Advertising Business Group (ABG) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the GCC Food and Beverage Alliance (GCC FBA) to make “responsible marketing to children” an industry standard in the gulf region.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has launched a new look Food Allergen Portal, following collaboration between the food industry and consumer and government stakeholders.
Pinduoduo CEO Huang Zheng has pledged that the e-commerce site would take action to crack down on counterfeit products available on its platform, including food and beverages.
PepsiCo is to distribute Select Harvests’ ‘Lucky’ branded nuts, seeds and blends in China, targeting the growing market of affluent Chinese who are increasingly concerned about health, nutrition and plant-based products.
Heineken will take a $3.1bn stake in the parent of China Resources Beer, China’s largest brewer. The deal gives Heineken greater access to the Chinese market; while China Resources will be able to grow in the premium market and potentially expand its...
Academics in Australia have called into question the lack of regulation for soft drink firms which market to youngsters via social media, arguing that "many young people aged below 13 years are being exposed to a large amount of unhealthy food and...
Changing the low dietary intake of whole grains in ASEAN countries could be key to managing the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the region, according to a new study.
Sales of Beyond Meat products has multiplied by four times since it was launched in Hong Kong last April, David Yeung, founder of retailer and restaurant chain Green Monday told FoodNavigator-Asia.
Retail stores in parts of India such as Delhi-NCR, Punjab, and Gujarat were found selling illegal genetically modified (GM) foods, according to a report published by the Centre for Science and Environment’s (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Laboratory of India.
New Zealand dairy company Synlait Milk Limited has sought to clarify its arrangements with Tetra Pak and Ebert Construction Ltd in the delivery of two capital projects at Synlait Pokeno and Synlait Dunsandel, following the announcement that Ebert Construction...
New Zealand beef producers retaining younger cattle are among the factors helping the steady rise in cow herds, according to Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
Four of the top five global vegetarian markets are in Asia, but experts have cautioned that industry needs to be aware of particular national trends to maintain sales success.
New bite-sized learning app modules for the food and beverage industry have been launched in Singapore to provide on-the-go learning for time-strapped professionals.
While most of the entomological hype surrounds the bugs you can eat, another insect segment has been slowly building its presence in South East Asia, in particular.
Why will cellular agriculture succeed? “Because people don’t want to stop eating meat, they just have an issue with the process beforehand,” says the founder and president of the Cellular Agriculture Society (CAS).
India’s ban on single-use plastics is now in effect in most states and union territories across the nation, but a number of road bumps threaten to derail the movement.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) cabinet has issued new regulations for milk, other dairy and juice and beverage products, and the licensing of manufacturers.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) is to withdraw frozen vegetables and fruit products made in Europe that have been linked with a listeria outbreak.
A top Indonesian agricultural official claims that the country will meet its goals for beef self-sufficiency ahead of a 2025 deadline — even though it has continually failed to do so since the Seventies.
The root cause of under-nutrition and malnutrition is not the lack of nutritional products, but ineffective marketing methods, according to business consulting firm Hystra.
The future food security of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region depends on the strengthening of economic ties and trade cooperation between the region’s countries, said the UAE’s Minister of State for Future Food Security.
Singaporean flavours and fragrance firm KH Roberts (KHR) has marked its 50th anniversary with the launch of a new $20m, 100,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility.
The Australian sugar industry's push for greater sustainability and traceability has received a shot in the arm, with its Coalition Government providing an A$2.25m grant to fund the Sustainable Sugar Project.
Blackmores' director of product Innovation Paul Mannion believes consumer demand for solutions to restore microbial balance has never been stronger, but will discuss at Probiota Asia how the sector could be at risk of commoditisation.
Grocery prices would rise and consumers would be “worse off” if not for the recommendations to revise the Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill, Katherine Rich, CEO of New Zealand Food and Grocery Council (NZFGC) said.
Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is on track to achieve the aim of acquiring 50% of their main raw materials from sustainable sources, said Mitchell Leow, head of corporate affairs at APB Singapore.
A broad coalition of regulators, health bodies and food firms is pinning its hopes on a new 'Eat Right Movement' to help curb India's alarming rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Hershey has posted a net sales increase of 5.3% in Q2, reaching $1.75bn, after it recently divested Tyrrells potato chips and Golden Monkey candy brand in China.
Retailers need to view millennials as their most important consumer segment and shift their approach across everything from customer service to the brands they stock, according to the CEO of Nielsen and the boss of Australian supermarket chain IGA.
Nutrify India Now (NIN), a new diet-tracking phone application that seeks to tackle India's dual burdens of obesity and malnutrition, has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its launch.
Hershey has sold Golden Monkey to Henan Yuxiang Food Technology Company (河南御翔食品科技有限公司) four years after it acquired the Shanghai-based confectionery brand for $577m.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed the mandatory labelling of blended edible vegetable oils to indicate the exact percentage of the blend on the front of the pack.
What’s in a letter? A great deal, if Malaysia is anything to go on, as the newly elected Pakatan Harapan (PH) government rolls back the hated GST sales tax system to replace it with an SST — a move which few people really understand, but everyone seems...
Nestlé has launched a new Nescafé Dolce Gusto capsule production line in Vietnam, which will use locally-grown coffee beans top process 2,500 tonnes of coffee per year — the equivalent of around 130 million capsules.
As a trade war between Washington and Beijing gathers steam, some of the best known foreign food and beverage brands have been finding themselves on the back foot in their own battles in China.
Chef-in-Box is building on its vending machine success in Singapore by striking deals for its extended range to be sold in supermarket chain NTUC Fairprice and convenience store Cheers.
China’s ever-growing middle class is changing the country’s food sector with an increasing penchant for snacking — but analysts say the snack bar category in particular needs some spicing up.
Six out of 10 Australian packaged foods are highly or ultra-processed, more than half are discretionary or junk foods, and just one third are healthy, according to a stark new analysis.