Food Standards Australia and New Zealand is testing imported sweets that may contain traces of a toxic chemical linked to babies’ deaths in China.
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World research centre for healthy drinks
Unilever has chosen the UK to open a world centre for research and development into drinks.
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Tighter labelling laws for juices wanted
Citrus growers want tighter labelling regulations on juice products to let consumers know the proportion of local and imported concentrate.
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Bondi chai latte wins gold in Hobart
Bondi Chai – Australia’s own chai latte – has become the first chai latte to earn Australian food industry acclaim with two gold medals at the recent Wrest Point Royal Hobart Fine Food Awards.
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The snack attack
Snacks have become a convenient and relatively cheap substitute for goodies formerly baked at home, with increased disposable incomes combining with product development to result in significant sector growth.
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Accessible bush tastes all the rage
Worth an estimated $14 million a year, the nutritionally dense native foods industry in Australia is growing in popularity.
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Less salt more action
Salt in processed foods amounts to more than 75% of that consumed by Australians. Combating this is the campaign by Australian Division of World Action on Salt and Health (AWASH) to reduce these numbers, which is gaining momentum.
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Fortune cookies
Despite the presence of smaller firms, biscuit manufacturing is moving toward larger-scale, concentrated production and consequently has significantly fewer firms than a decade earlier.
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Goodman Fielder year profit down 88.4%
Goodman Fielder has reported a fall in annual profit and has said it does not expect much improvement in earnings this financial year due to uncertainty surrounding the outlook for the economies of Australia and New Zealand.
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This snack takes the Crunch
CrunchTime, the Highly Commended Snack Food, is an innovative range of crunchy, tasty and nutritious cluster breakfast snacks developed just for kids, in line with school canteen nutritional guidelines.
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Scooping up the prize
Dairy Farmers Thick & Creamy yoghurt has taken the winning prize of the Dairy category at the Challenge Awards.
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Don’t panic, it’s organic
Organic Bubs, the innovative new range of 100% certified organic meals for under fives, has been named Highly Commended in this year’s Challenge Awards Ready Meals category.
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Creative Food Solutions does it again
In conjunction with ALDI, Creative Food Solutions have developed a range of ready to heat and serve restaurant quality meals for the retail market for their third Challenge win, this time in the highly contested Ready Meals Award.
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Going nuts for Not Nuts
The winner of this year's Confectionery Award was Sweet William's Not Nuts chocolate bar - a unique combination of creamy chocolate and roasted soy beans, inside a completely nut free chocolate bar, with all the crunch and taste of nuts.
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CarboNZero to hero
Pitango, the world's first fresh meal manufacturer to become carbon neutral, was named Winner of the Health & Wellness Category at the 2008 Awards.
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There’s something about Sally
The new star of PotatoMagic's family has been named Best in Show at the 2008 FOOD Challenge Awards, after taking out the Snack Foods Award.
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The winner takes it all
With their quirky names, original packaging and unique array of Australian ingredients, the Australian Vodka Company's Australian Herbal Liqueur and Moulin Rooz Absinthe were the clear standouts in this competitive category, taking the Winner and Highly Commended prizes.
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Looky looky, it’s an Ookie
Taking first place in the Baked Goods category is a product that's attacking the lucrative school canteen market, and becoming the big new name in lots of little mouths.
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Website compares label claims
A new website called Labelwatch.com allows consumers to compare label information on more than 25,000 brand-name consumer products.
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Goodman Fielder will take dairy charge
Goodman Fielder said this week that it would be recording a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $170 million for the company's Fresh Dairy division in New Zealand.
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