India
Zeelandia completes Brics strategy with Indian joint-venture
Zeelandia and Fine Organics have set up a joint-venture for India and its neighbouring markets under the name Fine Zeelandia to sell mostly locally produced baking ingredients.
Archives for January 22, 2015
Special Edition: Blood Sugar Management
Evidence continues to bolster polyphenols' blood sugar management story despite murky mode of action
Although the mechanism of action is somewhat unclear, polyphenols have a solid and growing body of research backing their effect on the regulation of blood sugar levels, experts say.
Australia
Australia Day study assesses which beer drinkers are most patriotic
Almost 7m Australian adults drank beer at least once in any given month, with over three-quarters of these being men and nine out of 10 choosing at least one local brew, according to a study released in time for Australia Day.
Bangladesh blockade batters poultry industry
A politically-inspired blockade of highways in Bangladesh, launched by the country’s opposition parties, and related vandalism of lorries trying to break through, is devastating a Bangladeshi poultry sector still reeling from avian flu.
China
Smog blamed on smoking bacon, city bans practice ahead of new year
The culinary practice of smoking bacon, a traditional method of preserving pork, has been banned in the Chinese city of Chongqing after being blamed for much of its noxious air.
Could the future of type-2 diabetes treatment be prescription diets?
In the future doctors could prescribe low calorie diets to reverse type-2 diabetes, not tablets and surgery, according to one scientist conducting a 5-year study on such a strategy.