Still or Sparkling? Nestlé’s Perrier Water Crisis Bubbles Over as Europe’s Groundwater Turns Toxic
They used to say a Perrier bottle was the height of European sophistication, green glass, tight bubbles, and a whiff of French prestige. But now? It’s starting to smell more like cover-up than class act.
13 hours ago2 min read
Aussie Scientists Finally Nail the Plant-Based Dairy-Free Cheese Stretch
It’s taken years of plant-based flops, fridge disasters, and rubbery regrets, but at last, science has served up plant-based dairy-free cheese wheels that grill, melt, stretche and brown. Cue applause from every lactose-intolerant millennial who still remembers the trauma of early cashew 'cheddar'.
16 hours ago2 min read
KiwiFruit Into Cowhide? NZ Startup Reinvents Waste with Plant-Based Leather
Forget feedstock, New Zealand’s kiwifruit rejects are being stitched into a very different future. At the centre of it all is KiwiLeather Innovations, a next-gen biomaterials company quietly turning over 50,000 tonnes of orchard discards into a new kind of plant-based leather.
2 days ago2 min read
Melbourne Gets a Taste of the Future at Foodpreneurs Festival as Flora, Umei & Solbevi Lead the Charge
If you’re still scanning supermarket shelves for inspiration, look no further than a converted convent outside of Melbourne, where the Foodpreneurs Festival cracked open a six-pack of future food brilliance. From umami-packed vegan mayo to Mediterranean spritzes and spreadable butter without the cow, the inaugural BiteBack Awards weren’t just about startup sparkle, they showed exactly where the food system is headed.
2 days ago3 min read
Wine's Not Dead, it's Just Not 1995 Anymore, So Get ready For the Great Australian Pour Reset.
“The global wine industry is being disrupted by the convergence of powerful forces.” Not the opening line of a Netflix drama but Iain Langridge from In2Asia Export dropping truth like a cork in a tasting room. And he’s not wrong. The great Australian pour reset?
3 days ago2 min read
Dragonfruit Diplomacy as New Zealand Science Cultivates Vietnam’s Crops & Its Own Future
“Truth is, I didn’t like the taste of the fruit,” says Satish Kumar, Principal Scientist for Tree Crops at Plant & Food Research New Zealand (Shown left), with a smile. “And that gave me a challenge - could we improve it (the dragonfruit)”
3 days ago2 min read
The Fungus Among Us and Is New Zealand Sleeping on a Woodear Mushroom Windfall?
Back in the 1870s, a Chinese immigrant named Chew Chong was foraging black fungi in Taranaki and shipping them by the tonne to China. (Depiction shown below) The fungus? Hakeke. Known to the rest of the world as Woodear mushroom. Today, more than a century later, New Zealand’s long-forgotten export hero is suddenly back in fashion, everywhere but in the Land of the Long White Cloud.
3 days ago2 min read
Paws Off My Pinot as NZ Bottles Catnip Vino for the Global Pet Scene
Just when you thought New Zealand’s export playbook couldn’t get any weirder, or more wonderful, along comes a boutique beverage company turning catnip into vino for your fur baby. Yes, really.
4 days ago2 min read
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