Founded in 2019, YouKuai aims to reshape the global plant-based cuisine landscape YouKuai Group International announces the completion of its $7.3 million A-round financing, led by TRIREC, a Singapore-based investment firm that focuses on decarbonization-related technologies and businesses globally to support, and an early investor of U.S.-based plant-based meat company[Read More…]
Wellness
EQT invest for Food & Wellness solutions in Indonesia
EQT Private Equity invests in Indesso, Southeast Asia’s largest natural Flavor & Fragrance ingredients and Food & Wellness solutions provider EQT is pleased to announce that the EQT Mid Market Asia III fund (“EQT Private Equity”) has invested in Indesso Group. Indesso is a leading provider of natural ingredients, serving[Read More…]
BENEO’s Orafti®Synergy1 reduces infection duration in infants
A recently published study from an EU-funded projecti demonstrates that the prebiotic enrichment of infant formula milk with oligofructose-enriched inulin (Orafti®Synergy1) reduces the duration of infections in the first year of a baby’s life. The study is part of the EARNESTii project (EARly Nutrition programming-long term follow up of Efficacy[Read More…]
BevCanna brings plant-based mineral consumer products to Japan & the Philippines
Mirai is actively focusing on expanding sales of Naturo Group’s beverage and natural wellness products An emerging leader in innovative health and wellness beverages and natural products, BevCanna Enterprises Inc. (BevCanna) has recently announced that it has entered into an exclusive sales agency distribution agreement with Yokohama-based Mirai Marketing Inc. (Mirai)[Read More…]
BevCanna to expand plant-based & alkaline products into APAC markets
TRACE’s plant-based and alkaline wellness products to expand into key markets of Japan, China and the Philippines An emerging leader in innovative health and wellness beverages and consumer products, BevCanna Enterprises Inc. has recently announced its anticipated expansion into the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Naturo Group. After[Read More…]
Azelis ‘Action 2025’ proposes sustainable growth strategies for chemicals and food industries
The Azelis sustainability program is based on the United Nations Global Compact (UN GC) initiative, ISO 26000 and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Azelis, an innovation service provider, is excited to release its sustainability strategy, ‘Action 2025’, reinforcing its commitment to become the world-leading provider of sustainable solutions and services[Read More…]
Microba Life Sciences, Unilever look at associations between gut microbiome and sleep
CDC declares insufficient sleep as public health problem The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared insufficient sleep a ’public health problem’, with more than one-third of American adults not getting enough sleep on a regular basis. Experts in gut microbiome analysis, Australia and US based Microba Life[Read More…]
Plant-based food alternatives to boost global pea protein market at 8.4% CAGR
According to a report published by Fairfield Market Research, the global pea protein market is expected to reach US$1,374.3 Mn by 2025 The rising popularity of plant-based eating as an alternative protein source is flooding the market. Pea protein is amongst the most popular plant-based protein alternatives as it has[Read More…]
Global Industry leaders highlight food safety issues amidst pandemic at 6th Food Safety Forum
GS1 HK Launches Trusted FoodNet to Promote Information Visibility The 6th Food Safety Forum organised by GS1 Hong Kong concluded its online live programme on Jan 15, 2021. Themed “The Power for Food Safety”, the Forum aimed to explore ways to capitalise on innovation and technology and strengthen food safety. Dr Chui Tak-yi,[Read More…]
Key for spreading Nutrition Awareness in the APAC region
In conversation with John Hellmann, Vice President, Government Affairs – Asia Pacific, Herbalife Nutrition Premier global nutrition company, Herbalife Nutrition has recently conducted the second part of its Asia Pacific Nutrition Myths Survey 2020, revealing that healthcare professionals (HCPs) are the most trusted source of nutritional information. The survey was conducted[Read More…]
