All news articles for December 2017

Plenish Gut Health Programme. Picture: Plenish.

Food & drink wellness trends for 2018

By Jenny Eagle

Kara Rosen, founder of the organic pressed juice and dairy-free nut milk brand, Plenish, reveals her predictions of the trends set to land in 2018.

Itoham Yonekyu increases Anzco stake

Itoham Yonekyu increases Anzco stake

By Aidan Fortune

Japanese food business Itoham Yonekyu Holdings has increased its shareholding in New Zealand meat processor Anzco from 65% to 100%.

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Asahi sells stake in China’s Tsingtao Brewery

By Rachel Arthur

Asahi Group Holdings has announced it will sell its stake in Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited to Fosun Group and Tsingtao Brewery Group Company Limited in two separate transactions.

Sugar taxes: The global picture in 2017

Sugar taxes: The global picture in 2017

By Lester Wan, Elaine Watson, Rachel Arthur

Sugar taxes have continued to gain momentum in 2017, but the introduction of new legislation is rarely straight-forward. We take a look at countries around the globe where sugar taxes have been making headlines this year.

Currently, while over a quarter of Aussies say they would like to shop for groceries online, only 3.7% do as they prefer their neighbourhood supermarket. ©GettyImages

Australia set for retail revolution with grocery e-commerce

By RJ Whitehead

Amid the growing rise of e-commerce across Asia, culminating in remarkable sales figures from last month’s Singles' Day in China, it is easy to miss the changing face of online grocery in the wider region’s more organised markets, such as Australia.

 Timeline: The Asia-Pacific food and beverage industry in 2017

Timeline: The Asia-Pacific food and beverage industry in 2017

By Gary Scattergood

As another busy year comes to a close, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support. It's been an eventful 12 months — explore our timeline as we look back at the industry's key turning points in 2017.

John Keogh from advisory service Shantalla Inc believes technology advances can increase transparency for the benefit of consumers and businesses. ©FIA

Blockchain can bring supply chain transparency and transform food firms

By Lester Wan

Blockchain can be the “key mediator” to make supply chains more transparent by enabling food firms to share data based on trust, and to transform their operations to be much more efficient, but it will require a fundamental shift in organisational mindsets.

Privately-owned Cargill said the plant would produce its piglet feed Neopigg

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Cargill invests in Chinese pig nutrition plant

By Aidan Fortune

Cargill is to grow its young animal nutrition capability by investing more than US$15 million (m) to add a piglet feed production line at its existing premix and nutrition facility in Tianjin, China.

Sooksunt Jiumjaiswanglerg (pictured) said he planned to 'enhance' CPF's global status

Thai meat giant on track to grow revenue

By Oscar Rousseau

One of the world’s largest meat processors, Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), has claimed to be on-track to deliver double-digit sales growth.

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