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Discover how businesses have been able to turn waste into income, use technology to reduce costs and build new markets.

Published - 16 July 2021
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An inside look at Australia’s first craft distillery

Dream of starting a boutique distillery? Australia’s pioneer shares his tips for success.
Phillip Moore didn’t set out to be a distiller.
He didn’t plan on creating the …
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Success Stories

Published - 14 July 2021
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‘We’re making a lot of noise’: The loud movement disrupting Australian wine

Is natural wine having an outsized influence in disrupting our wine culture — or just another temporary plaything for a privileged class of trend-chasing millennials?
You …
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Consumer Trends, Success Stories

Meat processors embrace 3D printing for equipment parts

RED meat processors are working to establish a world-first, industry-owned 3D printing service model to help operators to print replacement equipment parts, revolutionising equipment maintenance …
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3D priniting, meat supply chain, new business model

Retail and Supply Chain, Success Stories, Technology and Innovation

Published - 21 April 2021
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Producers ride plant protein market boom

The plant-based protein market has been among the fastest growing segments of the food industry globally. Demand for products such as meat-free burgers and dairy …
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Australian Plant Proteins, plant based protein

Consumer Trends, Success Stories

Published - 5 March 2021
By Damon Kitney, Herald Sun

Family-owned Roma Foods spends up on expansion strategy after riding COVID food boom

Melbourne specialty health foods manufacturer Roma Food Products is moving into mainstream pasta and snacking products for the first time, leveraging off booming demand for …
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consumer trends, Covid-19, Local story, Roma Foods

Consumer Trends, Success Stories

Published - 4 March 2021
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2021 PIDA Awards

Coordinated by the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), the 2021 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards are designed to recognise companies and individuals who …
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Design, packaging, PIDA Awards

Success Stories, Sustainability

Published - 16 December 2020
By Teal Petri and Caroline Barrett, DJPR

Traceability in action – Tracing citrus from tree to table

Agriculture Victoria partnered with Citrus Australia to trial innovative traceability technologies along the citrus supply chain from tree to table – demonstrating the benefits for …
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citrus, supply chain, traceability

Capability Building, Latest News, Retail and Supply Chain, Success Stories

Published - 1 December 2020
By Sandrine Ceurstemont, From Horizon Magazine, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine

Mushroom cultivation produces three times its weight in waste. It’s now being turned into burgers and fertiliser

Cultivating mushrooms produces a lot of waste. For every kilogram of mushrooms produced, about three kilograms of soil-like material containing straw, manure and peat is left behind. …
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Success Stories

Published - 4 July 2019
By Nicki Marks

Hormel Health Labs debuts a new coffee drink for people with Dysphagia

Dysphagia is the medical term used to describe difficulty swallowing, and affects millions of people, including 1 in 25 adults. Dysphagia can occur in any …
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coffee, dysphalgia, new product development

Consumer Trends, Success Stories

Published - 29 April 2019
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Food Innovation Vouchers – applicant lessons from case studies

Round 3 Food Innovation Voucher applications close in less than 2 weeks. Successful case studies from previous voucher rounds provide food for thought for those …
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case studies, food innovation, funding, Voucher

Success Stories

Published - 23 November 2018
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A growing market for Australian jujubes

One feature of the Victorian Food Innovation Network’s extensionAUS platform is the ‘Ask an Expert’ function. Here, any member of the food value chain can …
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Ask an expert, Boost Your Business, case study, Jujubes, market development, new product development

Capability Building, Success Stories

Published - 1 June 2018
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Ask an Expert: Re-fermentation and Apple Cider Vinegar

The Food Innovation Network comprises a core group of food and beverage industry experts that make up the Network’s Community of Practice (CoP). Anyone in …
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agriculture, Apple Cider Vinegar, Ask an expert, case study, Expert opinion, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Food processing, Food safety, Food value chain, research and development

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An inside look at Australia’s first craft distillery

‘We’re making a lot of noise’: The loud movement disrupting Australian wine

Meat processors embrace 3D printing for equipment parts

Producers ride plant protein market boom

Family-owned Roma Foods spends up on expansion strategy after riding COVID food boom

2021 PIDA Awards

Traceability in action – Tracing citrus from tree to table

Mushroom cultivation produces three times its weight in waste. It’s now being turned into burgers and fertiliser

Hormel Health Labs debuts a new coffee drink for people with Dysphagia

Food Innovation Vouchers – applicant lessons from case studies

A growing market for Australian jujubes

Ask an Expert: Re-fermentation and Apple Cider Vinegar