Ajinomoto Vietnam Co. deploys school meal project by means such as the software. Singapore – It is now widely known that school meals can promote health among school-age children. In Western countries, people are fully aware of the importance of healthy food options for school children. In France, for example, where lunch is the[Read More…]
Nutrition
Coca-Cola on the hunt for Horlicks
Coca-Cola’s interest in Horlicks comes a week after it acquired Costa Coffee for a value of US$5.1 billion. Singapore – Coca-Cola is preparing to make a bid for GlaxoSmithKline property Horlicks, for an estimated US$3.9 billion. Coca-Cola’s interest in the Indian malted milk drink business follows shortly after the company’s acquisition of[Read More…]
FDA includes sugar cane fibre on the list of approved dietary fibres
Melbourne scientists find significant levels of polyphenols in Tamu’s Five10FIBRE Singapore – Scientists at Melbourne University have confirmed the presence of a significant quantity of polyphenolic compounds including flavonoids in the sugar cane fibre used in Tamu Group’s Five10FIBRE. Polyphenols are a complex group of micronutrients that are widely distributed[Read More…]
Celebrating Australian Organic Awareness Month with BENEO’s natural ingredients
By 2022, Australia’s organic industry is predicted to be worth $1.2 billion, a notable growth from the industry’s value of $919 million in 2016. The demand for organic products in Australia has been gathering pace and The Land Down Under’s organic industry is not showing any signs of slowing down.[Read More…]
Future FinTech launches new product to control weight
Xian Mei Duo adopts kiwifruit or mulberry as the main ingredient and is roasted at a low temperature with oat, semen cassia, lotus leaves and white beans. Future FinTech Group Inc., a financial technology company and integrated producer of fruit-related products company, has announced the launch of fruit and vegetable[Read More…]
World’s first lactation dictionary launched by UWA researchers
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, less than 16 per cent of Australian babies are exclusively breastfed to five months of age – a significant concern considering exclusive breastfeeding to six months has been identified by the World Health Organisation as having the single biggest potential impact[Read More…]
Breastfeeding provides strongest nutritional foundation- WHO
To build on the Region’s impressive record and provide each of its infants the strongest foundation for lifelong health and optimal nutrition, a series of key initiatives should be implemented. Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continued breastfeeding up to the age of two years and[Read More…]
PepsiCo donates $1M more to CFPA
This $1 million grant by PepsiCo is being made to provide more than 1.7 million nutritious meals benefiting approximately 10,000 students in about 50 schools over the next three years. PepsiCo has announced a $1 million donation to the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) to continue the PepsiCo Nutrition[Read More…]
Vietnam launches Zero Hunger Program
It targets reducing the number of stunted children under two years old to below 20 percent nationwide and 25 percent for children in the north and the Central highlands. It also aims to get children under two years with low weight for their height or age to below 5 percent.[Read More…]
China, Russia to promote Dairy Industry development
This is the first time China and Russia have an official exchange on nutrition issues. Recently, China-Russia Nutrition Forum was successfully held in Moscow, taking “World Digestive Health Day” as the theme. The forum was jointly held by Chinese Nutrition Society (CNS), the Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety, Russia (FRC) and in[Read More…]
