New Zealander's love of coffee has remained strong through the pandemic and the market is still growing, though the where and how is changing as working from home becomes more of an established option. The new Havana Coffee Works Roastery, opened today (May 2nd) in...
Foodstuffs and Griffin’s come together to create limited-edition biscuit benefiting Breast Cancer Foundation NZ (BCF NZ). The new biscuit has a shortbread base and comes in two flavours, pink icing and chocolate. For the month of May, the new social-impact biscuit is...
Entries for the 2022 New Zealand Food Awards are now open, and award organisers say there is no product or business too big or small to enter. The New Zealand Food Awards, powered by Massey University, have celebrated New Zealand’s food and beverage manufacturers,...
New Zealand scientists from Plant and Food Research, lead world first sequencing of bilberry genome Bilberries are a deep indigo /black colour. Softer and darker than blueberries, the leaves and fruit have been used for medicinal purposes since the Middle Ages and the...
Kiwi maestros of marketing Pic’s Peanut Butter have done it again – in the latest power move taking the position of New Zealand's first solar-powered peanut roastery. With products sold in supermarkets around New Zealand and offshore in Australia, Asia, the UK, and...
The average Wellington household disposes of 3.2kg of food waste per week — adding up to 30,000 tonnes of food waste going to landfill per year, or the same weight as 62 jumbo jets. The food waste trial Para Kai was launched by Wellington City Council on the Miramar...
Whittaker’s has taken out the Reader’s Digest Most Trusted of all Brands award for the eleventh consecutive year in the Reader’s Digest Trusted Brand survey, a truly remarkable achievement. And three other food brands are in the top 10: Mainland, Tip Top and Anchor. A...
The price of food in New Zealand is rising. We can’t rely on charities alone (like food rescue agencies) to feed our hungry people. We need to address the complex issues in our broken food system to make real changes to the price of food, says Emily King, Director and...
With hard-to-recycle and single-use plastics, such as supermarket meat trays, set to be banned from October this year, an innovative New Zealand company has found a way to package meat using a fully compostable alternative. New Zealand company EarthPac has...
New Zealand needs to finally accept genetic modification (GM) products in a world of climate change and desperate global food needs, says BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion. While New Zealand is lagging behind the rest of the world because of its anti-GM...
A government-backed, industry-led seven year research programme has been launched, which will help achieve the apple industry’s goal to be the global exemplar of sustainable production practices. Funding of $15 million aims to ensure New Zealand is 'the world leader...
The beekeeping industry group Apiculture New Zealand has successfully secured funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund, for a two-year project that will help identify how the New Zealand apiculture sector can...
Kicking our food waste habits could make a lasting change to the planet. Our food waste habits are currently contributingmore tonnes of carbon emissions each year than 150,000 cars. In 2021 we threw away enough food waste to keep entire population of Dunedin fed for...
In an exciting Kiwi-first collaboration, Cadbury is working with Tip Top on a berry-special chocolatey treat exclusive to New Zealanders and seeks the lick of approval from the person who knows Boysenberry Ripple the best. The special-edition block is inspired by the...
New Zealand Food Safety has updated its food recall guidance to make it faster and easier for businesses to prepare for and conduct food recalls, says NZFS deputy director general Vincent Arbuckle. “Food businesses generally do a good job of keeping their customers...
Home delivery of predefined meals used to just be be for the elderly or the overweight — but then Swedish startup Middagsfrid had the idea of offering home-delivered, pre-packed groceries matched to everyday recipes, and suddenly the meal kit became a thing. This...
Honey bee colonies have increased by three times within the past 20 years. However beekeepers now identify overstocking as the biggest challenge facing the New Zealand beekeeping industry. More honey bee colonies can potentially lead to increased competition for...
Sustainable New Zealand spirit brand, Blue Duck Rare Vodka, has been given one of the highest accolades at International Spirits Challenge 2022, winning Gold in the vodka category. It’s the first time in 14 years a New Zealand vodka has received this top award, the...
Barrier Island distillery Island Gin has won big at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, widely considered to be the absolute pinnacle for spirits awards globally. In recent years, Island Gin has scooped local awards too, including the NZ Spirits...
Easter is typically a boom time for chocolatiers — but not this season for Italy's Ferrero SpA, the world's third biggest chocolate producer and confectionery company. In the first week of April Ferrero International recalled Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs from New...
Wendy Poon, a commercial architect and Kiwi mother of two, developed a new galactogogue (milk-boosting) product after experiencing challenges breastfeeding her own babies. Poon launched the nutraceutical business during the pandemic and is now exporting to more than...