The innovation center in Singapore will employ 20 food scientists by the end of 2019. Cargill has opened its first innovation center in Singapore to help customers anticipate market forces and shifting consumer values around tastes, nutrition and food safety. It also connects the company’s customers in the Asia Pacific[Read More…]
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Grow Asia Digital Learning series hold third event on multi-stakeholder partnership
’Space for Agriculture in Southeast Asia’ aims to solve smallholder agriculture problems aiming productivity, profitability and environmental sustainability The third event of Grow Asia Digital Learning Series was held in Singapore on 17 June 2019, emphasizing on “Space for Agriculture in Southeast Asia”. The platform facilitated multi-stakeholder partnerships, catalysed investment[Read More…]
Royal DSM collaborates with SLS Nutraceuticals
The collaboration will grant DSM Nutritional Products exclusive distribution rights of SLS Nutraceuticals products. Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and sustainable living has concluded a collaboration agreement with SLS Nutraceuticals Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Senescence Life Sciences Pte Ltd, as of March 2019. The[Read More…]
RapidAIM wins $100,000 Future Food Asia award
The jury named RapidAIM from Australia as the winner for its real-time detection and monitoring solution that leverages on a network of sensors to provide updates to end users on the presence of pests starting with fruit flies. The Future Food Asia conference was hosted on June 3-4 in Singapore.[Read More…]
Corteva Agriscience to strengthen food security in Asia Pacific
Investments Include the Establishment of an Asia Pacific Head Office, New Research & Development Facilities and a Collaboration to Encourage Ag-Tech Entrepreneurship Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, on May 29, 2019, officially opened its Asia Pacific head office in Singapore and announced a series of investments geared towards building[Read More…]
Boosting digestive health with Functional fibers
Prebiotic fibres ‘Inulin’ and ‘Oligofructose’ for a healthy gut by smart eating Lifestyle habits can affect gut health Rapid urbanisation over the recent years has taken a toll on Asia’s digestive health. Easy-to-consume and highly processed foods have now become mainstays in the diets of many Asians who live fast-paced[Read More…]
Sealed Air opens temperature assurance lab in Singapore
One-stop solution for temperature assurance packaging requirements, ensuring product safety and reducing product loss throughout the supply chain Sealed Air Corporation announced the opening of a temperature assurance lab in Singapore on May 22, 2019, to support growth in the food industries. It is the company’s first such facility in[Read More…]
Evolve BioSystems launches Evivo in Hong Kong, Singapore
The introduction of Evivo into these markets fulfills a major goal of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Horizons Ventures, the investment arm of the Li Ka Shing Foundation Evolve BioSystems, makers of Evivo® baby probiotic, announced that its flagship consumer product Evivo is available in Hong Kong and Singapore. Evivo, an activated[Read More…]
Future Food Asia announces 10 startup finalists for 2019
Future Food Asia is a first of its kind conference, bringing together the various stakeholders in AgriFood innovation with the goal of providing a comprehensive perspective on Asia Pacific’s role in the Future of Food. Future Food Asia announced the 10 finalists that will vie for a US$ 100,000 grand[Read More…]
Older adults with obesity may have fewer years of healthy life
A study by researchers at Duke-NUS, conducted of older Singaporeans (above 60 years) showed that those with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) might have the same number of remaining years of life compared to those with a lower BMI, but spend fewer of those years in good health. A[Read More…]
