Syngenta has announced the opening of a formulation plant in Tuas, Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and JTC, reinforcing its commitment to improving access to crop protection products for Asian farmers and supporting the transformation of agriculture in Asia. The new plant is a multi-million project…
FIA Food For The Future Summit 2019
FIA Food For The Future Summit 2019 Tucked into the far corner of the gargantuan Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, a score of food and agri-tech disruptors were competing for attention from 650 senior executives from major food, beverage, ingredients and flavours suppliers as well as investors from across the…
Food For Elders Pavilion Showcases Tasty And Functional Food At ELDEX ASIA 2019
Enterprise Singapore, the trade and enterprise development government agency, together with the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME), will be supporting close to ten Singapore-based food companies to exhibit at the Food for Elders Pavilion at the inaugural ELDEX ASIA exhibition and conference in November 2019. These companies will…
Whey Protein Hydrolysate Adds Sparkle To Crystal-Clear Sports Drinks
Arla Foods Ingredients is injecting some fizz into the sports nutrition category with its new Lacprodan HYDRO.Clear. The advanced 100 percent whey protein hydrolysate solution is specially developed for formulating sparkling protein waters. Lacprodan HYDRO.Clear is fat and sugar-free and delivers optimised taste, a low bitterness profile and long shelf…
U.S. Dairy Exports To Southeast Asia Set New Record In 2018
According to year-end U.S. government (U.S. Census Bureau) trade data released in March, dairy exports from the United States to Southeast Asia reached a historical high in 2018 – 441,000 metric tons (MT), an increase of 28 percent over the previous year. This stellar export volume growth to Southeast Asia…
Grab’s Two Delivery-Only Kitchens Bring Indonesians’ Favourite Foods Closer to Them
Central Jakartans are in for a treat! Grab has announced the opening of two delivery-only kitchens, GrabKitchen, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Located in Cideng and Kramat, GrabKitchen brings the most sought-after foods on GrabFood closer to consumers who live, work and happen to be in the area. GrabKitchen is a delivery-only…
Habitat By Honestbee Voted As The Top Must See Retail Innovation In The World In 2019
Habitat by honestbee, the world's first tech-enabled food and grocery concept, has been voted by IGD[1] as "the top 16 stores you must visit in 2019 in the world" and reported by Google as the top 10 trending searches in Singapore in 2018[2]. Since the launch of its flagship 60,000…
Microencapsulated Curcumin Enhances Beauty from Within Market
Lipofoods SLU, introduces Curcushine microcapsules, a highly bioavailable microencapsulated curcumin for the beauty-from-within market. This innovative formulation is natural and vegan, with high solubility when dissolved in water. It has a neutral taste and can be readily incorporated into nutricosmetics and beauty drinks. Lipofoods created Curcushine microcapsules in collaboration with…
Snacking’s Heavy Hitters: The World’s Top Five Salty Snacks Innovators
Latest research from Mintel reveals that Asia is home to four out of five of the world’s top innovators in salty snacks. Indeed, Mintel Global New Products Database (GNPD) reveals that China leads in salty snacks innovation, accounting for 11 percent of the world’s salty snacks product launches in 2018*.…
Coffee Craze: China’s On-Premise Coffee Market Value Reached An Estimated RMB64.7 Billion In 2018
China’s on-premise coffee sector has experienced strong growth in recent years, and, according to the latest research from Mintel, consumers’ love of coffee has seen the overall market value reach an estimated RMB64.7 billion in 2018, growing an impressive 7.5 percent from 2017. This compares to a six percent growth…