Food

Finding a dog food that’s both nutritious and affordable can feel overwhelming. Here’s a practical guide to what matters in a healthy diet, why ingredient quality counts, and eight widely recognised dog foods in Australia for different life stages and needs.

A balanced, age-appropriate diet is central to kitten growth and development. Here’s a vet-informed framework to help new cat parents choose between formula, wet, and dry foods and understand what “complete and balanced” should mean at each stage.

National Pizza Day on Feb. 9 often puts pepperoni front and center. A recent ranking weighed flavor, ingredient quality and value, placing Jet’s Pizza first, followed by Godfather’s Pizza, Pizza Hut, Papa Johns and Domino’s.

McDonald’s is reviving its Changeables Happy Meal toys—menu-item lookalikes that convert into character figures—as part of a nostalgia-driven return that begins Jan. 27 and includes 16 toys in total.

McDonald’s is bringing back its Changeables Happy Meal toys for a limited time, reintroducing the transforming food-to-character designs that first appeared in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The return arrives as the company leans on nostalgia, value messaging, and loyalty-focused initiatives amid shifting consumer habits and continued economic pressure.

More than 80,000 McCafé Premium Roast Decaf Coffee K-Cup Pods are included in a voluntary recall after a labeling error indicated “decaf” despite the possibility the pods contain caffeine. The recall affects specific 84-count boxes distributed in three states and sold exclusively online.

Several widely used grocery items and kitchen products have active recall notices, including coffee pods that may be mislabeled, foods with potential salmonella concerns, canned tuna tied to a prior botulism risk recall, distilled water with a reported foreign substance, and cookware reported to contain lead. Here’s a practical, product-by-product guide to what’s affected and what to do next.

McDonald’s is bringing back Changeables—chunky Happy Meal toys that look like menu items before transforming into robots or dinosaurs—starting January 27, with 16 updated characters designed to keep the spirit of the originals intact.

Chicken soup is dependable comfort, but it doesn’t have to be predictable. These seven low-effort upgrades—focused on timing, aroma, texture, and finishing touches—help a basic pot taste more layered, lively, and intentional without turning it into a complicated project.

Food and market websites often rely on forms, analytics, advertising tools, and even on-site Wi‑Fi to operate and improve their services. Here is a plain-language guide to what an online privacy notice says may be collected, how it may be used and shared, and what options visitors may have depending on where they live.