News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Baladna will bring experience from transforming desert dairy in double-quick time
A government agriculture development agency has joined forces with Qatar’s dairy producer to set up Malaysia’s biggest dairy farm in the next two years in a bid to make the country more self-sufficient in milk production.
Chinese manufacturer Angel Yeast has opened the first yeast extract factory in Beni Suef, Egypt on the back of surging demand.
Probiota Asia 2019
A growing number of clinical studies focusing on probiotics is seen in Asia, with China and Iran seeing exponential increase in recent years, according to an International Probiotics Association-backed review.
Holistic health and sustainability are the top two opportunities for food manufacturers to tap into, according to IFF.
Holista CollTech and SunFresh Fruit Hub have entered an R&D collaboration to co-develop healthier ingredients for the bubble tea industry, which are lower GI pearls, sugar syrup, and brown sugar.
Sugar reduction and fortification are replacing salt and trans-fat reduction as reformulation priorities, according to trade association Food Industry Asia (FIA).
Fi Asia Thailand 2019
All-natural food colours firm GNT is looking to stand out from its colourful competition in Asia based on the high levels of self-sustainability and traceability of its products.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has issued a statement calling for public comment on the draft pregnancy warning label, which is to be included as a mandatory requirement on packaged alcoholic drinks with 1.15% alcohol by volume or more.
Tea Board India has warned manufacturers and sellers of tea and related products that adulterating teas with any form of artificial colouring will see legal action being enforced, stating that there is ‘no provision’ of any sort for using colour in tea.
Fi Asia Thailand 2019
An expert in the Thai food and beverage industry has weighed in on major barriers that local firms and food researchers with commercial aims face when it comes to commercialising products, particularly centred around a lack of overall understanding of...