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Gourmey’s cultivated duck is back on the menu of possibilities. The Paris-based company, which PFN has followed previously, has secured FSANZ Board approval for its duck cells to be used in foods such as foie gras and pâté. The decision, made on 6 October, brings another cultivated ingredient closer to our food supply. FSANZ’s assessment identified no public health or safety concerns associated with the production cell line or the resulting ingredient. There are still steps b

Nearly 26,000 producers have embraced a simpler route from farm to consumer, true 'food power'. Australia and New Zealand could learn from it. While Australia and New Zealand grapple with grocery bills and supermarket dominance, Poland has been building another route to the dinner table. Its agricultural retail trade scheme allows eligible farmers to turn their own ingredients into bread, preserves, juices and other foods, then sell directly under simplified rules.

China’s food strategy should be setting off alarms across New Zealand and Australia. Beijing is not merely trying to feed its population anymore, it is building a vertically integrated protein factory system spanning genetics, fermentation, synthetic biology, AI-led agriculture, ingredient processing and export manufacturing. Yet ANZ still largely behaves like a commodity frontier economy: grow it, ship it, hope the market stays loyal.

Forget just ready-meals and curry kits, Indian meal-building kit's secret power is in accompaniments. Think naan, paratha, rotis, samosas, pakoras, chutneys, pickles and raita bases. These aren’t full meals, but they’re the missing links that make a plate feel whole.

LILO Desserts is a case in point. Their Desserts for Everybody™ pipeline turns Central Otago cherries, New Zealand dairy, or plant-based formats into indulgent-yet-functional mousses and crumbles that tick every box - Halal, gluten-free, vegan, or protein-boosted. The secret? A co-creation model with global partners that pushes beyond cheesecake into a scalable “LILO Dessert Solutions System.” (LDSS)

With Donald Trump’s return to office and his well-known 'tariff-positive' policies, Australia and New Zealand are facing new challenges, and

UK, Sainsbury’s Vegan Christmas collection is designed to light up the 2024 festive season.

These plant-based initiatives underscore the growing recognition of the interconnectedness of diet, health, and environmental sustainability

BioTech Foods & JBS Lead Global Shift in Cultivated Meat, Impacting ANZ Meat Industry