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How Australia’s big three battle for online grocery customers

CupoNation claims to have drawn a complete picture of the e-grocery landscape in Australia, concluding that Amazon’s forthcoming entry into the market will not be easy, Facebook is by far the most used Social Media channel by e-grocers, and that Woolworths is still the “king of the Google search”.

Vietnamese sugar industry faces threat from falling import tariffs

Vietnam’s obligation to cut sugar tariffs will open up opportunities for its neighbours while placing considerable pressure on its struggling domestic sugar industry.

Australian food and grocery industries feel the heat from rising gas prices

Food, beverage and grocery — Australia’s largest manufacturing sectors — are set to be hard hit by rising gas prices and other pressures.

Emerging Aussie distillery embarks on third single malt

A distillery at the mouth of Australia’s longest river system is ramping up production on the back of rocketing demand.

Officials disrupt Egypt’s wheat supplies in protest to losing jollies

Government inspectors furious at losing their travel perks are behind the disruption of wheat shipments to the world’s biggest buyer.

Taxes, ad bans, label warnings? Beverage firms which fail to meet Singapore’s sugar reduction targets in government's sights

The Singapore government is weighing up a range of measures, including taxes, more stringent advertising bans and warning labels on products, for soft drink manufacturers that fail to meet its sugar reduction objectives.

Booze with benefits? The challenges scientists overcame to create a probiotic beer

The National University of Singapore academic behind what is believed to be the world's first probiotic beer has revealed the considerable challenges that had to be overcome for good bacteria to survive in booze.

Possible link between vitamin D deficiency and diabetes: Korean population-based study

Insufficient vitamin D has been associated with diabetes by way of altering insulin secretion and resistance, but individual differences in vitamin D sensitivity mean that there are variations in its effect.