Natural health: Digestion, food as medicine and niche marketing
Naturally functional and specialised products that focus on food as medicine rather than traditional tablet supplementation have won favour with consumers this year.
Digestive health...
Beauty report: Emergence of clean, beauty within, and functional ingredients
Clean emerges as the new natural in beauty as toxin-free, vegan and cruelty free become the baseline consumer expectation.
This year marks greater mainstream awareness...
Sustainability and functional ingredients top healthy food and drink
Sustainability and functional ingredients top this year's health agenda with many once niche trends rapidly making their way into the mainstream.
Broadly, 2018 marks an...
Super Cubes shake up smoothie market
Co-founder Ashley McMillan talks about start-ups and entering Australia’s $900 million ready-made meals market.
A chance observation and dogged pursuit of a bucket list by...
Reducing the hidden costs of food waste carried by Australian manufacturers
Australian food manufacturers are carrying hidden costs of food waste due to retail oversupply, according to software provider UpClear.
UpClear estimates oversupply costs Australian suppliers...
Luk Beautifood enters health channel
Luk Beautifood is partnering with Healthy Life to enter heath food stores in the next phase of an omni-channel strategy geared for growth.
Founder and...
Clean beauty demand drives growth for Total Beauty Network
Increasing consumer demand for ‘clean’ beauty products is driving record growth for Total Beauty Network with sales up 38 per cent on last year.
Leading...
Australian dentist creates world first functional oral health beverage as new category emerges
Swirlit is the new functional beverage formulated by a Sydney dentist Angie Lang to fill a gap in the market for a drink that...
How a ‘paddock to plate’ story, killer video and crowfunding launched Dad’s Oats
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The video cost Dad’s Oats founders, Peter Cain and sister Alicia less than $1000, but with 15k views in 48 hours, it delivered the...
Naked Life rides ‘quitting sugar’ wave to crack better-for-you beverage market
Just a year after David Andrew threw his life savings into better-for-you beverage brand Naked Life, the start up has cracked the mainstream market,...
Ritchies IGA reinvents health category
With the health category firmly in the mainstream and the launch of Amazon food looming in Australia, how do you maintain your edge? For...
How Alex Houseman from Over The Moo created the next big thing
He’s walked away from a deal on Shark Tank to grow a million dollar business selling non-dairy ice cream. For Alex Houseman, Founder and Managing Director...
Profile: PRANA ON founder Billy Simmonds on the power of plants
More Australians are adopting plant based lifestyles for health, animal welfare, environmental and economic reasons, but for Billy Simmonds, former Mr Universe champion and...
Native Man: Why simplifying skincare for men makes good business sense
The increasingly sophisticated grooming habits of the Australian man is driving opportunities for niche entrepreneurial start-ups in a market traditionally dominated by larger players.
Men’s...