October 2022
Why Queensland sugar cane can be the ‘Exxon of biofuels’
The way it is farmed and processed could make it a more viable source of low-carbon aviation power than other crops such as corn.
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
October 2022
- Exclusive
- Food
Noshu Foods eyes $4b opportunity in low sugar snacks
The food tech company is making radial reductions of sugar in snacks from bars to cookie mix. It’s mulling taking on its first outside investor.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
‘It’s a no-brainer’: how to stem Australia’s obesity epidemic
Australians consume the equivalent of 960 Olympic-sized swimming pools of sugary drinks every year, giving the country one of the highest obesity rates in the world.
- Tom McIlroy
April 2022
Inflation bites soft-drink makers
Recycled PET plastic prices have jumped fivefold for soft-drink makers in a market where low and no-sugar options are rising.
- Simon Evans
November 2020
Half of all humans will soon be overweight
Almost half the world's population will be overweight by 2050 if current trends continue, research has shown.
- Jessica Abrahams
- Opinion
- Diet
It won't be easy to kick your sugar habit, but it'll save your life
Even people who know the sweet stuff is unhealthy don't realise how much harm it can do. Disinformation campaigns have been a big factor in that.
- David Kopp
February 2020
- Opinion
- Opinion
The sinister side of the woke nanny state
Our self-appointed betters who claim to know what's good for us are now telling us not only how to live but how to think.
- David Leyonhjelm
October 2019
Cadbury to pour another $380m into Australia
Committing to continued investment in Australia in an uncertain economic environment hasn't been easy, but Cadbury Australia boss Amanda Banfield is positive about the outcome.
- Matthew Cranston
June 2019
Where food star ratings fail
Choice says consumers are being denied the full picture when it comes to added sugar.
- Tracey Ferrier
Coca-Cola Amatil boss stares down sugar, plastic threats
The soft drink company has only hit its targets twice in five years, but CEO Alison Watkins is standing firm. "I don’t think about retiring at all."
- Sue Mitchell
How hidden sugar lurks in 'healthy' modern diets
Mixed messages on the amount of sugar in food are confusing people, but one thing is clear: its consumption is still far above safe limits.
- Chloe Lambert