Food Standards Australia New Zealand has released a survey report indicating that the consumption of food colours by all age groups in Australia is quite low.

Scientists and consumers tend to confuse fructose and high fructose corn syrup.

SEW-Eurodrive has opened a sales and service centre in Adelaide.

The McCormick Flavor Forecast 2009 top 10 flavour pairings looks at 10 emerging flavour duos in the US.

The Protecting Children From Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting Amendment) Bill 2008 is unnecessary, according to the AFGC, because the food processing industry is introducing its own Responsible Children’s Marketing Initiative on 1 January 2009.

Ingredient Solutions is planning to develop high-value protein products at a new milk-processing plant in South Taranaki. The plant will produce produce 'un-denatured' miceller casein, whey protein isolate and protein hydrolysates for export.

In the UK, organic food is set to slip down the pecking order as cash-strapped Brits hunt down cheaper alternatives. Will the Australian and New Zealand markets follow suit?

A recent Newspoll survey has found that 61% of Australian grocery purchasers buy some organic products.

Looking ahead to 2009, Mintel forecasts that manufacturers will reach for exotic fruits and fresh, soothing flavours with a touch of spice to jazz up their new products.

A cooperation agreement signed in Brussels will advance scientific cooperation and the development of international standards in the fields of food and feed safety in Europe.

The Australian Beverages Council has added its support to a proposal that will permit the voluntary addition of fluoride to bottled water.

The NZ National Heart Foundation's 'Project Target 450 — Reducing sodium in bread' has resulted in about 150 tonnes of salt being removed from the bread supply. The project has won the Excellence in Prevention Award and was overall winner at the 2008 New Zealand Health Innovation Awards.

A new ISO standard will reduce the complexity of describing taste, smell and texture so these characteristics can be communicated in a consistent manner.

Thank you to the people who completed the survey at the What's New in Food Technology & Manufacturing stand at Foodtech Packtech 2008 in New Zealand.

The CSIRO initiated Food Futures Flagship has developed an automated instrument for accurately predicting glycemic index (GI) and resistant starch (RS) in food products.