Read more on healthy ice cream in India, palm oil in China, Nestle's new plant-based site in Malaysia and much more in our 10 most-read APAC F&B stories for April 2021.
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Read more on healthy ice cream in India, palm oil in China, Nestle's new plant-based site in Malaysia and much more in our 10 most-read APAC F&B stories for April 2021.
Click through the gallery to see them all.
The UAE's first premium non-alcoholic drinks online marketplace, Drink Dry, has entered the retail space with its first partner, supermarket chain Choithrams, with the firm exploiting a gap in the market for sophisticated booze-free offerings.
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India-based Habbit Health and Nutrition has launched a range of what it claims to be 'the healthiest ice creams on the planet' dubbed Wise Creams, containing zero sugar, low fat content and no more than 50 calories per serving.
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China's demand for palm oil has seen a rise which is expected to continue for some time after major competitor soybean took a hit to supply, demand and prices over the triple threats of COVID-19, the US-China trade war, and African Swine Fever (ASF).
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Nestle Malaysia has pegged product affordability and versatility as its main plant-based strategies amid the official launch of the firm's first ever plant-based production facility in the ASEAN region.
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Indonesia-based cooperative Alko Sumatra Kopi (ALKO) intends to export 100 tonnes of specialty-grade Arabica Kerinci coffee to China this year, paired with its blockchain technology.
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Monitoring tests of Japan's food products after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident showed that drinking water, milk and infant food were within the radioactivity concentration limits after five years, but some samples from the wild animal meat and agricultural categories still showed high radioactivity.
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Philippines' and Thailand's F&B manufacturing sectors shrunk amid the COVID-19 pandemic last year, while Vietnam and Indonesia saw positive growth, according to a new report.
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Australian plant-based firm Eighth Day Foods has developed a versatile plant-based meat alternative from sweet lupins, which it claims is 'ideal for Asia' via its specialised fermentation process.
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Government buy-in will be crucial for cultured meat firms looking to hit cost parity for their products by 2030, with experts claiming that it will be an uphill battle go head-to-head with traditional meat products in terms of price by the end of this decade.
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Global seafood giant Thai Union has pinpointed traceability to be the 'backbone of sustainability' in its upcoming sustainable seafood strategy, SeaChange 2025, with a strong emphasis on tech transformation.
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