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Food businesses have until December 2016 to meet the requirements of a new food standard regulating nutrition content claims and health claims on packaging.
Examples of nutrition content claims...
Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant reviews new products on the supermarket shelves and gives HFG’s verdict on health, taste and value.
This week’s products:
Wattle Valley Greek Souvlaki Wrap...
Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant reviews new products on the supermarket shelves and gives HFG’s verdict on health, taste and value.
This week’s products:
Alexandra's Ready Gourmet Morrocan...
Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant reviews new products on the supermarket shelves and gives HFG’s verdict on health, taste and value.
This week’s products:
Hot Eyre Chillis - available from...
Olive oil producers and importers have disputed claims made on TV programme Fair Go recently about popular extra-virgin olive oils.
Fair Go ran tests on a range of extra-virgin olive oils, and...
Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant reviews new products on the supermarket shelves and gives HFG’s verdict on health, taste and value.
This week’s products:
Louisiana Fish Fry Company Cajun...
Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant reviews new products on the supermarket shelves and gives HFG’s verdict on health, taste and value.
This week’s products:
Hubbards Natural Muesli – 5 fruits...
Research from the US suggests canned foods can be an affordable and convenient way of getting much needed key nutrients such as fibre, protein, folate, vitamin C, and vitamin A.
The study included...
Rising food costs could increase the risk of malnutrition in vulnerable older New Zealanders according to a New Zealand Nutrition Foundation Working Group.
Julian Jensen, Chair of New Zealand...
A University of Otago study which included over 18,000 adults has found women are more likely to put off going to their GP, buying prescriptions or going to the dentist for financial reasons than men...
British research has shown that women make presumptions about men’s suitability as a partner by qualifying what foods they have in their grocery shopping trolley.
The UK survey revealed red wine and...
While the benefits of a Mediterranean diet have been widely recognised, it appears that extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) originating from the Mediterranean region may not be the best choice.
Two...
Welcome to the 10th Fat Chance! weight loss blog.
Weight loss and hunger are intimately related. In the West we have too much food available to us, we routinely override our bodies’ hunger signals,...
Healthy Food Guide editor Niki Bezzant reviews new products on the supermarket shelves and gives HFG’s verdict on health, taste and value.
This week’s products:
Fuze iced tea
Ceres Organics...
Get your meals and snacks under control by planning ahead.
Research has found that pre-meal planning is the most important predictor of meal size and energy consumption.