Food and Beverage

Processed meats such as ham, bacon, and salami can increase cancer risk. Image courtesy of the US Department of Agriculture.

WHO says processed meat can cause cancer

A child in Ghana consuming Vivi, a healthy snack developed as a part of the Hershey Nourishing Minds project - image courtesy of Hershey.

Largest US chocolate maker to provide healthy snack to West Africa

US Senators call for hearing on AB InBev planned purchase of SABMiller

A test commissioned by Friends of the Earth has found nanoparticles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) and silica (SiO2) in fourteen common consumer products.

Potentially dangerous nanoparticles found in common Australian foods

Former Cadbury chairman dies

Workers assemble components at a Chinese electronics factory. Image courtesy of Flickr Steve Jurvetson.

Chinese manufacturing hits 77-month low

Lettuce grown within the Veggie experiment on the ISS. Image courtesy of Nasa.

Astronauts to eat first food grown in space

The Coca Cola PlantBottle produced from 100 renewable resources. Image courtesy of The Coca Cola Company.

Coca-Cola partners with Liquid Light to produce PlantBottle

A McDonalds US restaurant - image courtesy of McDonalds

Golden Arches start to dim as McDonalds shuts US stores

Thorntons chocolate production line

Ferrero offers sweet deal to buy Thorntons

Nestlé and Google team up for KitKat redesign