Chronic diseases are responsible for nine out of ten deaths in Australia, and for much of the health expenditure about which governments are so concerned.
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Cherry on top: summer fruits are also good for the brain
Summer fruits are back on Australian tables. We’ve long known cherries and other stone fruits provide a range of essential vitamins and minerals. But here’s another reason to make sure they’re on the shopping list: they’re good for the brain.
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Catch of the day: the TPP might be good news for sustainable fisheries
Since the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) text was released earlier this month, commentators have sought to assess its impact on the environment.
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Why do people decide to go gluten- or wheat-free?
At different times, fat, sodium, carbohydrates, sugar and protein have all been targeted as “bad” dietary factors. Right now the focus seems to have shifted to gluten: a protein found in cereal grains, especially wheat but also rye, barley and oats.
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Is milk good for me, or should I ditch it?
Decades of public health messages have encouraged us to drink milk to strengthen our bones and reduce the risk of fractures as we age.
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Fruity, with a hint of gobbledygook: it’s time to give up on wine wankery
Barnyardy. Herbacious. Unctuous. Chewy. Hedonistic. Ponderous. Shallow. Backward. The wine industry has been using evocative descriptors to characterise the taste and aroma of its products for generations. But how does the industry justify such precise language to describe such a subjective experience?
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The 700 chocolate bars that could help save tonnes of packaging
In a sealed room deep inside a Swiss laboratory, 700 bars of chocolate sit neatly side-by-side, wrapped in transparent packaging, attached to sensors, exposed to light for 24 hours a day.
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Sorry, shoppers: ensuring happy hens is more complicated than just buying free-range
A good breakfast often features a couple of free-range local eggs. But what does “free range” really mean for the hens that laid them?
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Nanoproteins in food — good, bad or irrelevant?
The debate concerning nanotechnology has echoed that of genetically engineered organisms and their introduction into the environment and the food chain.
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Good manufacturing practice key to reducing listeria risk
Between 2005 and 2014 more than 586 product recalls were initiated by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), with 198 due to Listeria Monocytogenes contamination.
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What Might Be the Impact of an Australian Soda Tax?
With the implementation of high profile sugar and soft drinks taxation in France in 2012, in Mexico in 2014 and Berkley, California in January of this year, the global debate concerning the purpose and efficacy of excise tax proposals on sugary beverages is inevitably moving in to other high per capita markets for carbonates.
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Nestlé JV set to add cream and confusion to its global ‘nutrition’ portfolio
It has been a very busy few weeks for food behemoth Nestlé. Currently it is in advanced discussions to launch a joint venture with British ice cream manufacturer R&R, owned by private equity firm PAI Partners.
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Tortilla chip manufacturer doubles production thanks to automation
Based in the United States, flour tortilla chip manufacturer, Donkey Brands, has doubled production volumes by installing a new production line from specialist food processing equipment provider, FOODesign, a tna company.
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Feeding the troops: the emotional meaning of food in wartime
“Can an egg save a soldier?” So asked a full-page advertisement for Sunny Queen Farms in the The Age’s Sunday Life magazine last month.
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New sugar varieties as sweet as they come
According to Canegrowers, Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of raw sugar, with exports currently worth about $AUD2 billion per year.
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Government Funding for the Food Industry
An interesting anomaly about government funding is that, on the one hand it is such an attractive source of cash, but on the other hand the majority of eligible companies either don’t know it exists or don’t know how to access it says Lior Stein from Rimon Advisory.
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Beware the multipack: it may hinder rather than help your diet
Offering smaller portions is one way of encouraging people to eat less. But while a single, smaller portion does lead to less consumption, having multiple smaller portions on offer can encourage some people - notably the diet-conscious - to eat more.
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ICA keeps the Coopers flowing
Recently, Industrial Conveying (Aust) completed a project for glass bottle manufacturer Orora Glass. Warehouse manager Darren Boswell said ICA was the obvious choice when faced with a logistics and materials handling problem.
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How marketers condition us to buy more junk food
Fast food giant McDonald’s has been under a cloud in recent years as its US customers turn to alternatives. In this “Fast food reinvented” series we explore what the sector is doing to keep customers hooked and sales rising.
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All out of fresh ideas: how supermarket giants send mixed messages about food
Fast food giant McDonald’s has been under a cloud in recent years as its US customers turn to alternatives. In this “Fast food reinvented” series we explore what the food sector is doing to keep customers hooked and sales rising.
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