Food Ingredients & Food Science - Sweeteners, flavours, vitamins

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Nestle China incubator reveals new products to meet health and wellness needs

The new Nestle China Incubator team has revealed a series of new products from soups to snacks, which are specifically designed to suit the tastes of local consumers.

‘Not an effective policy’: Food manufacturers respond ‘with concern’ to Malaysia’s sugar tax

Food manufacturers in Malaysia, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have responded to the upcoming 2019 introduction of sugar taxes on drinks and juice ‘with concern’, saying that this is ‘not an effective policy response’ to combat obesity and chronic disease.

Vietnam traceability and safety: New Zealand pledges to enhance food collaboration

Vietnam is looking to New Zealand for assistance in food traceability and food safety, with the sixth Vietnam-New Zealand Joint Trade and Economic Commission (JTEC) agreeing a raft of collaborations.

Morinaga's 41-year-old probiotics product wins most innovative ingredient award at Gulfood Manufacturing

Morinaga Nutritional Foods (APAC) has been named the Most Innovative Health Ingredient for its probiotic strain Bifidobacterium longum BB536 at the Gulfood Manufacturing Industry Excellence Awards.

Safety shorts: India milk scandal, new Singapore food safety standards and more in our food safety round-up

Insight into India's ongoing milk crisis, new updates to Singapore food safety standards and bottled water safety feature in our food safety compilation.

Russia inks meat trade deal with China, despite AI alert

Russia has seen its meat exports rise throughout 2018 and this growth could accelerate in 2019 with the recent opening of the Chinese market for the country’s poultry companies.

Top 7 from 7: The key global food industry news of the past 7 days (Nov 5-12)

From Cargill and DSM teaming up on high-potency sweeteners to China’s booming yogurt market, a lot has happened over the past seven days. Here’s a round-up of the top seven global food and beverage news items to get you updated!