Food and Beverage

Accolade wines wants to leverage its supply chain excellence to be the supplier of choice for supermarkets

Constellation Brands buys Ballast Point Brewing for $1bn

Ben & Jerry's are to produce a new vegan ice-cream range following an online petition - image courtesy of Ben and Jerry's.

Ben & Jerry’s to offer vegan ice cream in 2016

SABMiller merger with AB InBev agreed

Petri dishes with algae cultures - image courtesy of Solazyme

Bunge to help Solazyme bring algae into kitchens

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