How Brooklyn Creamery has mastered e-commerce and cold-chain in hot markets
Cold-chain innovation by Brooklyn Creamery has powered frozen dessert delivery in challenging markets such as India and UAE
The Brooklyn Creamery specialises in better-for-you frozen desserts, a rapidly growing category in the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions.
According to the firm’s founder Shivaan Ghai, there is particularly strong interest in markets that with hot weather.
South Korea targets Saudi Arabia for K-food export growth
South Korea is eyeing Saudi Arabia as a key food exports market, doubling down on inter-government collaborations and local regulatory deep dives
The emergence of Saudi Arabia as a major target market has likely spawned from South Korea’s immense food export success to the general Middle East region in the first quarter of the year, where this emerged as its biggest growth market with a 37.9% year-on-year growth.
But for Saudi Arabia in particular, the local food and nutrition industry has previously expressed frustration at gaining and maintaining entry, particularly with regard to regulatory barriers and red tape.
UAE to link beverage prices to sugar levels: What does industry need to do?
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will implement a tiered excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) from January 2026
This will replace the current flat 50% rate with a model based on sugar content per 100ml.
The reform, announced by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), is part of a wider push to cut sugar intake, address non-communicable diseases, and align tax systems across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
What are the 4 most crucial AI applications in food innovation?
AI is driving food innovation and marketing strategies – here are four major ways experts at Fi Asia 2025 say it is shaping production and improving relevance
The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in food has been on the rise in the past decade, with mostly a practical focus on improving convenience and increasing speed, particularly for larger food and beverage MNCs.
Here are four of the most crucial food industry applications that AI is moving towards in order to make a more significant impact – and make its presence more prominent – in the sector.
PepsiCo and Unilever step up with new regen ag push
PepsiCo and Unilever have decided it’s time to get serious about soil: their new STEP up for Agriculture program throws money and muscle behind regenerative farming
Two of the world’s biggest food players are putting their money where their mouth is. The program, dubbed STEP up for Agriculture, is less about buzzwords and more about boots on the ground.
The ambition is vast. PepsiCo has promised 10 million acres under regenerative practices by 2030. Unilever wants a million hectares in the same timeframe.
