India’s e-commerce and online grocery sector has been buzzing with speculation and new investment in the past week with Alibaba, Amazon and Walmart all seemingly jostling for position.
One-in-ten middle school children and almost one-in-five in high school in South Korea come from households deemed to be food insecure, a new report has revealed.
India’s Tata Global Beverages Ltd. is looking to sell its 41% stake in Amalgamated Plantations Pvt. Ltd., India’s second-largest tea producer and supplier.
Crave Halal, an iPhone app and e-website that helps Muslims to find halal food, has recently been launched in South Korea, just in time for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics in February.
Public-private partnerships are urgently needed to help India’s food sector deal with the country’s much-reported nutrition and food security challenges, according to a new report.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FFSAI) is set to regulate alcoholic beverages in the country to ensure it is within a safe and permissible limit.
India has imposed a 30% tariff on imports of chickpeas and lentils, effective immediately, a little more than a month since it introduced a 50% tax on field peas imports.
Food companies in Taiwan that violate the law can now be closed immediately, following the introduction of new guidelines by the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
India’s food regulator has strongly rebutted a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) that has been highly critical of its licencing, standards and testing processes.
Ambitious plans to open a mega food park in India look set to come to fruition by the end of this year, more than three years after its foundation stone was laid.
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.
Stevia supplier PureCircle has opened a new application laboratory in India as it seeks to boost sales to manufacturers that are looking to develop new low-calorie products to counter rising cases of obesity and diabetes in South Asia.
Nestle’s India boss Suresh Narayanan has insisted Maggi products in India are compliant with all Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) rules following fresh concerns about the popular noodle brand.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released a set of guidelines to make sure that food firms have a proper and clear plan to recall a food product if it is found to be unsafe.
India now has one unified organic logo and a new online portal that has been set-up for consumers to track the provenance of products, with one industry veteran welcoming the pro-organic stance from officials.
South Korean giant Lotte Confectionery has fully acquired Havmor Ice Cream Ltd in India for Rs1,020 crore (about US$157.9m), entering the ice cream snacks segment as well as expanding its business network across India.
Plans by the Indian food regulator to enforce the publication of sodium content on food labels have come under fire two weeks before a draft policy is released.
Asia is primed to drive the sales of global organic products between 2020-2030 as consumer understanding and government support grows, claims an industry pioneer in India.
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...
