Read more on coconut oil, Coca-Cola, Nestle, food safety in India, food fraud and much more in our 10 most-read APAC F&B stories for September.
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Read more on coconut oil, Coca-Cola, Nestle, food safety in India, food fraud and much more in our 10 most-read APAC F&B stories for September.
Click through the gallery to see them all.
The Indian agricultural ministry has lashed out with a strongly-worded letter against claims by a Harvard professor who declared coconut oil to be ‘pure poison’.
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The price of rice in the Philippines has increased for the eighth month straight and hit a three-year peak, despite the injection of rice imports.
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Roughly 68% of all milk and milk products in India has been found to be in violation of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) standards – despite the regulators' recent proposal of a penalty of around US$14,000 (INR1m), or a maximum of lifetime imprisonment for intentionally adding adulterants to food products.
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The CEOs of Nestle, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, amongst other beverage giants, have been summoned by Pakistan’s Chief Judge with regard to their water usage in the country.
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Nestlé Philippines has responded to criticisms over packaging waste made by environmental campaigners after ‘plastic waves’ hit Manila, with the firm issuing reassurances that steps are in place to ‘reduce its environmental footprint’.
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Australia's honey industry has found itself in a sticky situation this week, amid claims that almost half of the samples collected from supermarket shelves were adulterated.
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Asia-Pacific's food and ecosystem will inevitably collapse unless drastic action is taken by consumers, industry and governments to reduce meat and dairy intake, according to the man behind plant-based platform Green Monday and Hong Kong store Green Common.
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Coca-Cola India’ says its latest product launch Minute Maid Smoothie hits the buttons for three of its core initiatives: Expanding its Health and Wellness portfolio, boosting its Fruit Circular Economy concept and adhering to two-thirds product localisation.
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Scientists in Singapore claim they have found a “game-changing”plant-based preservative that could bring immense benefits to consumers.
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In the first of our monthly round-ups of the need-to-know market and consumer trend developments in APAC, we reveal the latest insights around dairy, organic, noodles, retail and food safety.
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