From a salmon farmer to urban bakeries, charitable organisations to individuals, New Zealand Food Heroes Award 2020 finalists have proved to be nimble, smart and kind in diverse ways. Continue →

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In the early 2000’s, the bread distribution industry faced a problem. Continue →

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Heat and Control will celebrate this platinum occasion with a 12-month long celebration. Continue →

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New Zealand business owners Tom Dorman and Luke Cooper are taking on the American market with their healthy snack range, thanks to national product catalogue GS1. Continue →

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On the surface, the Miraka factory looks much like any other dairy factory. Continue →

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Hill Laboratories has expanded its viticulture testing capability with the acquisition of the assets of Vine Testing Laboratory (VTL), a specialised ELISA laboratory able to diagnose Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3). Continue →

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Greenfern Industries, Sustainable Foods, and the Riddet Institute (Massey University) are working together on the hemp-based food products and ingredients for both the New Zealand and export markets. Continue →

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By The FoodBowl Chief Executive Alexandra Allan
 
 
Do you ever wish you had a crystal ball to predict the ‘next-big-thing’ in food and beverage?  Continue →

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By Fonterra’s Director for Category, Strategy & Innovation, Mark Piper
 
 
 
It’s the million-dollar question for New Zealand’s largest industry: how can we stop cows from burping? Continue →

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By Graham Patterson and Shaun Nicholson, One Finance

With New Zealand businesses considering how they can adopt best practices for carbon neutrality regardless of whether they have signed up to the scheme, technology and finance is definitely going to play a major factor in their decision making.  Continue →

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By Food Futurist, Tony Hunter
 
 
 
In one of the latest advances in personalised microbiome research we have Harvey and Harvetta, ‘virtual physiological humans.’
The researchers “developed a new metabolic network reconstruction approach that used organ-specific information from literature and omics data to generate two sex-specific whole-body metabolic (WBM) reconstructions. Continue →

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Tauranga-based agricultural robotics and automation company Robotics Plus is unlocking new levels of productivity in agriculture and helping to solve important challenges. Continue →

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For 27-year old Cheyenne Wilson, a career in the agri-sector is much more than just a way to earn a living. Continue →

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By Professor Richard Newcomb, Chief Scientist at Plant & Food Research 
 
 
Aotearoa New Zealand has a large ocean space, many times larger than our land. Continue →

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Since 1971, Drake New Zealand has been supporting local business across multiple industries, including food manufacturing, with temporary, permanent and unbundled recruitment needs. Continue →

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As one of New Zealand’s largest energy users, sustainability is at the core of Fonterra’s strategy to maximise and prioritise the qualities of New Zealand milk and take it to the world. Continue →

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What do you get when you cross a chef, a brewer and an innovator? Continue →

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An initiative to extract and commercialise high value bioactive molecules from plant-based foods and horticulture for the global bioactive ingredient market could kick-start a new Māori-led export sector. Continue →

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Innovative op tech company iMonitor helps businesses along the food chain to automate their food safety management and to improve food quality while increasing workflow efficiency. Continue →

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In the fruit processing industry, handling produce quickly and accurately is the key to quality product. Continue →

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On the northern shore of Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour lies the historic Chelsea Sugar Refinery. Continue →

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According to business magazine Forbes, about 140 PET bottles per head are circulated in Europe each year and more than twice that in the USA at 290. Continue →

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Nominations for the NZ Food Heroes Award are flooding in with only a few more days for Kiwis to name their unsung food and beverage heroes. Continue →

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Products’ sustainability credentials should cover the whole ingredients list to match consumer expectations. Continue →

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A warm yeasty aroma welcomes visitors at the gates of the Aryzta Bakery, situated in the industrial part of Glenfield, Auckland. Continue →

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Dole Food Company says that 11 banana farms in Colombia and two in Ecuador have achieved certification to the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) International Water Stewardship Standard for taking water management to a higher level in Dole’s own farming and suppliers’ growing and sourcing operations. Continue →

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One of New Zealand’s leading meat companies, Affco New Zealand Limited, has been fined $230,000 and ordered to pay $65,000 for failing to keep a worker safe at its Moerewa plant. Continue →

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Cadbury will donate 100 percent of proceeds from the sale of their special edition Cadbury Dairy Milk milk chocolate blocks to KidsCan for school sporting grants. Continue →

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A label that simply ‘floats to the top’ when PET packaging is being recycled has won best in category for Industry Development & Creativity at Pride In Print. Continue →

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L-R Alastair Hulbert and Giorgio Comino
The world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, Zespri International Limited, welcomes two new executives on board this month. Continue →

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