There was one thing that began to make me homesick every time I got on a plane. The absence of cassava chips.

Hershey’s has won a legal battle that means British-made Cadbury's chocolate can't be sold on American shelves.

"Irradiated food is anything but fresh," writes Sue Kedgley. So why is the govt bending over backwards to bring more of it in, and remove labels that identify it?

Lion Breweries is expanding its product offering, after the completion of a deal to sell Vita Coco coconut water alongside its main product range.

"Potatoes, thank goodness! That's a good start," former Mythbusters host Grant Imahara says as he goes on to reveal the 13 other ingredients contained in the US version of the McDonald's fry.

When Indians need something to stimulate and boost their minds, they eat brains.

Koreans love their alcoholic beverages. The day after a wild night, Korean drinkers will turn to haejangguk, literally translated as "soup to chase a hangover".

It's hard not to relax and think "a beer, right now, would be nice" as you drive down Bow St in Raglan and catch a glimpse of the majestic Harbour View Hotel.

The ministry is reviewing how it recovers the costs of its biosecurity and food safety systems across the country's primary industries, after under-recovering for several years.

A Korean eatery in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou says the 50 most handsome people to arrive at its gates each day will be spared paying their bills.

If you think your Cadbury Creme Egg tastes a little different this year that might be because the chocolate shell recipe has changed.

"It's no longer Dairy Milk. It's similar, but not exactly Dairy Milk."

A recent study got us thinking: What other crazy things do we know about coffee thanks to science? Answer: a lot

Descendants of Mahatma Gandhi have criticised an American brewery that put the image of India's teetotal independence campaigner on tins of beer.

A staple of the urban Kiwi diet is to be unleashed on the US: Starbucks will next week introduce the mighty flat white to Americans.

Consumers have been stopped in their tracks after discovering nasty surprises such as sticking plasters, metal and pieces of glass in their food.

Dunedin-based Silver Fern Farms will be looking to raise around $100 million in new equity next year to repay debt, upgrade plant, and to accelerate its "value added" product strategy.

Food poisoning, rates issues, flooding and Dirty Politics have been listed as some of the biggest PR challenges of the past year.

The Herald has asked high-profile Kiwis for recipes to inspire you this festive season.

Everything from Nutella and McDonald's to Filipino delicacies, here are our top 10 food stories from 2014.

If you've decided you'd really like to relax this year and let someone else do the cooking and cleaning, here are some great options for Christmas Day in Auckland.

Jiro Ono fears for the future of his country's traditional food

Unionised food workers have gone on strike today at Auckland City Hospital in protest against a contracting-out decision they say will cost jobs and be bad for patients.

She counts Lorde as a client and has done her part to make the quintessential Kiwi summer drink fashionable again.

One white, one red and one in-between wine from three producers who have managed to capture the flavours of summer perfectly.

Burgers, coffee, meat and butter - Delaney Mes takes a look back at the biggest food trends of 2014.

Authorities in New Zealand have issued a warning about unpasteurised milk after the death of an Australian child.

Neither Fonterra nor the Ministry for Primary Industries emerged unscathed in the final report on the botulism scare that rocked the New Zealand dairy industry last year.