out more about the organism that causes more food poisoning cases than any other.

Research released by the Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC) reveals Australian grocery buyers are overwhelmingly (87 per cent) in favour of clearer nutrition labels on packaged food in ...

A new form of resistance to fungal disease has been discovered in oilseed rape, one of the world’s most important crops, which could hold the key to developing disease resistant ...

The government says Australia is recreating itself, and building a new economy on a new type of manufacturing. Industry sees it differently.

Australian scientists believe they may be a step closer to finding a cattle tick vaccine that could save the national cattle and dairy industries approximately $175 million per annum ...

Innova Market Insights (www.innovadatabase,com) has reported that confectionery was the leading food and drinks sector in terms of global launch activity in the first half of 2011.

The Australian Made logo has been appearing on Aussie made and grown products since 1986, but between unscrupulous companies and confused consumers, the buy Australian message remains ...

While debate rages about whether a carbon tax will be good or bad for the country, many people have been left confused about what it actually is.

As consumer tastes become ever more sophisticated, the opportunity to innovate with ingredients is providing food manufacturers with a new point of difference over their more ...

The rise of the superfruit has been increasingly in evidence over the past decade.

With a new financial year upon us, <em>IndustrySearch</em> takes a look at the likely winners and losers across the industrial landscape in the coming 12 months.