China cannot yet meet the Traditional Chinese Medicine needs of its population, a leading official has stated, amid the publication of a wave of official TCM data for 2017.
Amazon India is set to roll-out its food retail business across the nation in the next quarter, having launched its pilot project in Pune city, Maharashtra state.
The UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said if Taiwan lifts its current ban on British pork exports this year, it hopes to see the industry sell about US$15 million’s worth of the meat to the island in the first full year....
A British-Indian start-up, which sources saffron from a co-operative in Kashmir, wants Indian food to boost its premium credentials, following in the footsteps of Michelin-starred restaurants.
Low vitamin D levels could be linked to respiratory illnesses such as asthma, bronchitis, chest tightness, and wheeze, according to researchers in Australia.
Delegate registration is now open for NutraIngredients-Asia and FoodNavigator-Asia's Healthy Ageing APAC summit, which is bringing together business leaders, policymakers and academics to debate how the industry can meet the food and nutritional...
Better cold chain infrastructure is boosting consumer preferences for frozen processed halal meat and poultry, cold drinks and flavoured milks across the Middle East — a region that is being tipped to drive industry growth to 2030.
New Zealand's Plant & Food Research's rapid response to the vine-killing kiwifruit disease Psa - which has helped exports of the fruit increase by 20% - has received the Prime Minister’s Science Prize .
Exporters of dietary supplements into China need to be familiar with that country's dominant WeChat social media platform if they want to thrive, an industry association executive said.
First it was pizza-flavoured cup noodles, now Nissin Foods has added two other fast-food favourites to its latest instant product… French fries and chicken nuggets.
China's first packaged-good insect-based snack food, which is yet to formerly launched on the market, has already scooped a leading innovation accolade.
Australia’s Market Development Facility (MDF) and Fauji Foods Limited have signed a partnership to establish 20 milk collection centers in rural Layyah and Muzaffargarh, Southern Punjab, Pakistan.
China and India's growing sports nutrition sectors have been identified as two key targets for UK-based supplement and functional food firm Tom Oliver Nutrition.
Getting buy-in from freight-forwarders, ports and shipping firms is crucial to maximise the food industry potential for blockchain to fight counterfeit goods, according to one start-up, which has formed a consortium to boost use of the technology.
Hitting ‘local preferences, local profiles and local tastes’ are three of the key priorities for ADM in Asia after the company opened its new flavour and ingredient innovation centre in Singapore.
This year’s Gulfood show takes place against the backdrop of rising regional investment in food production, with international manufacturers increasingly seeing the Middle East as a lucrative market for their goods.
NutraIngredients-Asia and FoodNavigator-Asia are bringing together business leaders, policymakers and academics to debate how industry can meet the food and nutritional challenges brought about by Asia-Pacific's rapidly ageing population.
ADM is the latest global food giant to plough investment into Singapore with the opening of a new innovation centre to meet rising consumer and customer demand across Southeast Asia.
More than 100 Singapore SME food firms – from manufacturers of fish balls to rice vermicelli – now have their products stocked in major Indonesia supermarkets.
Tokyo is trialling a project to stamp out food waste by rewarding shoppers who use a new app while buying foods that are close to their best-before or consume-by dates.
Calbee has entered China’s brick-and-mortar retailers with its fruit cereal brand Frugra, as the company’s CEO Akira Matsumoto hopes the country will contribute one-third of Calbee’s international sales by 2020.
African pharma and nutra giant Aspen Pharmacare can continue to sell its infant formula brand Alula in China, after it was registered by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA).
Iran's non-oil trade with the Association of South East Asia Nations (Asean) grew to US$2.63b in the eight months up till November 2017 — 55% year-on-year — with a significant proportion of goods exported being food and agricultural products.
Beverage firms are hoping that 2018 will usher in a brighter dawn for alcohol sales in Turkey, after several tough years in the wake of sales clampdowns and a tough economic environment.
The Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is targeting an increase in exports of 3% in 2018 to reach $40bn, roughly half of which will come from “cultivated products” such as dairy.
Crave Halal, an iPhone app and e-website that helps Muslims to find halal food, has recently been launched in South Korea, just in time for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in February.
Blockchain technology is being introduced to strengthen supply chain management in the fresh and frozen tuna sectors of the Western and Central Pacific region, replacing ad hoc and paper-based records.
A fund run by a cartel of leading oil producers has signed a deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help enhance food security and promote sustainable agriculture in South and Southeast Asia.
The ever-growing popularity of durian in China has led food manufacturers to experiment with the ‘king of fruits’ as an ingredient for a slew of food products.
Growing digitisation, premium packaging formats and a rising focus on health and wellness are among the key trends in private label that Asia-Pacific will face into the next decade.
Our top five most-read trends stories for 2017 include the latest developments in dairy, snacks and beverages, with consumers across the region revealing rapidly-changing tastes and preferences.
Australia’s biggest kombucha manufacturer has launched a new, native flavour, reflecting the lightning-fast growth of the fizzy fermented beverage in the country – but so far the globals don’t seem to getting in on the act.
Agri-company Camcashew and South Korean Naroo Marine have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to export 10,000 metric tons of processed Cambodian cashew nuts to South Korea next year, where demand is high.
Asia will dominate the growth of the global grocery retail sector in the next five years, with the region’s consumer spending making up almost half of additional sales generated up to 2022.
