Asian consumers more interested in nutrition and healthy eating than westerners: Survey
Asian consumers are far more likely to be interested in healthy eating than those in the West, according to a new survey of attitudes to diet and nutrition.
Archives for February 17, 2017
PwC to help ISO standard compliance
PwC has established a specialist food and agribusiness advisory team and food safety assurance offering in Australia.
A 'golden age' of probiotics for premature babies? It depends on birth weight and strains: Meta-analysis
The use of probiotics on very low birth weight (VLBW) infants is associated with a reduced risk of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), late-onset sepsis, and mortality, but the effects on extremely low birth weight (ELBW) babies is inconclusive.
Australian pig body boasts of income-driving product range
The Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC) has claimed that products and technologies in its development pipeline will drive revenue and productivity gains for producers.
De Heus moves into Egyptian fish feed business
Growing demand for fish feed in Egypt sees a joint venture involving Dutch feed group, De Heus, open its first fish feed factory in that country.
Ifad grants Indonesia its biggest development loan in fund’s history
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) has signed an agreement with Indonesia’s government to launch the biggest project in the fund’s 40-year history.
Most Aussies are battlers when it comes to dieting
Australian researchers have confirmed that most Australians over-think their approach to dieting, and by doing so they manage to derail their best intentions.
Australia’s pie market booming as Pie Face hunts for buyer
With reports that beleaguered Australian fast-food chain Pie Face may soon be sold, new market research bodes well for the company if it gets back on track.