bread Archive

  • Sue Kedgley

    Moving forward on folic acid fortification - by Sue Kedgley



      Image by Lyndon Hood The Green Party welcomes the decision of the Government to review the decision to mandatorily fortify almost all bread sold in New Zealand with folic acid.  We are not sure why such a review would take three years, however. In our view a panel of experts should review the new science and [...] read more
    July 20, 2009 3:16 pm - 16 Comments
  • frog

    Public Debate likely to ensue over our daily bread - by frog



    Over the weekend Sue K was on TVNZ’s Q and A talking about a subject many people and frogs may be unaware of – the fact that as of early September all bread in New Zealand excepting organic bread will be fortified with folic acid. This decision was taken in 2007 by the previous Labour [...] read more
    July 13, 2009 5:22 pm - 31 Comments
  • frog

    Bread and cereals consume more of the grocery budget - by frog



    Stats New Zealand has just released its monthly Food Price Index and the key stat is that food prices are up 6.8% over the year, still well ahead of inflation. While the Stats New Zealand release focuses on veges it’s important to note that vegetables were starting from a low base and are now returning [...] read more
    June 12, 2008 12:38 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    The price of bread - by frog



    National Radio had an item on the rising price of bread this morning. Much of the reason given was droughts in Australia and overseas use of crop land for biofuels. Now, bread should be something that we are able to supply relatively easily. After all it’s mostly made from things we should be able to [...] read more
    March 28, 2008 1:56 pm - 7 Comments