Starbucks’ Indian joint-venture has marked the opening of its hundredth store and fifth anniversary in the country with the announcement of a series of strategic initiatives.
Faced with mounting import rejections overseas, India is working on new packaging standards for food shipments to developed markets that it is hoped will also boost trade.
Cases of contamination owing to the use of substandard materials have prompted the Indian regulator to take action by preparing new food packaging guidelines.
Basmati rice manufacturer LT Foods will launch premium rice-based snacks through a joint venture with Kameda Seika of Japan, under the brand name Kari Kari.
Prabhat Dairy is seeking to expand its consumer business across India in a bid to achieve annual sales of 20 billion rupees (US$307.2m) by financial year 2019-2020.
PepsiCo’s Indian arm expects to sell off its bottling operations to franchisees in the south and west of the country in a bid to divest of its most difficult markets.
Rising exports of South Korean instant noodles, dried seaweed and beer to China have bucked dipping food and beverage trends following Seoul’s decision to deploy a US-backed missile defence system.
American customs authorities are reviewing allegations that North Korean workers have been working in Chinese factories in conditions bordering on slavery, and will begin prohibiting imports if necessary.
Gulf food processing is among the key sectors ripe for investment as India continues to strengthen its historic economic ties with the GCC, according to a new report by Alpen Capital.
Ruchi Soya Industries, India’s biggest edible oil manufacturer, has formed an exclusive arrangement with Patanjali Ayurved to sell and distribute its entire range of large-pack edible oils.
India’s regulator has embarked on a “massive” training programme to teach up to 600,000 food businesses how to maintain better safety standards over two years.
India’s food processing minister has been meeting with business leaders in America in a bid to tempt them into bringing their investment and technology to India.
Though the government has embarked on a number of projects over recent years to improve farm production, some states are yet to realise the importance of post-harvest management and have been missing out in revenue as a result, according to agriculture...
India must open up to genetically modified soybean if it wants to keep up with domestic demand, according to the agriculture representative of the American Embassy in Delhi.
Indian feed producer, Godrej Agrovet, has set a price range of 450-460 rupees a share for its initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to 11.6 billion rupees (US$177.6m), according to a public notice published today.
Kolkata-based dairy, fruit and grocery major Keventer Agro has raised US$25m in capital from Indian private equity firm Mandala Capital to fund its expansion in agro-food processing in eastern India.
Billionaire serial investor Taizo Son will bring an early-stage food incubator to India, where it will back startups that focus on farm-to-fork processes—a segment he believes the country has yet to fulfil.
OptiBiotix Health has signed a scale-up and manufacturing deal with Tata Chemicals' Food and Nutrition division in India for its cholesterol-reducing prebiotic, LPGOS.
The sheer scale of demand for Australian and New Zealand goods in China has been revealed in a striking report—though indications suggests that cross-border e-commerce might soon have reached its peak.
India’s food regulator is developing a recipe archive to preserve the country’s food heritage, as part of a number of initiatives that include setting up cuisine hubs and organising food festivals.
McDonald’s has severed its 22-year relationship with partner Vikram Bakshi, putting all its 169 restaurants in north and east India at risk of closure.
Mars Foods will buy the American-based owner of Tasty Bite Foodservice (TFS), a manufacturer of all-natural, ready-to-heat Indian and Asian food products, for an undisclosed price.
Bamboo shoots hold great nutritive and economic potential for Northeast India, according to an article by Bodoland University and the Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women.
India’s flavoured milk segment has been seeing a significant level of interest, with the category having attracted 43% of all dairy drink launches last year.
India has already attracted over US$180m in foreign direct investment in the new fiscal year, and has been witnessing growing interest from foreign food companies, according to the food processing minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
A bitter row between two of India’s biggest dairy manufacturers has returned to the Bombay High Court with Gujurat co-operative Amul arguing for the reinstatement of an ice cream advert that had been blocked following a complaint by Hindustan Unilever...
The Scotch whisky sector wants a reduction in the 150% tariff that India imposes on imports of its products in any bilateral trade deal the UK seeks following Brexit in March 2019.
Hundreds of Indian beverage manufacturers are preparing to start adding fruit juice to their carbonated beverages in a bid to game the newly implemented GST regime.
