A dietitian has called for improved nourishment in hospitals, after an Australian study revealed that 32% of patients suffered malnutrition and 23% consumed less than a quarter of the food they were offered. [ + ]

More than half of all the kilojoules consumed in the US diet, and nearly 90% of all added sugars, come from 'ultraprocessed' foods. [ + ]

A study has confirmed that eating protein-rich meals leads to increased feelings of fullness. [ + ]

A donation from the Archer Daniels Midland Company to Foodbank, Australia's largest hunger relief organisation, will provide 35,000 meals to Australians in need. [ + ]

A study by scientists from New Zealand has concluded that increasing levels of methane in the atmosphere since 2007 are most likely due to agricultural practices and not fossil fuel production as previously thought. [ + ]

ARBS 2016 will feature a seminar examining the WELL Building Standard and its focus areas. [ + ]

A Japanese farm will replace farm workers with robots, producing 50,000 lettuces per day while dramatically reducing labour, energy and water costs. [ + ]

Do you want to delve into the history of packaging while you catalogue items for an online packaging history database? [ + ]

Food processing began with our earliest ancestors, who used tools to cut down on the rigorous chewing required to consume food in the hundreds of millennia before fire — and thence cooking — was discovered. [ + ]

The ACCC has announced an increased focus on agriculture, including investigations into supply chains, regional workshops and advocacy. [ + ]

Reduced food availability will prompt changes to diet — such as reductions in fruit and vegetable intake — that could cause twice as many deaths as undernutrition, according to a study published in The Lancet. [ + ]

Australian R&D company PotatoMagic has developed a process that turns potato into a functional food base that melts like cheese when heated. [ + ]

Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric has been named among the 2016 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations. [ + ]

Did you know that Australia currently has more Salmonella outbreaks than any other country? [ + ]

Australian hunger relief organisation Foodbank has partnered with Thomas Foods International and Fletcher International Exports to expand the Foodbank Meat Program. [ + ]