Chocolate company Whittaker's say they won't be following Cadbury and reducing the size of their bars.

Only 200 bottles of 'Big Mac in a bottle' are being produced

Cadbury is cutting the size of its chocolate blocks, citing manufacturing costs and a preference not to increase the price.

War is declared, not for the first time, between France and Britain. The conflict might be called "Michelin star wars" or "the gastronomic empire strikes back".

Fonterra will be spared having its multimillion-dollar fight with French food giant Danone spilling back into the public arena this year.

While traditional cooking isn't going anywhere, you can count on 3D printed foods eventually finding a place in our world.

Are the days of cheap cheeseburgers and Happy Meals over? It appears McDonald's is going upmarket - trialling table service and customised gourmet burgers.

Superstar chef Jamie Oliver is coming to New Zealand — and he’s chosen Wellington as the site of his new Italian restaurant.

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.

Three young Auckland chefs have been named finalists in an international competition.

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.

Turning carparks into eateries where diners sit on plastic stools and share their table with random strangers may not sound like a recipe for success.

It's been a big year - whole foods are huge, raw is popular, and coconut is everywhere. Here's a few predictions for the year ahead.

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.