Health & Wellness
Asia Pacific: Fonterra’s NZMP names top five consumer trends in 2019
Fonterra's global ingredients brand NZMP has picked the top five consumer trends in 2019, based on industry observers and reports.
They are digestive wellness, snacking...
Europe: Investing in the baby food market, DMK walks the talk
DMK Group has converted the former DMK dairy plant in Strückhausen
in Wesermarsch, Germany, into a baby food production facility.
When the plant is fully commissioned,...
Americas: IFST updates information on stevia
The Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) has updated its Information Statement on Stevia, which covers EU regulatory changes to mid-2018.
It also includes...
Europe: Researchers to extract protein from grass for human consumption
In a project headed by DTU Food, researchers and companies are working together to find a profitable way to extract protein from grass and...
Asia Pacific: More Chinese are shunning salt, report
With families in China coming together to feast during the Lunar New Year (5th February) celebrations, a Mintel report reveals that Chinese consumers are...
Americas: Algaia and Gelymar to enter US market
Algaia and Gelymar have decided to use a joint commercialization channel in the US.
They will market their products in the North American region through...
Asia Pacific: Malaysian companies to create low GI flatbread
Holista CollTech and Bursa Malaysia-listed Kawan Food Berhad (Kawan Food) will produce healthy Asian flatbreads, including roti canai, roti and chappati, for local and...
Asia Pacific: Valio receives Chinese export permit for infant formula
The Chinese government has given Valio an export permit to ship its powdered infant formulas, manufactured at the Lapinlahti plant, and ready-to-feed liquid infant...
Americas: Researchers make more stevia using yeast
A report in American Chemical Society's Synthetic Biology describes a way to prepare large quantities of stevia using yeast, which would cut out the...
Asia Pacific: Bangkok to hold alternative protein summit
Organized by the Centre for Management Technology, the 2nd Food Proteins Asia (January 22-23, 2019) in Bangkok, Thailand will highlight the shift towards alternative...