Thinking outside the Lunchbox
Date: 23 Jan 2012With the start of the school year just around the corner, 5+ A Day has fun fresh ideas to get Mums and Dads thinking outside the square when it comes to the kids’ lunches. 5+ A Day advocate and leading nutritionist, Claire Turnbull, who runs Mission Nutrition and is the nutritionist for Healthy Food Guide Magazine, says school lunches provide a great opportunity to work more fruit and vegetables into your child’s diet, giving the energy and nutrients they need to get the ... more
Gold kiwifruit each day reduces cold symptoms
Date: 19 Dec 2011Adding gold kiwifruit to your diet may lead to less suffering from symptoms of common illnesses such as colds, new research suggests. A study led by Plant & Food Research has shown that eating gold kiwifruit is beneficial in reducing some cold symptoms in healthy, older people (65 years+). The research, published in the British Journal of Nutrition, shows that eating gold kiwifruit daily significantly reduced the duration and severity of some cold symptoms, including sore throats ... more
Fonterra announces milk in schools pilot scheme in Northland
Date: 17 Dec 2011Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings today announced a “Milk for Kiwis” plan to make milk more affordable and more available to all New Zealanders. Mr Spierings says New Zealand has the potential to be the dairy nutrition capital of the world, and this should start at home with Kiwis drinking milk. “When I took over this role I made a promise to take a fresh look at how we could make milk more accessible in New Zealand,” says Mr Spierings. “Milk is ... more
Tough Aussie food guidelines may be used here
Date: 15 Dec 2011Strict nutrition guidelines proposed in Australia that recommend drastic cuts to potato, high-fat dairy and junk food consumption could become the foundation for future guidelines here. Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council issued draft guidelines this week (www.eatforhealth.gov.au) that would radically transform most Australians' – and Kiwis' – diets if they were followed. Based on the average diet, the council recommended eating 40 per cent less ... more
Report: Fonterra to bring free milk back to primary schools
Date: 15 Dec 2011Free milk is coming back to primary schools as dairy giant Fonterra prepares to launch a peace offensive with New Zealanders. The country's biggest company is to make an announcement tomorrow on "initiatives to help make milk more accessible to Kiwis". Sources told the Waikato Times the target is young school children and the milk will be free. When milk delivery will start, how long Fonterra intends to donate milk and whether it is acting alone or partnering with ... more
Julie Biuso recipe: take advantage of the bumper Avocado season
Date: 14 Dec 2011Enjoy this latest avocado recipe from Julie Biuso as part of the Add An Avocado campaign. Add it to your menu to impress family and friends and take advantage of the biggest bumper season of avocados New Zealand has ever seen. The Add An Avocado campaign aims to raise awareness about the super fruit - its nutritional and health benefits, as well as its versatility in the kitchen. avocados and prawns with lime and tomato salsa Serves 4 Time to prep 25 minutes Time to ... more
2012 fuelled4life Buyers' Guide - product registration deadline extended to December 22nd
Date: 12 Dec 2011Food and beverage manufacturers wanting to market their healthy products directly to schools and early childhood education services across New Zealand through the new fuelled4life Buyers Guide have been given a deadline extension - you can make the 2012 edition now if you REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT BY DECEMBER 22nd. This will ensure that your product is registered in time to appear in the very first edition of the fuelled4life Buyers Guide, due out in Term 1 of the 2012 school ... more
Two-thirds of Kiwis eat too much salt
Date: 2 Dec 2011Processed foods are largely to blame for Kiwis eating too much salt, new research shows. A new study, which has found two-thirds of New Zealanders eat more salt than is healthy, has prompted calls for salt levels in processed food to be cut. The latest New Zealand Adult Nutrition Survey has found nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of adults are eating more salt than recommended, with adult men typically eating twice the recommended amount. High levels were even found in people who ... more
Who needs health claims, asks new Taura Fruit Ingredients & Snacking Report 2012
Date: 30 Nov 2011Food Ingredients Europe, Paris Nord Villepinte, 29 November-1 December, Stand #1E47 Fruit and vegetable ingredients now offer manufacturers a major opportunity to market nutritious products without the need to resort to using health claims, according to a report published this week at Food Ingredients Europe by Taura Natural Ingredients. The Taura Fruit Ingredients & Snacking Report 2012 says that fruit and vegetables already have an overwhelmingly positive image ... more
Research suggests fast food nutrition information needs to be more accessible
Date: 17 Nov 2011Nutrition information for meals at New Zealand fast food chains is available but not easily accessible according to a study by researchers at The University of Auckland. The study published in the online journal Appetite this month set out to explore the availability and accessibility of healthy options and nutrition information at New Zealand fast food chains. It found that although information was available in 92% of the restaurants less than one percent was available at point of ... more
