Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific: BASF relocates Singapore lab for water solutions
Singapore aims to meet up to 30% of its future water needs by 2060 with desalination: removing salt from the abundant seawater that surrounds...
Asia Pacific: Selected drinks to don healthier labels, says Coca-Cola Singapore
Coca-Cola Singapore is adopting the Healthier Choice Symbol labelling and donning the Healthier Choice logo on lower- and no-sugar products in its beverage portfolio.
Products...
Asia Pacific: Sidel designs bottles for Yili’s yogurt drinks
Months of close collaboration between the Sidel packaging team and China's Yili Liquid Milk Division has seen the creation of a polyethylene terephthalate or...
Asia Pacific: Thailand to hold food service, retail show in May
Bangkok will hold Thaifex-World of Food Asia 2017 from May 31 to June 4 with an expected 45,000 visitors.
The show will feature 15 specialized...
Asia Pacific: Creating vanillin in the green way
Researchers has found a new 'greener' way to make vanillin, the primary flavor compound in vanilla, according to a study published in America Chemical...
Europe/Asia: ‘Triple burden’ on nutrition, FAO
Economic growth and rising per capita incomes have all but wiped out hunger in Europe and Central Asia.
As countries become more affluent, changing...
Asia Pacific: Rare sugars can help to regulate glucose levels, finds research
Preliminary animal studies have suggested that allulose and other low-calorie, natural rare sugars could help regulate glucose levels.
Now, researchers are investigating how they...
Middle East: Israel eyes China with mandarins
Following the substantial harvest growth of mandarin fruit Jaffa Orri, Israel’s Plant Production and Marketing Board identified the China market as the next target...
Asia Pacific: QuadTech expands in South Korea
QuadTech appoints Alles International to support packaging printers in South Korea.
Seoul-based Alles International has been in packaging print production since its founding in 2012.
Alles...
Asia Pacific: NZMP launches low lactose milk powder
Fonterra's NZMP has launched NZMP Low Lactose Instant Whole Milk Powder (IWMP), which contains less than 2% lactose for consumer milk powder manufacturers to...