According to Coca-Cola, kombucha is the fastest-growing beverage category in Australia. The Coca-Cola Company has entered the kombucha market with the acquisition of Organic & Raw Trading Co, which makes the Mojo brand of naturally fermented, live culture, organic kombucha drinks. Australia-based Organic & Raw was co-founded by Anthony Crabb[Read More…]
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Queensland government offers A$100K for Strawberry contamination information
The government of Queensland has offered $100,000 Australian dollars to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the strawberry contamination. The strawberry contamination scare in Australia has caused recall of the fruit of major brands from the supermarket. The Queensland Health Department[Read More…]
Food+Wine Victoria to deliver food business event Global Table
The organisation behind the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Food + Wine Victoria, has been selected to deliver new internationally-focused agriculture, food and beverage business event Global Table. The largest food business event ever staged in Australia, Global Table is part of the Taste Victoria strategy launched this month by[Read More…]
Verita completes acquisition of AVS Nutrition
AVS provides a range of services relating to Health Foods, Supplements, Vitamins and Complementary Medicines; from sourcing, supplying, packaging and contract manufacturing to development of customised products and innovative formulations. Singapore – Verita Healthcare Group Ltd announced its acquisition of a 70% shareholding in Australia Vitamin and Sports Nutrition Pty[Read More…]
Griffith Institute collaborates with ATP Science
ATP Science believes that the research collaboration with Griffith University will specifically yield new knowledge in novel plant extracts that can be incorporated into new and existing ATP Science supplement products to enhance the nutritional value delivered to clients and end-users of the products. ATP Science, a health science company[Read More…]
FDA includes sugar cane fibre on the list of approved dietary fibres
Melbourne scientists find significant levels of polyphenols in Tamu’s Five10FIBRE Singapore – Scientists at Melbourne University have confirmed the presence of a significant quantity of polyphenolic compounds including flavonoids in the sugar cane fibre used in Tamu Group’s Five10FIBRE. Polyphenols are a complex group of micronutrients that are widely distributed[Read More…]
Blue-green algae promises to help boost food crop yields
RIPE Director Stephen Long, Ikenberry Endowed University Chair of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology at the University of Illinois, welcomed the discovery. Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have engineered tiny carbon-capturing engines from blue-green algae into plants, in a breakthrough that promises to help boost the yields of[Read More…]
Celebrating Australian Organic Awareness Month with BENEO’s natural ingredients
By 2022, Australia’s organic industry is predicted to be worth $1.2 billion, a notable growth from the industry’s value of $919 million in 2016. The demand for organic products in Australia has been gathering pace and The Land Down Under’s organic industry is not showing any signs of slowing down.[Read More…]
AIP to introduce sustainable packaging design course
It will provide participants an understanding of sustainable packaging design and the practical design guidelines and approaches required in the packaging design process including end of life thinking. The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) is set to launch its new Introduction to Sustainable Packaging Design half-day training course. The course[Read More…]
Heat and Control partners with Key Technology
The partnership expands Heat and Control’s already large portfolio of processing and packaging solutions for fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, potato products, nuts, snacks, meats, poultry and seafood. Under a new strategic partnership, Heat and Control will sell and service Key Technology’s digital sorters, vibratory conveyors and other automation[Read More…]
