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Cholesterol crush: Major Indian dairy firms lose US$100,000 of products over false labelling claims

11-Feb-2020 By Pearly Neo

Almost US$100,000 worth of well-known spreads were confiscated by the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from two local Indian dairy firms for ‘zero cholesterol’ and ‘low cholesterol’ mislabelling violations.

FNA F&B Trailblazers Podcast Episode 4

PODCAST: AI Palette’s Som Ganchoudhuri on transition from MNC to AI start-up

07-Feb-2020 By Pearly Neo

In this episode of our Food and Beverage Trailblazers podcast, we speak to the CEO and Co-founder of Singapore-based artificial intelligence company AI Palette Somsubhra Ganchoudhuri (Som) about using AI for food product innovation, and making the switch...

Scientists open avenue for manufacturers to one day produce a high fibre white bread

05-Feb-2020 By Gill Hyslop

An international group of scientists has pinpointed the genes responsible for the dietary content of white flour, which opens possibilities to manufacturers to satiate the consumers' love of white bread, while critically boosting their fibre intake.

Growth and technology: Food companies singled out as significant force in generating halal industry development

05-Feb-2020 By Pearly Neo

Food and beverage companies have been singled out as a significant force to ‘generate substantial growth’ for the halal industry, especially in Asia and the Middle East, by creating dedicated halal propositions in developing their businesses.

Palm oil dilemma: Why Malaysia’s second-largest commodity export continues to face uncertain future

05-Feb-2020 By Pearly Neo

Malaysia is the second-largest palm oil producer in the world and the commodity is also the country’s second-largest export in terms of value - but the local palm oil industry as a whole faces an uncertain future due to volatile prices and continuing...

Digital and physical: Why food packaging developments can combat India’s adulteration woes

04-Feb-2020 By Pearly Neo

With the food adulteration situation in India showing no sign of slowing down, an authentication expert has argued that food packaging developments can help improve the situation and raise food safety levels in the country.

No colour, no PVC: South Korea bans hard-to-recycle plastic materials for F&B packaging

31-Jan-2020 By Pearly Neo

South Korea has enforced regulations banning the usage of plastic materials that are difficult to recycle such as PVC and coloured PET bottles for the packaging of food and beverage items.

10-step plan: South Korea releases new nutrition labelling guidelines to increase food industry compliance

29-Jan-2020 By Pearly Neo

South Korea has released a new 10-step nutrition labelling guidelines document to address challenges faced by food businesses in correctly labelling food and beverage items, in the hopes of increasing industry compliance to standards and regulations.

Asia is at the forefront of insect protein advancement says US cricket seasoning founder

23-Jan-2020 By Guan Yu Lim

Asia is at the forefront of advances in developing insects for human consumption and will benefit from growing demand for nutrient-dense protein sources for the global marketplace.

Baked is best: Immunity enhancement better from baked bread than steamed - study

22-Jan-2020 By Guan Yu Lim

Baked bread may help enhances immunity and aid weight loss more than steamed bread, according to researchers in China.

Allergen focus: Australia and New Zealand look to tighten mandatory labelling rules

22-Jan-2020 By Pearly Neo

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is looking to implement stricter mandatory allergen labelling regulations in both countries, particularly surrounding aspects such as clarity, consistency and prominence, and has opened this proposal to public...

Snack it Right: DuPont launches research-based ASEAN campaign based on seven concepts

21-Jan-2020 By Pearly Neo

DuPont’s food and beverage arm has just launched a snacking campaign focused on research into ASEAN consumer trends and has identified seven food and beverage concepts to zoom into within this.

India food quality: Over one in four samples fail quality test as FSSAI makes ‘improvement’ claims

21-Jan-2020 By Pearly Neo

Over 25% of food samples in the Indian state of Haryana have been found to fail food quality tests conducted by the local Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) claiming they are getting better...

Korea’s 2030 food industry vision: Five major local food sectors to receive ‘vitality boost’

20-Jan-2020 By Pearly Neo

South Korea plans to focus on five major sectors within the local food industry and give these a ‘vitality boost’ as part of its 2030 target to double the value of the sector.

Singapore’s War on Diabetes: How industry has played a key role in government’s health battle

20-Jan-2020 By Pearly Neo

Three years after Singapore officially launched its War on Diabetes campaign, with the aim of ‘mobilising the whole nation’ to tackle the condition, we assess how the food and beverage industry has been a key ally in the battle.