Less than 9% of yoghurts and only 2% of children's yoghurts were classified as low sugar and achieved the green nutrition label in the UK. [ + ]

Young, forward-thinking people with a passion for the food and agriculture industries are encouraged to apply for the evokeAG Future Young Leaders Program. [ + ]

Hum Honey Cold Fusion and Vegetarian Shiitake Dumpling & Prawn Hargow were among the winners of Fine Food Australia's 2018 Best New Product Awards. [ + ]

FSANZ is calling for comment on an application to permit potassium polyaspartate as a food additive in wine. [ + ]

In a blind taste test, consumers rated the same wine as superior when they believed it was closed with a natural cork as opposed to a screw cap or a synthetic cork. [ + ]

Foodtech Packtech is NZ's premier exhibition for food and beverage processors and it is on from Tuesday until Thursday this week in Auckland. [ + ]

Rabobank is launching the Food Loss Challenge Asia, which encourages start-ups to present their tech-based solutions to reduce food loss. [ + ]

With restructuring of Lion Dairy and Drinks over, owner Kirin Holdings has announced a strategic review with sale of the business unit one option. [ + ]

Switching to a vegetarian or pescetarian diet could reduce a country's water footprint by up to half, a European study has found. [ + ]

NPD research found consumer behaviours around food are impacted by generational values, age and life stage. [ + ]

Innovia Films, a BOPP film manufacturer, has undergone a rebrand to make it align more closely to CCL Industries' corporate styling. [ + ]

ISO, in cooperation with a number of international industry bodies, is developing a series of international standards on validated methods of analysis for infant formula. [ + ]

Australian Catholic University is the first Australian university to remove drinks with added sugar from all vending machines at its eight campuses. [ + ]

Fonterra's matchmaking service, amp, will allow employees to spend up to a third of their time on internal projects outside their normal role. [ + ]

Cornell's berry breeding program is releasing the Crimson Treasure raspberry and the Dickens strawberry varieties which produce large fruits with vibrant colours. [ + ]