June 5, 2023 | Korea

Korea to launch new food containers made from renewable raw materials

Four companies to launch food containers made from renewable raw materials sourced from PET bottles within the first half of the year Ministry of Environment (Minister Han Wha-jin) in South…

May 24, 2023 | Food

Korea announces doubling of annual rice aid for WFP’s life-saving operations

Supporting to reach millions of hungry people across the globe The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has stated that the Republic of Korea (ROK) has recently announced the doubling…

May 12, 2023 | Korea

Korea launches world’s first cooperation channel among senior representatives of food regulatory authorities

Asia-Pacific region takes first step towards global food regulatory cooperation The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea recently hosted the 1st Asia-Pacific Food Regulatory Authority Summit…

April 25, 2023 | Dietary Supplements

Korean firm CJ FNT unveils functional nutrition brand ‘ActiveNrich’

ActiveNrich is making its global debut with natural antioxidant solution in Q2 South Korea-based CJ Food & Nutrition Tech (CJ FNT), a business unit of CJ CheilJedang, and a part…

April 17, 2023 | Korea

Korean firm launches collaborative robot line for F&B industry

Created to help transform the food and beverage industry Doosan Robotics, a South Korea-based manufacturer of collaborative robots, has announced the launch of its E-SERIES, the company’s National Sanitation Foundation…

April 13, 2023 | Korea

Korea to expand scope of information from food labelling to food traceability

For every person in Korea to utilise food information and data conveniently The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea has been implementing a pilot…

April 6, 2023 | Cultured Meat

Korean firm CJ CheilJedang strategically invests in US-based startup Aqua Cultured Foods

Global plant-based seafood market is projected to reach $1.3 billion by 2031 US-based food tech startup Aqua Cultured Foods has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to bring its ultra-realistic…

April 4, 2023 | Cultured Meat

Samsung picks cultivated meat startup TissenBioFarm for Accelerator Programme in Korea

TissenBioFarm is the world’s first company to develop mass-production technologies for whole-cut cultivated meat TissenBioFarm, a cultivated meat startup based in South Korea, has been selected for the “SAMSUNG Welstory…

March 22, 2023 | Korea

Korea designs portable colour-changing food spoilage sensor

The polydiacetylene-based sensor offers rapid visual detection of biogenic amines released from spoiled food Ingesting biogenic amines (BAs) released from spoiled food is harmful for the human body. Thus, it…

February 21, 2023 | Dietary Supplements

Synbio Tech Inc. & Cosmax Group to jointly expand South Korean probiotics market

Synbio Tech Inc. and Cosmax NBT, a subsidiary of COSMAX Group, have officially signed an exclusive cooperation agreement to launch Lactobacillus plantarum TWK10 probiotic strain in South Korea, and announced that TWK10 has…