Foreseeing that hojicha will become one of the most popular tea varieties, Canadian start-up Hōjicha Co is devoting its resources to sell only hojicha products.
The stand-off between a Harvard academic and the Indian government over the benefits of coconut oil, MNC's under fire for their water use in Pakistan and honey fraud in Australia feature in our top five trending stories across social media.
The Waters-sponsored International Food and Water Research Centre (IFWRC) has opened its doors to applicants from food companies and other scientists with food and water safety-related projects.
JD.com has emerged as the champion of mooncake sales this year, with the e-commerce giant selling a total of 100 million mooncakes between Sep 1 and Sep 19.
In this month's edition of our Trend Tracker review, we look at halal growth in Malaysia, an organic surge in the UAE and clean label innovation in South East Asia.
In the first of our monthly round-ups featuring the latest food and beverage developments in China, we shine the spotlight on JD, DSM and Xiaomi, among others.
Strong growth in local Filipino food and beverage spending is set to propel e-commerce activity in the Philippines, especially in online mass grocery retail (MGR).
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has denied that there is any rice shortage in the country despite senators calling it a ‘full-blown food crisis’ and urging him to declare a state of calamity.
A new 'healthy gourmet' instant noodle brand, Mr Lee's Noodles, is seeking to disrupt the Australian snack and convenience food sector after securing a number of retail distribution deals.
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...
San Miguel Food and Beverage (SMFB) will plough resources into building new company-owned production facilities in the Philippines in an effort to tramp-up production and help boost exports.
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.
The US Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and Food Innovation and Resource Center (FIRC) at Singapore Polytechnic have created South East Asian food with reduced salt and sugar, using US dairy ingredients.
No one can accuse India's food regulator FSSAI of a lack of ambition or activity, as hardly a week goes by without a major new announcement, scheme or plans for new rules reaching my inbox, writes FoodNavigator-Asia Editor-in-Chief Gary Scattergood.
Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) and China’s COFCO Group Co. Ltd. (COFCO) are joining forces to collaborate over palm oil related ventures and boost trade between the two nations.
Thai egg producer Kasemchaifood is seeking to branch out from its b2b base and move into the consumer market via e-commerce after linking-up with logistics firm DHL.
UAE-based Organic&Real.com (O&R) may have only just launched, but its boss is already aiming for it to become the biggest online marketplace for certified organic and natural, vegan, gluten-free and free-from healthy food products.
Malaysia has secured a new export deal with China for frozen durians, further paving the way for the rapidly growing market of food products containing durian.
Australian organic children's snack company Whole Kids, which was recently listed in Westpac’s Top 20 Businesses of Tomorrow, is looking to launch in China as it seeks to build on a 30% rise in sales in the last year.
A new $40m-a-year scheme to grow New Zealand's food and fibre sectors sustainably has been unveiled by agriculture minister Damien O’Connor, who said the nation needed to move from 'volume to value'.
A public consultation over the location of field trials for the controversial genetically modified (GM) crop GR2E Golden Rice has been launched by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
Japan’s export of agriculture, forestry and fishery products has reached 435.9 billion yen (about US$3.9 billion) for the first six months of the year, a 15.2% increase as compared to the same period last year.
Mars and Cargill are two of the big names backing a new alliance to drive collaboration and promote sustainability around palm oil in China – one of the world’s biggest importers of the product.
Asia’s large format retailers — supermarkets and hypermarkets — are set to grow 3.3% a year to 2022, with firms in Vietnam, India and the Philippines forecast to see double-digit growth over the next five years.
JD.com has launched its first overseas unmanned convenience store in Indonesia — the JD.ID X-Mart — with a strong snacks and drink offering alongside fashion and beauty items.
New research has revealed that about four in five (79%) Thai consumers would like to have a healthier diet in 2018 – with interest in plant-based diets on the rise.
Philippine conglomerate San Miguel revealed that it is preparing to sell a 20% stake in its food and beverage business unit, valued at around $1.7bn, on the same day it posted promising half-year figures.
Food and beverage manufacturers in South East Asia are increasingly demanding higher levels of synchronisation between robotics and automation to ramp up productivity.
Two types of plants in Yunnan, Myriopteron extensum and Derris eriocarpa have been found to contain highly sweet-tasting compounds that are at least 25 times sweeter than sucrose, according to researchers from the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) says it has begun framing regulations for genetically-modified (GM) food, shortly after being accused of failing to restrict the import of such items.
Land-scarce Singapore will receive a timely boon with the republic’s largest indoor farm boosting local produce and giving food firms greater locally-sourced options.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.