Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific: Train farmers, raise the standard in China’s dairy industry, GEA tells FNI
GEA Group has in November 2014 joined Nestlé’s newly inaugurated Dairy Farming Institute (DFI) in Shuangcheng in Northeast China (Heilongjiang Province) as designated partner...
Asia Pacific: Amcor buys Chinese flexible packaging business for US$33.9M
Amcor has made an agreement to acquire Zhongshan Tian Cai Packaging Company, a Chinese flexible packaging business for RMB211 million (US$33.9 million).
The purchase price...
Asia Pacific: Olam buys ADM Cocoa for US$1.3B
Singapore-based Olam International Limited will acquire the global cocoa business of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) at an enterprise value on a cash and...
Asia Pacific: Pregnant women with low vitamin E levels have higher risk of miscarriage,...
Pregnant women in Bangladesh with low levels of the most common form of vitamin E are nearly twice as likely to have a miscarriage...
Asia Pacific: Cargill opens cocoa processing facility in Indonesia
Cargill has inaugurated a cocoa processing facility in Gresik, Indonesia that will create more than 300 new jobs and a 70,000-metric-ton processing capacity.
The US$100...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra opens milk sourcing subsidiary
Fonterra has launched a milk sourcing subsidiary to grow market share in its New Zealand (NZ) milk pool, and provide a new pathway to...
World: Canadean predicts spices, healthy foods, fusion flavors trends in 2015
As the end of 2014 draws near, Canadean forecasts the top trends which will influence consumer behavior in 2015, and provides an insight into...
Asia Pacific: Medical foods supply to grow, finds report
Medical foods are often confused with dietary supplements and functional foods that are neither targeted for specific disease conditions nor require medical supervision for...
World: Frozen foods market to grow to US$261.50B in 2015, says report
The global frozen food market is expected to grow from $218.41 billion in 2010 to US$261.50 billion in 2015 at an estimated compound annual...
Asia Pacific: Chinese found to consume more yogurt, finds DSM
DSM has published a paper investigating the reasons behind rising yogurt consumption in China and provides new insights in how health-conscious, lactose-intolerant Chinese are...