Archives for July 31, 2017

India

Ice cream war rages in court as Amul appeals against HUL ruling

A bitter row between two of India’s biggest dairy manufacturers has returned to the Bombay High Court with Gujurat co-operative Amul arguing for the reinstatement of an ice cream advert that had been blocked following a complaint by Hindustan Unilever in...

Yakult, DuPont, Danone and Watsons join stellar line-up for first Probiota Asia summit in Singapore

Top-level speakers from a raft of major probiotics manufacturers and suppliers will join international academics to present at our first Probiota Asia summit in Singapore in October.

Alliance Group rolls out band saws at plants

New Zealand processor Alliance Group has invested NZ$3.4 million (m) in new band saws at eight of its plants.

South Asia radius

FDI in Indian food processing netted 43% growth last fiscal

India has already attracted over US$180m in foreign direct investment in the new fiscal year, and has been witnessing growing interest from foreign food companies, according to the food processing minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal.