Australia, NZ most obese OECD countries in APAC
Australia and New Zealand are now among the OECD’s five most obese nations, while Japan and South Korea are the two least obese nations on the list, according to the OECD’s Obesity Update 2017.
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New Zealand Budget 2017: more cash for biosecurity
The New Zealand Budget 2017 will provide millions of extra dollars for biosecurity investment, a move welcomed by the meat industry.
Is dairy a hindrance and not a help for probiotics growth?
The vast majority of new product development for functional foods featuring probiotics “remains in the dairy space”, but this may be more of a hindrance than a help for the sector’s growth prospects.
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Malaysia: Manufacturer-backed sugar hike rejected by government
Malaysia will not increase the market price of sugar, despite a request to do so from one of the country’s most prominent companies and pressure from consumers’ associations to introduce a de facto sugar tax.
Chinese now make up nearly half of Aussie university’s oenology places
One Australian university has seen an almost three-fold increase in Chinese enrolments in its winemaking courses over the past five years.
Japanese e-commerce site allows customers to choose by aroma
A Japanese company that designs and develops small odour-imaging sensors is in the final stages of testing what it claims to be the world’s first e-commerce website on which consumers can search and select products by aroma.