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Frozen treat high on sugar

Summer is here and so, too, is the sudden need for children to have frozen treats stacked in the freezer.

McDonald's to divulge kitchen secrets

McDonald's says it will be open and transparent with anyone wanting to know its kitchen secrets with a new initiative Our Food, Your Questions, which launches today.

Fast food in best light ok - watchdog

The real-life appearance of fast food doesn't have to match up with how it looks in the ads, the advertising watchdog has ruled.

Wendyl wants to know: Salad days ahead - but check the sugar

Wendyl Nissen: It's a green wrap but mind the small print

Wendyl wants to know: Better than butter? That's spreading it a bit thin

Botulism scare avoidable

Botulism scare avoidable if responsibility passed swiftly to top management: review chairman.

Fran O'Sullivan: Damning indictment in food scare report

That the scare turned out to be the result of a false positive test does not mitigate the need for Fonterra to up its game, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Wendyl wants to know: A spoonful of stevia keeps calories down

Wendyl wants to know: DIY roast chicken hard to beat on cost, content

Wendyl wants to know: There's a lot going on in this Mexican mash up

Dirty Dining Diary: Week 1 wrap

So far our brave bellies have held up to the challenge, but we're only one week in. Check out the best and worst of the week.

New cronut burger: Heart-stopping with hints of bacon

Decried as "heart-stopping" by its creators, the Do-Cro burger sandwiches a hamburger patty and slice of processed cheese between two pieces of cronut clones.

Shelley Bridgeman: Do you know what you're eating?

The duplicity in our food supply stretches far wider than most of us ever imagined. All sorts of common (and not so common) foods aren’t quite what they purport to be.

Wendyl wants to know: Something fishy about this classic condiment

This is a very old-fashioned type of product which harks back to the very British- inspired lifestyle when you would have fish paste sandwiches in your lunch box.

Former analyst targets demand for organics with website

Buffy Gill spent years analysing some of New Zealand's major retailers and property firms for the local branch of one of the world's biggest investment banks.

Wendyl wants to know: Fresh beef for thrift but convenience is canned

Buying meat in a can is something we used to do more when it was harder to get fresh meat every day.

Wendyl wants to know: Jury out on drinks containing probiotics

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.