Aotearoa Fisheries said its first-half earnings fell sharply after its 50 per cent-owned seafood business, Sealord, wrote down the value of its loss-making Argentinian fishing business.

Cereal maker Hubbards has ordered a relabelling overhaul after internal testing found four mueslis had much higher sugar content than stated.

I recently returned from China with some "issues" in the digestive department. I self-diagnosed my problem as having a deficit of good bacteria in my gut and so scanned the supermarket shelves for a product which might change the microflora balance.

A group of commuters leaving downtown Auckland tonight will spend their short ferry journey enjoying seafood soup and white wine at a pop-up restaurant.

Given most of this food is high in sugar, fat and salt, it is another milestone on the march to our collective doom, writes Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons.

Mr Whippy has opened the first of what may become a network of retail sites around New Zealand.

What does a typical day 'at the office' involve?

Squid are making a round trip of more than 18,000km on their way to your dinner plate - after they are caught.

Paula Deen's merchandise and media empire is fast unravelling as fallout builds from revelations that she used racial slurs in the past.

The decision on whether packaged food in New Zealand will have a rating system of ticks, stars or colours will depend on how successful the scheme is in Australia.

The Auckland restaurant scene is showing no signs of being in hard financial times. In the past year, 137 new establishments have opened, and fewer than 30 have closed their doors.

The giant leap from testing foods in the lab to their amazing marketed powers is simply too far to be scientifically or ethically sound, writes Emma Beckett and Zoe Yates.

One of Georgie Pie's founding fathers says his contribution to the reheated fast-food favourite has been left in the back of a pie-warmer.

I am using this jar of Strawberry Marshmallow Fluff to christen a new food category for my column called "Loud and Proud".

New Zealanders spent a staggering $60.4 million on bottled water at petrol stations and supermarkets last year.

Hubbards cereals can contain more than double the sugar listed on the label, independent tests have found.

We came here because I was bored of going to the usual jam-packed suspects (Circus, Frasers) on Mt Eden Rd.

Sales of canned food are dropping because there's a perception that products in pouches are more modern, and therefore better.

I've never come across these before but I'm told that Lasagne Toppers, which are the big version of these, are very popular.

Oysters, liver and anchovies have topped a list of foods deemed unpalatable by British adults.

If you're curious about what breast-milk tastes like, or just up for trying new things, then a Texas-based company has created candy just for you.

A Lakeland brewery has created hiking itineraries with a pub at journey's end. Richard Webber approves

Scarfie favourite, Dunedin's Captain Cook Tavern, could close by the middle of this month.

Juice-maker Charlie's is rolling out some big changes at it prepares for its next phase of growth - including a possible expansion into alcoholic drinks - nearly two years on from the company's sale to Japanese brewing giant Asahi.