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Boosting Indian competitiveness: Five major food categories to benefit from US$417m World Bank collaboration

Prepared and packaged foods are one the five key categories identified by an India-World Bank collaborative programme to boost the nation’s food manufacturing sector, which has now moved to the cabinet approval stage.

Inconvenient truth: Aussies spending 32% of food budgets on takeaways

Food manufacturers have been urged to play their part in helping Australian’s improve their diets and tackle the nation’s obesity epidemic, in the wake of a report that found Aussie’s blow a third of their food budget on takeaways.

Local focus: Walmart India invests US$4.8m to hit 25% direct sourcing goal

Walmart India has announced a US$4.8mn grant towards programmes to develop and boost local agricultural technologies and capabilities to help it source 25% of fresh produce from local farmers.

Policy Picks: FSSAI food safety audits, new UAE sugar tax additions, Indonesia's 'no palm oil' claims ban and more in our round-up

FSSAI food safety audits, new UAE sugar tax additions, Indonesia's 'no palm oil' claims ban and more in this edition of Policy Picks.

Seaweed and tree fern: $1.1M Māori-led research announced to create new NZ functional foods

New Zealand’s High-Value Nutrition (HVN) National Science Challenge and industry partners are seeking to establish two new ‘highly functional natural foods’ – Karengo, a type of edible seaweed, and Mamaku, a type of tree fern.

Herbalife reveals key market opportunities in APAC on the back of new record high for sales volume

Herbalife has identified three key opportunities in APAC's dietary supplement market, ranging from obesity to ageing after the firm saw a 23% year-on-year rise in sales in the region.

‘Gargantuan’ potential: Alibaba’s research arm on China’s three massive food and beverage e-commerce opportunities

China’s massive e-commerce market potential due to its ‘opening-up’ policies, gargantuan market and rapid digital transformation are opportunities that all global F&B firms should make the most of, according to an industry expert.

Added sugar labelling: Australian industry ‘fully supportive’ but appeals for consistency

The food and beverage industry in Australia has expressed ‘full support’ for the addition of information about added sugar onto food and beverage labels – but want this to be consistent with the Health Star Rating (HSR) system to avoid negatively affecting...