Wendyl Nissen discovers that there is more sugar in this 'super juice' per 250ml than there is in Coke.

Each week, Wendyl Nissen takes a packaged food item and decodes what the label tells you about its contents

Organic jelly beans. Organic potato chips. Organic vodka. "Organic" is a term perceived as healthier than conventional products, no matter what they are

McCormick Produce Partners Sour Cream & Chive Potato Mash - $1.89 for 40g.

A Henderson tofu maker has become the first Auckland employer to sign up to the living wage campaign, promising to pay its six factory workers at least $18.40 an hour within a year.

A public health expert has called on the Government to regulate the amount of salt in commercial foods.

Imagine opening your fridge, discovering you're out of milk but knowing an email has been sent to your local store ordering a fresh bottle.

Ikea has been drawn into Europe's widening food labelling scandal as authorities said they had detected horse meat in frozen meatballs labelled as beef and pork.

Key intermediaries involved in the trade of horsemeat appear to have used a similar secretive network of companies to convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout.

It is "highly unlikely" horse-flesh has been introduced into beef products illegally in New Zealand, the meat industry said yesterday as a contamination scandal widened in the UK.

Frozen lasagnes sold by British supermarkets contained up to 100 per cent horse meat and are being tested for a banned equine drug, food officials have revealed.

Scientists say they have seen the future of genetically modified foods and have concluded that it is orange or, more precisely, golden.

It's always interesting to see how corporations and governments respond to a food safety crisis, writes Sue Kedgley.

I was asked to look into Nutella by a reader whose children consume "vast quantities" of this spread every day and who is concerned it might be bad for them, despite the fact that it is made out of hazelnuts.

Marmite lovers should find out next month the date for its return to supermarket shelves.

Despite the Marmite drought, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has reported a lift in annual sales for its New Zealand-based businesses, which include Sanitarium.

Now we all know he's famous for adventuring around the world and eating bugs but guess what?

Baje Charman is a Weet-Bix connoisseur. For 11 of her 13 years she's started her day with a tummy full of Weeties - but that could be about to change.

A fresh oil crisis is brewing after a severe drought in Spain, but this time it will be hitting kitchens rather than the garage forecourts.