Read more on Thailand cannabis regulations, Philippines trans-fats ban, Indonesia's sugar control and much more in our 10 most-read APAC F&B stories for November 2022.
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Read more on Thailand cannabis regulations, Philippines trans-fats ban, Indonesia's sugar control and much more in our 10 most-read APAC F&B stories for November 2022.
Click through the gallery to see them all.
The Thai government has announced new regulatory edicts specifying tighter regulatory control over the use of hemp and CBD in food and seasonings, just three months after announcing the decriminalisation of cannabis in the country.
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The Philippines government has announced a ban on all prepackaged processed foods containing high trans-fats levels as part of its objective to completely eliminate their presence by 2023.
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The Indonesian government is to establish what will become the nation's largest sugar company by 2028, aiming to seize control of the local sugar market in the same way it dominates the palm oil sector.
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Novel protein production technologies such as cultivated meat and precision fermentation are seeing consumer acceptance soar in APAC, but are still some way off achieving price parity for the everyday consumer due to challenges with regulations and scale.
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F&B multinational Nestle has highlighted major coffee producer markets in Asia as being key links in its newly launched Nescafe Plan 2030, a sustainability strategy with an emphasis on regenerative agriculture.
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Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), the company's India arm, has attributed its move to reduce tea prices to its successful 'Winning in Many Indias' business model as well as a rare drop in commodity pricing for tea.
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The ability to accurately convert consumer demands and preferences into real, technical product concepts remains a key challenge for the plant-based sector in the APAC region, according to industry experts at Roquette.
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Cultivated meat pioneers GOOD Meat says that consumer awareness of such products is still relatively low in the Middle East, but that there is significant interest to purchase once they have been exposed to the concept.
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Indonesia has decided to push ahead with plans to tighten regulations governing imported processed foods by introducing a risk-based assessment system.
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Chinese dairy giant Yili has highlighted the vital, science-backed role that dairy is playing in improving consumer nutrition and public health in the country, by combining both Eastern and Western technologies.
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