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The Australian Government has pledged AU$165,000 in funds to get new markets abuzz about what the Australian Manuka Honey Association claims is the original and arguably, the best medicinal honey on Earth.
By changing the gene governing a single amino-acid in an oat enzyme, US and UK researchers have caused oat plants to produce new, potentially valuable natural compounds.
If every Australian ate just 10 percent more vegetables, it would save the nation $100m a year in combined health costs, concludes a new Deloitte Access Economics report commissioned by Hort Innovation.
Eating just 100 grams of fresh fruit daily has been linked with a significantly lower risk of heart attack and stroke in a new long-term study of Chinese consumers.
Move over, olive, palm and soy: the latest edible oil to hit the market is made from algae- and it could be the healthiest oil on the market.
They may not be the favoured fruit (as evidenced by low pear-kilo prices) but if a CSIRO review of recent scientific findings proves, erm, fruitful, we could have new reasons to love the humble pear.
Academics from The University of Sydney and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology are part of a growing global field of food analysis that is finding new, effective ways to isolate, identify and quantify the beneficial components of health-promoting foods and natural remedies....
As Aussies, we have access to a greater variety of clean, high-quality fresh produce than just about any people in the world. So you’d think we’d have been the first to heed the...
