New Fonterra Chair in Human Nutrition established at University of Auckland
Date: 13 May 2012Dairy Co-operative Fonterra has announced the appointment of Professor Sally Poppitt to a newly established Fonterra Chair in Human Nutrition based out of The University of Auckland. The new Chair will also sit within the Riddet Institute, New Zealand’s Centre of Research Excellence for food science and technology. Dr Arie Geursen, Fonterra’s General Manager - Dairy Primary Growth Partnership said the new Chair would support Fonterra’s recent Strategy Refresh, which ... more
Researchers unlock flavour secrets
Date: 8 May 2012One of the challenges Marlborough winemakers have each vintage is to produce quality wines with the same quintessential flavours, regardless of the seasonal variations. Plant and Food Research scientists based at the Marlborough Wine Research Centre (www.wineresearch.org.nz) in Blenheim, focus on viticultural and winemaking variations to help the wine industry deliver those familiar flavour compositions consumers have come to expect. This year Plant and Food research winemaker ... more
Skills for further innovation at FPG
Date: 30 Apr 2012Napier-based company Future Products Group manufacture a vast range of temperature controlled food display units to a veritable who’s who of international and national customers. Here in New Zealand, their products feature in several hundred PAK’nSAVE supermarkets, BP outlets and McCafe stores. The company prides itself on its innovatively designed solutions giving customers a competitive advantage to sell more products, plus the benefits of long-term business partnerships ... more
DB brew skills recognition
Date: 27 Apr 201218,850 hours of learning is a lot – but this is how much time DB Waitemata Brewery has invested over the last three years to train its staff to be the best. “Back in 2009 we started with a vision – a vision to upskill all our staff and to achieve 400 unit standards by the end of the year,” says Chris Heketoa, DB’s Supply Chain Training Manager. Since this vision, Chris and the team at DB have seen their supply chain staff achieve over 100 qualifications, ... more
Study: Eating fish more beneficial than taking fish oil supplements
Date: 24 Apr 2012A recent study in Australia has shown that eating fish with Omega-3s may very well be more beneficial to general heart health and well-being than dosing up on supplements[1]. The study published in Nutrition and Dietetics, the Dietitians Association of Australia’s journal, compared the effect of long chain omega-3 oils from fresh salmon and fish oil capsules on heart disease risk factors. The study featured 11 heart disease patients from St Vincent’s Hospital in ... more
Improving the labelling of food for health
Date: 20 Apr 2012Front-of-pack (FOP) labelling of food in New Zealand has support from industry, policy-makers and NGOs according to new research from the Universities of Otago and Auckland. The study led by the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington has just been published in the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. Researchers interviewed 17 key stakeholders from the NZ food industry, policy makers and NGOs about improving food labelling. They also investigated support ... more
NZ hamburgers high in salt - study
Date: 18 Apr 2012New Zealand’s fast foods on average contain 8 percent more sodium than comparable foods in the UK and a massive 18 percent more than those in France, as shown in an international study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. “This is a high risk to our population’s health and gives an urgent message about the need for change,” says Associate Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu from The University of Auckland’s Clinical Trials Research Unit, one of ten ... more
Noted culinary school relocates from Christchurch to Auckland
Date: 18 Apr 2012Refusing to be beaten by the consequences of the Canterbury earthquakes, the New Zealand School of Food & Wine (NZSFW) has re-established itself in Auckland. The school has opened its doors on a world class culinary, wine and hospitality facility and with it a unique culinary experience. Celia Hay, school founder and director, says the school’s purpose is to inspire and educate New Zealand’s next generation of chefs, hospitality staff, wine professionals and food ... more
Food Week 2012
Date: 12 Apr 2012The New Zealand Nutrition Foundation is delighted to announce that Food Week 2012 will run from 7th -13th May. Food Week 2012 continues with the theme JUST COOK. Just cook a family meal and sit down and enjoy with your family / whanau. The New Zealand Nutrition Foundation's JUST COOK virtual kitchen gives you great ideas for economical family friendly meals using the ingredients from the JUST COOK food list. COMPETITION This year The New Zealand Nutrition Foundation is ... more
Trust to establish new city garden on the Auckland waterfront
Date: 11 Apr 2012The Garden to Table Trust is working with Waterfront Auckland on an exciting project to be established in Wynyard Quarter later this year. On an area of land set aside for its activities, the trust will create an extensive edible garden and kitchen classroom facility. The area will be used to further the trust’s work by enabling children from a number of local primary schools to regularly participate in the Garden to Table programme. The landmark inner-city garden will ... more
