Australia is facing a mounting problem of finding fruit pickers during the fruit harvesting season, and hundreds of tonnes of fruit are going to waste.
Campaign group GE Free NZ wants regulator Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) to review its draft approval for Golden Rice, which is genetically modified to produce beta-carotene.
Japanese confectionery giant Meiji is expanding production of health-focused chocolate in response to the growing consumer demand for cocoa’s purported health benefits.
The wave of online giants ploughing cash into traditional bricks-and-mortar food retail business shows no sign of slowing, with hypermarket chain Carrefour announcing it is in collaborative talks with China technology and entertainment giant Tencent.
A Japanese population study suggests that lower levels of serum eicosapentaenoic acid to arachidonic acid (EPA:AA) is associated with an increased risk of cancer death.
Allergen labelling regulations in Australia need a complete overhaul, claims a new report, which argues the current voluntary use of 'may contain traces' statements are not adequately protecting consumers.
Chinese children who consume large amounts of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) have a higher chance of having abdominal obesity, according to a new academic study.
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.
Fonterra Australia is matching its push to secure additional milk volumes with more than A$165m (US$133m) in capital expenditure in this financial year at key sites in Victoria and Tasmania in a move to increase capacity and meet unique demand opportunities...
More than 100 Singapore SME food firms – from manufacturers of fish balls to rice vermicelli – now have their products stocked in major Indonesia supermarkets.
Researchers in Australia are to embark on a trial to assess if adding more pork to the Mediterranean diet will affect its well-established heart health and cognition benefits.
A high concentration of serum omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may lead to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, according to researchers in China.
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.
BioCeuticals, the Blackmores-owned practitioner-only supplement firm, has launched a full suite of immunity-boosting medicinal mushroom supplements, produced using a novel growing system and backed by a DNA-testing process.
India's forthcoming union budget needs to better address the persistent problem of malnutrition in India, with an Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) report claiming it causes the country to lose at least 4% of GDP.
A division of China's state-run investment fund is believed to be among the front runners to snap up Australian vitamin maker Nature's Care, as it embarks on its second sale attempt with a price tag of around $1bn.
One-in-ten middle school children and almost one-in-five in high school in South Korea come from households deemed to be food insecure, a new report has revealed.
US plant-based food start-up JUST has made its debut in Asia with the launch of its egg-free mayo, ranch dressing and scramble products in Hong Kong’s Green Common stores.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is joining forces with MPs in the Philippines in a first-of-its-kind alliance in Asia Pacific to improve the country's nutrition and food security situation.
China is set to be home to 200 'sugar reduction' retail stores and an industry park, after ingredient firm Bayn signed a joint venture agreement with real estate outfit Huahe International.
Food and supplement companies are firmly in the sights of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP), which is demanding a fresh clampdown on illegal advertising for food, drugs and wellness products.
Hemp mānuka honey will be on the shelves in Australia by the middle of the year, with the two companies behind the project then aiming for sales to China, the wider Asia region, and potentially North America and Europe.
Proposals to shake-up Australia’s GM rules are likely to face “fierce opposition” according to a leading academic, while another said that it would undoubtedly result “in the food our children eat in the future having a different DNA sequence to the food...
Barry Callebaut may build another chocolate factory in China as its current 30,000-suqare-meter site in the Suzhou Industrial Park is ‘already operating at near full capacity,’ says the company’s Asia Pacific president, Ben De Schryver.
Three firms are joining forces to bring recyclable, one-way PET beer kegs to the Japanese market in a bid to tap into rising craft beer sales and increasing interest in the on-trend category from industry giants such as Asahi and Kirin.
Tinned food firm Golden Circle has defended its sourcing strategy after coming under fire when a photo of several tonnes of rotting Australian pineapples went viral online.
The explosion of new diet plans that demonize carbohydrates offer a unique opportunity for fiber ingredients that can be added to foods or be offered as standalone dietary ingredients.
Suntory Holdings Ltd. has invested $9m in Anellotech’s Bio-TCat technology to pursue the development of a 100% bio-based PET beverage bottle as part of the beverage company's corporate sustainability goals.
Nestlé Japan will become the first confectioner to launch a product with Barry Callebaut’s ruby chocolate as it plans to introduce KitKat Chocolatory Sublime Ruby.
Women who have gestational diabetes are at a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease later in life, according to a new cohort study penned by a New Zealand academic.
The Hanoi Beer Alcohol and Beverage JSC (Habeco) missed its 2017’s revenue target, with sales slipping as consumers increasingly opt for international brands.
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.
India’s Tata Global Beverages Ltd. is looking to sell its 41% stake in Amalgamated Plantations Pvt. Ltd., India’s second-largest tea producer and supplier.
