Parts of Africa facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity and malnutrition The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received $1.2 million from the Republic of Korea to provide humanitarian activities for food crisis in the following countries: Ethiopia, Nigeria, Madagascar, South Sudan and Burkina Faso. Chris Nikoi, WFP Regional Director[Read More…]
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Red ginseng of KGC group, represents 70% of the Korean healthy food market
The Korea’s no. 1 red ginseng brand is CheongKwanJang of KGC, accounting for approximately 70% of the entire red ginseng market in the first half of 2021 The Korea’s no. 1 red ginseng brand is CheongKwanJang of KGC, accounting for approximately 70% of the entire red ginseng market in the[Read More…]
Sanigen, Illumina announce food safety biz development in South Korea
To accelerate the application of NGS technology to the food safety market South Korean-based Sanigen has announced that it will become a channel partner in the region for Illumina, the world’s leading genome sequencing company. The partners will work together to deliver Illumina’s NGS platform technology to the food safety[Read More…]
Herbalife Nutrition launches High Protein Iced Coffee in APAC
The coffee is available in Café Latte and Mocha flavours Nutrition company, Herbalife Nutrition, has launched High Protein Iced Coffee in the Asia Pacific. As a high protein, low-fat alternative to the popular iced coffee beverage commonly available at cafes, kiosks and coffeehouses, Herbalife Nutrition’s High Protein Iced Coffee contains[Read More…]
Azelis expands in South Korea via acquisition of Coseal
The acquisition of Coseal will further drive Azelis’ growth in these market segments across Asia Pacific. Azelis has announced that it has agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Coseal in South Korea. Coseal is renowned for its specialist distribution, repackaging and blending of agricultural/horticultural surfactants. The acquisition of[Read More…]
Azelis expands to South Korea by acquiring leading food distributor MH
The new acquisition will open up the opportunity to expand Azelis lateral value chain for food in South Korea and to attract new mandates from Azelis’ Asia-Pacific food & health principals Azelis, a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemical and food ingredients industry, announces the acquisition of[Read More…]
FFA 2021 award recognises five startups for innovation in food tech
The theme for this year’s Future Food Asia (FFA) conference was ‘Agrifoodtech 2.0’ The Future Food Asia (FFA) conference was recently held in Singapore where five startups were recognised for their contribution to food technology, nutrition etc. The theme for this year’s conference was ‘Agrifoodtech 2.0’, a celebratory sign as[Read More…]
Korean company to import Amla Powder from India
KoreaShop 24, a leading business-to-business (B2B) company that facilitates trade between Indian and Korean market has recently closed a deal to export 1 container of Amla Powder Nature Factory, a renowned Korean company with the help of KoreaShop 24 has signed the deal to import Amla Powder from one of[Read More…]
Korea hosts 2020 food video contest for foreigners
The Korean Food Festival for foreigners from around the world is online from November 30th to December 6th The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Korean Food Promotion Institute will hold the ’2020 Korean Food Video Contest for Foreigners’ online from November 30th, 2020. The slogan of this competition is #Play[Read More…]
Korean MFDS and NFSA sign arrangement for fishery product safety
The arrangement attributes responsibility and obligation on the Norwegian government to manage the safety of fishery products exported to Korea. Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) sign arrangement for fishery product safety. The arrangement attributes responsibility and obligation on the Norwegian government[Read More…]
