Here's a recap of our 10 most-read F&B stories in January 2023, including the top F&B industry trends, emerging categories to watch and regulatory policies to expect in the coming year and more.
Mondelez is seeing markedly diverse behaviours among consumers on tight budgets, and says it is weighing up more promotions on big packs and pushing low-unit price packs.
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After a hugely successful debut as a face-to-face event in 2022, our Growth Asia Summit returns for 2023 this September in Singapore with a raft of new content themes.
Brands manufacturing plant-based products in the APAC region have highlighted format innovation as a crucial factor in bringing down costs to a level that can satisfy local consumer demands in the short-to-mid term.
Major South East Asian palm oil producer countries are gearing up to retaliate against the European Union’s controversial deforestation regulation, with the situation rapidly devolving to the point that a trade war could be on the horizon.
Snacking giant Mondelez believes that increased focus needs to be placed on improving the experiential and digital marketing of travel retail confectionery in the APAC region and beyond in order to boost category growth.
China’s national ‘Excellent Milk’ project says it is on track to implement further quality and safety advances to locally-produced dairy as it seeks to slash reliance on imports.
We bring you the top 10 most-read alternative protein stories from the APAC food and beverage industry in 2022, featuring updates on product launches and regulatory updates for plant-based meat and dairy, cultivated meat, hybrid products and more.
Many South East Asian countries remain cautious and concerned over food insecurity and rising inflationary costs despite having seen stellar post-COVID-19 growth in multiple food categories.
China is ramping up its efforts to move past the immense impacts COVID-19 has had on the country over the past three years, including removing all requirements for nucleic acid testing on frozen food imports and reducing tariffs.
As the Asia Pacific region learns to navigate multiple challenges including the economic fallout of COVID-19 as well as ongoing geopolitical conflicts, the food and beverage industry still continues to flourish and we believe these three emerging categories...
Here's a recap of our 10 most read F&B stories in December 2022, featuring news on poppy seed food safety in Australia, PepsiCo calls for big brand support of sustainable palm oil, China's latest developments on excessive packaging rules...
With South East Asia (SEA) one of the fastest-growing region for e-commerce, we speak to Amazon Singapore and e-commerce enabler firm CREA on the outlook and opportunities for health and nutrition brands in the e-commerce space.
We have spoken to major brands from across the Asia Pacific region to reveal the five top trends set to shape the food and beverage industry in 2023, including demands for convenient product formats, rising interest in spicy flavours, an affordability-driven...
China’s decision to provide additional subsidies to soybean and grain producers appears to have reaped rewards, with the state officials claiming the former increased by 27% and the latter hitting record levels.
From health and wellness to alternative proteins, sustainability and more, we bring you the top 10 most-read trends stories from the food and beverage industry throughout 2022.
Read our top 10 most viewed stories from the Japan food and beverage industry this year, featuring insect protein, cultivated meat, regulatory updates and more.
Read our top 10 most-viewed food and beverage stories from China throughout 2022, featuring remaining COVID-19 concerns, alternative proteins, digitalisation progress and more.
FMCG food and beverage brands making popular consumer products need to step up and publicly support sustainable palm oil in order to make a real impact in the sector, according to leaders of the RSPO.
A lack of consumer awareness and barriers to scaling-up remaining major hurdles for the 3D food printing sector in Asia, but major players are hopeful that tech-savvy and health-conscious consumers can help it hit the mainstream.
Food and drink firms reported sweeping reductions in sugar in the Government’s Sugar Reduction Programme: Industry progress update, but criticism was levelled against the industry for its inability to meet voluntary targets.
Consumers are most concerned about sleep quality, cognitive and immune health when it comes to taking care of their wellbeing, a new survey from Fonterra’s health and wellbeing brand Nutiani has found.
Here's a recap of our 10 most-read F&B stories in November 2022, including Thailand cannabis regulations, Philippines trans-fats ban, Indonesia's sugar control and more.
Plant-based brands need to slash salt levels by adopting a similar ‘reduce and replace’ strategy used by the sugar-sweetened beverage sector in order to ensure that consumers can reap health benefits of the trend, according to a nutrition expert.
Frozen foods, canned foods and bakery products have emerged as the most popular food categories amongst APAC consumers amidst rising inflation and food cost increases, driven by common themes of affordability, shelf-life and convenience.
The Malaysian palm oil sector believes there is little prospect of seeing market growth in the coming year due to labour, economic and climate challenges.
Qatari dairy giant Baladna is looking at more markets in South East Asia to bring its sustainable dairy self-sufficiency model to, after successfully securing and setting up its joint venture in Malaysia.
Nutrition products for gut, liver, eye health and sports have recorded strong growth during this year’s Double 11 shopping festival, says China’s leading e-commerce platform JD Health.
Getting the taste right in sodium-reduced food products remains the biggest barrier to overcome in reformulation efforts, according to industry experts.
Healthy children snacking in India, sugar reduction pledges in Australia, dairy for health in China and more feature in this edition of Healthier Choices.
Increasingly challenging consumer demands for products that can satisfy both taste and convenience needs are accelerating format and flavour innovation within the ready-to-cook (RTC) foods sector, according to Tyson’s APAC VP.
Improvements in stunting have stagnated while the number of children overweight in India has increased over the last five years, in a reversal of improvements seen in the previous decade-and-a-half, new data reveals.
Emphasising the healthy benefit functions and innovating in a variety of formats is crucial for the success of probiotics, prebiotics and microbiome-related products, more so than promoting specific strains and ingredients, according to an expert panel.
Nutrient quality in plant-based beverages should be considered on a par with sustainability credentials, researchers say as they assessed the quality as well as quantity of micronutrients in common plant-based drinks.
Seafood heavyweight Thai Union has called for more big brands dealing in protein to hop into the alternative protein sector – but stressed that the motivation for this needs to be more centered on food security than profit margins.
Japan's plant-based reluctance, Ultimeat on product localisation, APAC readiness for insect protein and more feature in this edition of Alt Protein Watch.
Nestle India's traditional ingredients focus, oral supplements for anti-hyperpigmentation, BL Agro oil production growth and more feature in this edition of India Focus.
The ability to accurately convert consumer demands and preferences into real, technical product concepts remains a key challenge for the plant-based sector in the APAC region, according to industry experts at Roquette.
