Only 1–2% of Australians have coeliac disease or a wheat allergy, but 10% of us are following a gluten- or wheat-free diet. The CSIRO set out to discover why.

In order to ensure that the elderly receive a healthy diet that is also appealing, it is important to understand the changes in their perceptions of smell and taste, which can lead to a decline in appetite and meal enjoyment and, eventually, to malnutrition. [ + ]

Children's eating practices are being set for life in the preschool years, so providing meals at this time is a wonderful opportunity to influence good habits and lifelong health. [ + ]

Why are some strains (serovars) of Salmonella bacteria specific to certain types of animals? Some infect cows, others poultry and still others affect primarily humans. Why this specificity? [ + ]

"What's the value we are giving our customers?" That was the recurrent theme when Integrated Packaging hosted a group from Australian Institute of Packaging. [ + ]

Low-fat interventions have been found to be no more successful than higher-fat interventions in achieving and maintaining weight loss for periods longer than one year. [ + ]

How closely are you monitoring your wastewater discharge costs? [ + ]

For the dairy industry to grow and thrive, while remaining globally competitive, one of its biggest challenges will be to sustain a high quality focus, while delivering high-efficiency processes that minimise waste and downtime. [ + ]

Industrial quantities of useful natural compounds like resveratrol and genistein can be produced efficiently by growing them in tomatoes. [ + ]

We are living longer, but not necessarily healthier, lives and our diet plays a significant role.

Identification solutions enable companies to trace back the trajectory of their products from the producer, through the processing stages, to retailers — meeting consumer and regulatory demand for transparency on the provenance and authenticity of foodstuffs. [ + ]

As lifestyles shift and global markets influence how and what consumers purchase, food and drinks manufacturers must keep pace with an ever-evolving consumer landscape. [ + ]

The NSW Government announced in February 2015 that it had a preference to introduce a container deposit scheme. That announcement was endorsed by the Opposition. So what is the state of play beyond NSW? [ + ]

As well as being used in the food industry to trace foodstuffs reliably, RFID technology, laser-based barcode scanners and image-based code readers can also be used to optimise production and packaging processes. [ + ]

Everybody's food preferences vary and are shaped by their unique combination of three interacting factors: the environment (your health, diet and cultural influences); prior experience; and genes, which alter your sensory perception of foods. [ + ]