Consumers are feeling more pressured than ever before and new technologies are emerging to answer this pain, disrupting what people eat and how they shop.
Food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) has revealed plans to generate more business growth from overseas operations, focusing on increasing capacity in Thailand and foreign bases to serve the export market.
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that the rapid onset of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China could spread to other Asian countries.
UAE-based Organic&Real.com (O&R) may have only just launched, but its boss is already aiming for it to become the biggest online marketplace for certified organic and natural, vegan, gluten-free and free-from healthy food products.
It is hoped that Australian exporters’ decision this year to suspend shipments of live sheep and goats to Malaysia until the end of the Korban religious festival will pressure its market into improving animal welfare standards.
The UAE has identified algae as a potential source for food production, which will help it boost food security, according to the Minister of State for Future Food Security.
Malaysian PM Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has acknowledged the government is contemplating introducing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, after highlighting concerns about the nation's diabetes rates.
With India's supplements sector targeting US$10bn sales by 2025, five industry experts have outlined how they believe firms can best tap into rising consumer interest in health and wellness.
