Beetle threatens California’s avocado crops
A tiny Asian beetle could spell big trouble for California’s avocado industry.
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EU adopts 222 permitted health claims on foods
The European Union has announced the list of health claims that will be permitted for foods sold in the region in future.
Research identifies 20% fat tax as minimum for effect
Researchers at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom have identified 20% as the rate at which a tax needs to be applied to junk food if it is to be an effective tool for reducing obesity.
Big Brother is stealing from you
A sign perhaps that the age of the celebrity chef is all pervasive, as American food corporation Kellogg is found to be stealing from Chicago kitchen giant Grant Achatz.
The Beast swallows family’s Tequila
Diageo, the world’s largest alcohol beverage producer and trader, is rumoured to have finally succeeded in taking over Mexican family distiller, José Cuervo.
Being sustainable is essential for healthy restaurant business
The co-founder of London’s successful Feng Sushi chain of restaurants, Silla Bjerrum, claims that sustainability is not so much a moral option for restaurants, as it is essential for the health of their business.
Another misleading label claim in United States
General Mills is fighting a prosecution in the United States against labels on its Fruit Roll Ups and Fruit by Foot snacks that are claimed to be misleading.
Lighten up with a boiled egg
Eggs have emerged from recent tests as a possible champion in the battle with obesity, reversing recent trends that have demonised eggs as too cholesterol rich for a healthy diet.
Beer from 200-year-old stock
Old yeast cultures are a feature of most of the world’s leading alcoholic beverage producers, from beer to rum and across the whole range of regional wines. But the discovery of beer in a shipwreck off the Finland coastline could see the fermentation of a new brew from little creatures that have been dormant, but not dead, for 170 years.
Diageo gets dirty with the dog
The world’s largest drink company, Diageo, has admitted attempting to rig the British Institute of Innkeeping’s annual awards so that independent brewer, BrewDog did not win a major gong. Diageo, as principal sponsors of the annual bunfight, threatened to withdraw their support on the night of the dinner if BrewDog was presented with their trophy as top dog brewer.
The Great Wine Divide
No, it is not the Old World and the New that divides the wine world, but the increasing gap between industrial wine producers and those who are committed to local identity and wine craft.
Coopers takes over from Fosters brewing Danish
South Australian brewer Coopers has taken over brewing Carlsberg for the Australian market.
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