Bakers in New Zealand will now by law have to fortify
bread products with iodine, as regulators in the country attempt to
boost consumption of the essential nutrient.
Blue Pacific Flavors is collaborating with New Zealand research
institute HortResearch to develop and commercialize new fruit
flavors that are true to the taste of the original whole fruit.
Palatinit has been given the green-light for Palatinose to be used
in Australia and New Zealand, giving industry there the
opportunity to use the ingredient in popular low-glycaemic foods
and drinks.
New Zealand today launched a major initiative to boost its food and
beverage exports, including NZ$19m earmarked for new market
development and a roadmap for innovations.
Fresh air, agricultural expertise, research resources… and NZ$100m
(€48m) funding: BioPacificVentures is proposing an attractive
package to European and American functional food start-ups that are
prepared to relocate all or part...
A new generation of hops for beer is being developed by researchers
in New Zealand, as the brewing industry looks to science to help it
catch up with changing consumer tastes.
New Zealand has launched a new promotion of food and beverages in
upmarket Chinese retail outlets, in a bid to seek new sales in the
fast-growing market.
Joint health from sheeps' wool, kiwi fruit crossed with berries and
calcium-boosting bone extract… innovative ingredients from a small
Pacific archipelago are starting to make a disproportionately big
impact in the world of nutrition.
Blackcurrants have already earned a reputation amongst the
healthiest fruits thanks to a high antioxidant content. But in New
Zealand, where five per cent for the world's crop is grown,
researchers have been investigating ways...
Changes to the new food code in Australia and New Zealand are
underway as the food agency for the two countries calls for comment
from industry, government and consumers on a raft of fresh
proposals.
New laws on genetically modified foodstuffs ushered into Europe
earlier this year may be tough, but Australia and New Zealand's
joint food watchdog claims that their own rules are among the
toughest, following an extensive review...
Food fortification, health claims and genetically modified foods
were tabled at a recent meeting of ministers in Australia and New
Zealand gathering together to tackle food policy. The ministers
agreed on a policy guideline for food...
Dairy ingredients giant Fonterra says a new joint venture, set up
to search for novel health ingredients in milk, has already
identified a number of bioactives, currently waiting for patents.
Infant formula to alpha-cyclodextrin via enzyme processing are all
on the table as the nascent food authority in Oceania calls for
comments on its food standards code.
'Extremely disappointing' is how New Zealand's agriculture minister
Jim Sutton yesterday described new European Union restrictions on
New Zealand butter imports.
Retailers and manufacturers working in Australia have five days to
go before meeting the new rules on food labels, warned the Food
Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today.
The Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council
met in Perth on Friday, resulting in a number of important policy
decisions concerning maximum residue levels, ethylene oxide, GM
food labelling and iodine deficiency.
The Burns Philp - Goodman Fielder saga continues with the news
today that the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has
cleared the hostile bid from Australian ingredients company for
Australia's largest food company.
The Australian and New Zealand food agency (FSANZ) today invited
individuals and organisations to comment on an application that it
has received to vary its brand new Food Standards Code to
permit the sale of formulated beverages...
Food companies figure prominently in a new survey of the most
admired companies in New Zealand. Out of the top ten places, five
were devoted to food businesses, the NFO/Porter Novelli report
reveals.
Couch potatoes may have been set up for a life of slacking and
snacking in front of television because they were undernourished in
their mothers' wombs, claims new research from New Zealand.
An attempt by a food ingredients billionaire to take over New
Zealand's second biggest dairy company could head into difficulties
if a farmers' collective wins the day, reports local New Zealand
paper The Evening Post.
A New Zealand entrepreneur, the main shareholder in Australian food
ingredients firm Burns Philp, announced a takeover bid on Friday
for dairy products company New Zealand Dairy Foods.
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) this week called
for public comment on a number of proposed changes to the Food
Standards Code, including new requirements for making nutrition
claims, an extension to the folate/neural...
The Australian Commerce Commission has received an application from
one of Australia's largest food companies, National Foods, to
acquire up to 100 per cent of the issued shares of New Zealand
Dairy Foods (NZDF).
Australian food giant Goodman Fielder plans to sell its
Invercargill food ingredients export business to an
Australian-owned company, writes the New Zealand Herald this week.
French food group Danone on Thursday made a final extension to its
bid for New Zealand drinks maker Frucor Beverages Group Ltd but
left the bid price unchanged at NZ$2.35 a share.
The outlook for the dairy market is concerning, although payouts
would hold at forecast levels in the short-term, New Zealand dairy
processor Fonterra Cooperative Group said on Wednesday.
Dairy producer National Foods Ltd would continue to look for growth
through acquisition opportunities, despite its failed attempts with
Dairy Farmers Co-operative and Bonlac Foods Ltd.
The New Zealand parliament agreed the merger of the country's two
major dairy processing companies and their export wing into a
$NZ11bn cooperative renamed Fonterra Cooperative Dairies.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd wholeheartedly supports the use of
genetic modified organisms (GMOs) and stressed this week that it
must be allowed in New Zealand.
New Zealand Milk has signed agreements giving it responsibility for
handling 70 per cent of exports of skimmed milk powder from the
United States, and giving it a key role in the Mexican dairy
industry.
Australian brewing giant Lion Nathan Ltd has been ordered by New
Zealand regulators to cede control of winemaker Montana Group NZ
for breaching takeover...
On June 25, the Australian grocery group Foodland Associated Ltd.
announced it would pay US$81m for 36 Franklins supermarkets and two
warehouses outside...
On June 22, New Zealand followed Britain in warning against the
consumption of soy sauce after a survey found some brands of the
condiment may contain...
