Industry News
Arnott's zeros in on sustainable packaging
Arnott's is on track to meet 2025 National Packaging Targets by 2023, two years ahead of schedule. [ + ]
Carman's acquires snacking brand Fruit Wise
The founder of Australian business Carman's, Carolyn Creswell, has announced the acquisition of family-owned snacking brand Fruit Wise. [ + ]
Bringing Indigenous bushfoods to the table
While Australia has a growing bushfood industry, not enough has been done to centre Indigenous people in this market. [ + ]
Mars achieves key sustainability milestones
Mars Wrigley has seen significant acceleration towards the brand's sustainability goals in two of its key initiatives. [ + ]
Next Instruments CropScan 3000B whole grain analyser granted NMI pattern approval
Next Instruments manufactures a range of analysers and instruments for the agriculture and food industries. The CropScan 3000B whole grain analyser has been granted NMI approval. [ + ]
AIP to host State of Play for Food Loss & Waste webinar
Being held on 8 November, the webinar will explore the key challenges and opportunities for reducing food waste in Australia. [ + ]
Digital product passports to accelerate recycling
Sidel is now a member of R-Cycle, a community designing digital 'product passports' to accelerate the recycling of plastic packaging around the world. [ + ]
Just the remedy: a $43 million kombucha factory in Vic
Remedy Drinks has combined all of its operations into its new 18,000 m2 kombucha manufacturing centre in Dandenong. [ + ]
Running out of fizz: CO2 shortage in NZ
Many food and beverage companies in NZ continue to be affected by the shortage of food-grade carbon dioxide in the country. [ + ]
Vow's cultured meat facility unveiled in Sydney
Claimed to be the largest cultured meat facility in the Southern Hemisphere, Vow's Factory 1 has been officially opened by NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister Matt Kean. [ + ]
Improving milk digestibility
Naturo has achieved a breakthrough in the global milk market for digestibility using Haelen milk processing. [ + ]
Norco plans to rebuild its ice-cream factory in Lismore
Norco has announced plans to rebuild its flood-damaged ice-cream factory in Lismore thanks to two government grants and co-op investment. [ + ]
A cool $6.4m investment into climate change research
Aussie horticulture growers in cooler climates can participate in a $6.4m research trial program to help the industry adapt to climate change. [ + ]
How juicy! — mango season is back
Australian Mango season has begun and Australians can expect the fruit to start hitting supermarket shelves across the country. [ + ]
Nestlé brand moves to paper-based packaging for sweets
Quality Street is introducing recyclable FSC-certified paper packaging for its twist-wrapped sweets worldwide. [ + ]
