Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific: Anchor Uno goes low sugar
Fonterra says its Anchor Uno now contains the lowest levels of sugar (per 100 g) in any children's yoghurt brand in New Zealand, with...
World: Consumers confirm choice on going natural
Consumers are more conscientious about food and beverage labels and look for green product features that directly influence themselves and their families, according to...
Asia Pacific: Eurofins opens food testing lab in Singapore
Food and feed testing company Eurofins Scientific has opened a laboratory in Singapore to serve the food and beverage industry in the region.
Eurofins...
Asia: FOA releases labeling scheme for mountain products
FAO's Mountain Partnership and Slow Food have launched a voluntary product label for mountain goods that is meant to improve market access for small...
Asia Pacific: Cargill opens first JV in Indonesia
Cargill and So Good Food, a wholly-owned Indonesian subsidiary of leading agri-food company Japfa, have entered into a 60-40 joint venture to produce and...
Asia Pacific: DKSH expands ecommerce footprint in China
DKSH has bought 51% stake of Shanghai-based eSweets, which the latter employs 55 specialists, primarily in marketing and sales related functions.
DKSH has the...
Asia Pacific: Chinese ecommerce site to sell pork products
China's Aoxin Tianli Group will sell its Tianli-Xiduhei black hog pork products through Shangzhi Xiaop (Dalian) e-Commerce's group-buying web portal.
The agreement has a...
Asia Pacific: Nova Scotia’s seafood brand enters China
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has launched a new international seafood brand to market their premium seafood in global markets, particularly China.
China is...
Asia Pacific: Singapore’s quick serve salad chain gets S$5M in funding
Singapore's chain of salad bars, SaladStop!, has raised S$5 million (US$3.67 million) from private equity firms Hera Capital and DSG Consumer Partners for a...
Asia Pacific: PureCircle builds US$42M plant in Malaysia
PureCircle is building a new processing plant in Malaysia that will cost US$42 million.
It is anticipated to come online in early 2017 and double...