Banana top fruit choice for health
They're bad luck when fishing and have a bad rap for containing too much sugar, but bananas remain New Zealanders' favourite fruit.
AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.
Latest fromFood Retailing
Liam Dann: No use crying over spill in coffee price
Commodities are at the mercy of some unprecedented global trends...
Big fry-up in fast-food alley
The low price of unhealthy deep-fried chicken has made it a mainstay of takeaway food in low-income Otara in South Auckland.
Coffee-chain brothers building head of steam
Kiwi Stuart Deeks reckons the Esquires coffee chain has a good chance of becoming New Zealand's answer to Starbucks.
Heinz picks Fonterra for formula making
Global food giant Heinz has revealed plans to scale down production at an infant formula plant it operates in Britain and shift the work to New Zealand.
Avoid Dole bananas, says Oxfam
New Zealanders are being urged to be wary of buying Dole bananas after the release of a new report claiming the company's treatment of plantation workers is unethical.
Smugglers hit NZ honey
One of New Zealand's biggest honey exporters says it is worried black market sales of its product could damage its reputation in China.
Rare Salmonella found in Whangarei eatery
An unnamed Northland food outlet is being investigated over nine confirmed cases of a rare type of Salmonella.
Yoghurt, steak push bills up
Lovers of yoghurt, chocolate and steak would have seen their grocery bills increase last month.
Paul Little: Check it out - humans are obsolete
My supermarket has enhanced my customer experience by reducing its services even further by introducing self-scan checkouts.
Aussie buy doubles sweet-maker's capacity
Rainbow Confectionery has doubled its capacity with the acquisition of an Australian confectionery plant.
Red tape chokes ethnic food stalls
Red tape is about to take the spice out of the ethnic food served up to thousands of Aucklanders each year, say some festival operators.
Thrifty Kiwis target grocery deals
New Zealanders buy 59 per cent of their groceries on sale, the highest percentage of any developed nation.
Sale safeguards jobs at soup firm - manager
Kiwi organic soup and ready-to-eat meal maker Pitango has been bought out of receivership by a family-run Australian food manufacturer.
Marmite back in black
Jars of Marmite are arriving at stores around the country today covered in black plastic to stop people being tempted to sell them early.
Card spending rises at fastest rate in 6 months
Retail spending charged to electronic cards rose 0.8 per cent last month - the fastest pace since August last year.
Bigger plans for site of pop-up eaterie
An American beach-themed eaterie making waves in Auckland's corporate heart is expected to operate for only a couple more months.
NZ meat: Everything but the horse
A range of meat products sold in New Zealand have tested negative for horsemeat, DNA tests show - but the content of some products would raise eyebrows.
Sue Kedgley: Let's stop horsing about on labels
It's interesting how a food scare on the other side of the world can create ripples right around the globe, writes Sue Kedgley.
Crisis widens with tainted spag bol
Tesco has revealed that some of its frozen Everyday Value Spaghetti Bolognese contains more than 60 per cent horsemeat.
Coroner's warning about Coke
A caffeine overload brought on by drinking up to 10 litres of Coca-Cola a day was a contributing factor in a woman's death, a coroner has ruled.
Stars point to food's good and bad points
The proposed star system, like the previously proposed traffic light system, has the major advantage for consumers of telling them at a glance if the food is good for them overall.
Ham shortage hits, prices rise
People wanting to serve New Zealand ham at their Christmas dinner should order early or they may miss out, the pork industry says.
Kiwi chefs put NZ on menu
Some of our top chefs and food writers will appear at the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of its associated Culinary Festival under the banner 'NZ Is Cooking'.