After checking, sniffing and tasting more than 250 locally produced cheeses the country’s finest 187 have been awarded medals in the prestigious New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards. Continue →

New Zealand needs to prepare for significant changes to our key food export markets, finds a new report looking at how the rise of alternatives to animal proteins could change the future of farming in New Zealand. Continue →

Energy drink brand Celsius has plans to expand its global sales and distribution footprint to include Australia and New Zealand. Continue →

As of April 11, 2024 Immigration New Zealand (INZ) is now able to issue infringement notices to employers with the aim of addressing lower-level immigration non-compliance and deter those who take advantage of migrant workers. Continue →

Food waste is in the spotlight again with the United Nations Environment Programme Food Waste Index Report finding globally over one billion meals are wasted every day while nearly 800 million people go hungry. Continue →

An Australian start-up has become the fourth company approved globally to sell a cultivated-meat product. Continue →

Consumer behaviour has changed significantly in recent years and continues to evolve rapidly, influencing food and beverage trends. Continue →

An Auckland startup that has developed dairy-identical proteins has teamed up with world-renowned ice-cream maker Gianpaolo Grazioli to put its innovation to the taste test. Continue →

The ‘Grocery Supply Code: Checklist for Suppliers’ has now been published by The Commerce Commision and is available for download at the link below. Continue →

Chadwicks, a producer of pre-cut lidding, is set to showcase its latest sustainable lidding solutions at APPEX, Australasia’s Processing and Packaging Expo, in March. Continue →

Foodstuffs North Island has partnered with The New Zealand Food Innovation Network to introduce a series of nationwide forums to help emerging grocery suppliers set themselves up for ‘supermarket success’; hosting 14 events across New Zealand from March to September. Continue →

The 2024 Outstanding Food Producer Awards are gearing up for an extraordinary year, poised to assess a record-breaking number of entries at Homeland in Auckland on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 February. Continue →

By food futurist, Tony Hunter   How do we feed 10 billion people in 2050 sustainably, healthily and equitably? Continue →

GEA is investing $32 million in a technology centre for alternative proteins in the state of Wisconsin, USA. Continue →

The Australian Government has issued QUT a licence to commercially release QCAV-4, a genetically modified (GM) variety of Cavendish banana designed to help save the world’s Cavendish banana production Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has also notified the Food Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) that it has approved QCAV-4 as suitable for human consumption. Continue →

Kiwi temperature-controlled logistics company Big Chill Distribution, together with Tainui Group Holdings, has oepned a new purpose-built cool storage facility at the Ruakura Superhub in Hamilton. Continue →

The chief executive of the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) Brett O’Riley has announced that he will be stepping down from the role in the middle of the year. Continue →

Where else in New Zealand can you work on an R&D project, alongside students learning about food technology and process engineering, and companies producing foods for export? Continue →

Celebrity chef Manu Feildel gets Dinner Done with new recipes cooking Ingham’s NZ chicken products. Continue →