Dairy

‘Drastic change’: Indian e-commerce platform FreshToHome goes direct to producers

14-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

Indian fresh produce specialist e-commerce platform FreshToHome is confident that private labelling and high quality are key new trends for the local online shopping scene, driving them to cut out the middle men and go direct-to-producer.

Digital dairy: Australia pilots new regulatory system to slash paperwork and boost safety

13-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

Australia is piloting a new A$500,000 (US$344,000) digital regulatory system for dairy in the state of Victoria, which aims to streamline audit processes and reduce the burden of administrative paperwork, in addition to closely monitoring food safety...

‘Delivering downstream’: Musim Mas’ first Singapore innovation centre targets finished product gains

07-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

Palm oil specialist firm Musim Mas has just opened its first R&D and innovation facility in Singapore with an eye on conducting further R&D into more downstream palm oil innovations so as to ‘stay ahead’ of F&B trends in the Asia Pacific region...

Caramilk’s back: Cadbury’s limited edition chocolate relaunched as Oceania-only permanent item

05-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

Cadbury has relaunched its popular Caramilk chocolate as a permanent item due to fervent consumer demand – but the availability of this will be limited to only New Zealand and Australia.

Star crazy: Aussie health rating changes could see confectionery achieving ‘good for you’ status

05-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

The Australian confectionery sector has called for one of the recommended changes to the Health Star Rating (HSR) system - to remove the energy icon and make star labels compulsory – to be reconsidered, claiming this could lead to its products appearing...

Dairy industry would have suffered if PM Modi signed RCEP deal, experts say

Farmers cheer India’s exit from regional FTA

05-Nov-2019 By Richard Whitehead

India’s government has bowed to pressure from agriculture, and in particular the powerful dairy industry, and refused to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal with 15 other Asia-Pacific countries.

Safety First: Food adulteration in Pakistan and India, FSANZ alcohol pregnancy warning labels and more in our round-up

05-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

Food adulteration in Pakistan and India, FSANZ alcohol pregnancy warning labels and more feature in this edition of Safety First.

International aid: Japan helps Vietnam to upgrade food safety measures with focus on facilities and equipment

05-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

Japan has signed an agreement with Vietnam to provide financial assistance of some JPY1.204bn (US$11.1mn) to help the latter in upgrading and improving its food safety testing systems and facilities.

‘Myth’ busted? FSSAI claims local milk to be ‘largely safe’ despite widespread quality fears

04-Nov-2019 By Pearly Neo

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently released the results of its National Milk Safety and Quality Survey 2018, making numerous claims that these ‘demolish the perception of large scale milk adulteration in the country’ – but...

Lewis Road Creamery reducing plastic with rPET bottles

29-Oct-2019 By Jim Cornall

New Zealand dairy producer Lewis Road Creamery has eliminated 210 tonnes of fresh plastic from its packaging cycle in the first 12 months of trialling bottles made from 100% recycled plastic.

Trendipedia 2019: Tetra Pak weighs in on the top seven food and beverage trends driving the industry

29-Oct-2019 By Pearly Neo

Tetra Pak has identified seven food and beverage trends surrounding the areas of hygiene, digitalisation and individual experience that have been and continue to be major drivers of the industry this year.

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‘New era’ for halal in Indonesia: Understanding the country’s new certification system

28-Oct-2019 By Pearly Neo

Indonesia is enforcing its new halal certification, with food and beverage the first area of focus as the Halal Product Assurance Agency (BPJPH) takes over from the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI).

Fi Asia Thailand 2019

GNT’s Exberry looks to stand out from the colour crowd in Asia with sustainable stance

23-Oct-2019 By Pearly Neo

All-natural food colours firm GNT is looking to stand out from its colourful competition in Asia based on the high levels of self-sustainability and traceability of its products.

Fi Asia Thailand 2019

Thai challenges: The major industry barriers to product commercialisation revealed

23-Oct-2019 By Pearly Neo

An expert in the Thai food and beverage industry has weighed in on major barriers that local firms and food researchers with commercial aims face when it comes to commercialising products, particularly centred around a lack of overall understanding of...

Fonterra revises 2019/2020 forecast farmgate milk price

22-Oct-2019 By Jim Cornall

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has increased its 2019/2020 forecast Farmgate Milk Price range from NZ$6.25-$7.25 (US$4.01-$4.65) per kgMS to NZ$6.55-$7.55 (US$4.20-$4.84) per kgMS.