2025 media releases

A new Australian study has revealed that the majority of commercial snack foods for babies and toddlers are ultra-processed, overly sweet, and fail to meet nutrition standards.

New research by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), co-funded by VicHealth, shows young Australian children are regularly eating packaged toddler food products from an early age, many of which do not support good health.

Food for Health Alliance has welcomed a draft determination released by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) today, clarifying that GST applies to toddler milk products.

Published for the first time in more than a decade, new ABS data on food and nutrition released today shows while Australians are consuming less sugary drinks than in 2011-12, snack consumption is increasing, and consumption of fruit products is down.

Public health experts have congratulated Food Ministers on their decision to support regulating the composition, labelling and texture of baby and toddler foods in Australia

This World Obesity Day, Food for Health Alliance is urging the Australian Government to prioritise the funding and implementation of the National Obesity Strategy. This strategy was launched on this day by the Federal Government in 2022, but three years on little progress on its recommendations has been made.

A new report from Food for Health Alliance released today highlights how companies are misleading parents about what’s in packaged baby and toddler foods. The findings come as Food Ministers are set to decide in coming weeks whether to regulate the composition and marketing of these foods in Australia.