Food Press Releases

We shine the light on the best New Zealand has to offer in terms of fresh ingredients, transformed into outstanding cuisine, exceptional wines and beverages, our spectacular scenery captured by so many memorable tourism experiences, yet as nation, we still struggle to understand and tell this story.
With NZQA approval for 13 micro-credentials, the New Zealand School Food and Wine hopes to inspire and attract new people to jobs in hospitality, wine and tourism and also enhance wider community understanding of Aotearoa-New Zealand’s food and beverage story.

Southern Organics launches organic ready meals with 100% certified organic ingredients. Shipped nationwide, the restaurant-quality organic meals are made by professional chefs targeting foodies and people with busy lifestyles to easily access healthy and delicious food options without chemicals, pesticides or herbicides such as Roundup.

What one Kiwi business is doing about it. FISKENS are NZ’s first animal feed manufacturer to switch from plastic bags to sustainable paper bags, and they’ve also gone solar.

Online Indian Grocery Store delivering groceries across North Island.

A new website has been launched by Dilicakes to bring information regarding the gorgeous edible treats available for corporate clients and private customers.

New Zealand Honey Co. is excited to announce a new look Raw Manuka Honey range where powerful energy meets health and wellness. These five UMF products are now available globally and come in 250g and 500g jar sizes with a special gift pack option. Made by nature, the products align perfectly with the health and wellness space. Research conducted by the company found there was a demand for unique and natural New Zealand products that were versatile when it came to health, ensuring the customer would receive value for money.

Christchurch artisan jerky business ‘Stripped Jerky’ is about to release a real game changer in the rapidly growing healthy snack market. Their new ‘art-packs’ have been designed by local and international artists giving the brand a funky new look representative of each flavour.

In what is seen as a major shift in the New Zealand organics industry, Organic Solutions has acquired Brydone Growers of Oamaru.

Reduced to Clear has launched a new website. The site offers an extended online shop with a better choice of frozen product, yoghurts & cheeses, chocolates and drinks, cereals and general merchandise at bargain prices.

Kiwi cooks like to listen to music, hit the vino, watch tv and dance while making dinner, but those who do switch on the box while working their magic in the kitchen, are more likely to have to apologise for what they serve, according to new research.

In a country blessed with producing great food – why don’t New Zealanders make better use native flavours to enhance them? Forest Gourmet now makes it easier for home cooks to add a distinctly New Zealand flavour to their meals with the launch of their home use packs of dried Horopito – New Zealand’s very own native bush pepper.

Many would argue there’s no more perfect combination than bacon and cheese. Bacon & Dreams certainly agree, bringing the one-off pop up restaurant event “Bacon & Cheese” to Auckland City, NZ in June 2018.

A new business start-up with a focus on sustainable food choices in the form of superfoods. Created by three Kiwi friends on a mission to provide New Zealand with sustainable superfoods, GOOD PANTRY is the answer to eating for your future and good health, today. Good Pantry superfoods have a low impact on the worlds resources, combined with an impressive nutritional profile.

New Zealand researchers publish a report which finds hunters using lead-based projectiles risk unsafe exposure to toxic lead in their meat.

New Zealand’s favourite gluten-free brand, Bakeworks, has released a wonderful, festive range, perfect for the upcoming holidays. Now available online or in selected supermarkets, you can get these new, delicious and gluten-free treats in the lead-up to Christmas – but only for a limited time!

Increasing Kiwi demand for an Asian beverage known as bubble tea will see Australasia’s fastest growing tea brand double the number of their New Zealand stores next year.

Gabriela de Urtiaga is a woman with a passion. Alfajores to be exact. If you haven’t been lucky enough to have had the Alfajor experience, now is your chance.

Seleno Health, a NZ-based producer of maca from Peru, is crowdfunding to benefit small Peruvian farms and promote ethical and sustainable fair trade.

A new study which found Kiwis do not consider the potential impact of their food choices on their cholesterol levels is worrying according to a leading academic expert.

A new innovation to a breakfast food first introduced almost 90 years ago will see the country’s most popular cereal brand introduce a new product containing plant sterols which are clinically proven to reduce LDL (or bad) cholesterol by up to nine per cent in four weeks.