Sarah Whyte
Health and Indigenous affairs correspondent
Sarah Whyte is a political reporter in the Canberra bureau, covering immigration, customs and the High Court. Previously, Sarah was the consumer affairs reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via Twitter or email.
Tests reveal supermarket pies not even one-third meat
Meat pies are less than one-third meat, while only half a chicken nugget is chicken flesh, a Fairfax Media investigation has found.
- Sarah Whyte
Come the raw prawn: fishing for compliments after a festive feed
As the sun rays creep across the Hawkesbury river shrouded in light mist, Gary Howard pulls in his third catch of the day on board his prawn trawler.
- Sarah Whyte
The fat's in the firing line as McDonald's home delivers
Healthy eating in Australia has a new enemy: home-delivered McDonald's.
- Sarah Whyte
Brewer offends Hindus with Ganesh, Lakshmi labels
A small Sydney brewery has found itself at the centre of a religious row after depicting Hindu deities on the labels of its alcoholic ginger beer.
- Sarah Whyte
Pasta joke as products shrink
Pasta sauce jars are getting lighter, man-size tissues have shrunk and chocolate bars have lost weight.
- Sarah Whyte
Woolworths to phase out all battery hen eggs
All eggs from caged hens will be removed from the shelves of Woolworths over five years as the supermarket responds to growing consumer demand to address animal welfare, the supermarket chain will announce on Friday.
- Sarah Whyte
Doctors give wake-up call on dark side of caffeine
Caffeine is creeping into our diets at an alarming rate with the number of cafes and energy drink sales ballooning in a decade, a consultation paper prepared for the Australian and New Zealand governments shows.
- Sarah Whyte
Apple juice as sugary as Coca-Cola, experts warn
Apple juice has as much sugar as soft drinks, and health experts are warning consumers to limit consumption or risk gaining weight.
- Sarah Whyte
Forget meat and three veg, now we're spoilt for choice
It was once ''meat and three veg'' that were the staple diet of Australians, but now rice, curries and superfoods are just as likely to end up in our shopping trolleys as our palates have adapted to multiculturalism, a report shows.
- Sarah Whyte
Rissoles, darl: Woolworths reveals how meat and three veg lost out to bok choy
It was once "meat and three veg" that was the stable diet of Australians, but rice, curries and superfoods are now just as likely to end up in our shopping trolleys as our palates have come to mirror multiculturalism, a new report shows.
- Sarah Whyte