Achieving food security requires a whole-of-industry approach During the Singapore Budget 2023 announcement, Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong highlighted the importance of building a more resilient Singapore. From ensuring that supermarket shelves were well-stocked during the height of the pandemic to securing ample stock of frozen chicken during the Malaysia chicken[Read More…]
Opinion
International Experts Recommend Nuts and Dried Fruits as Part of a Healthy Diet
The International Nut and Dried Fruit Council hosted a historic meeting of global health researchers, where diabetes was defined as a key topic for investigation The world’s leading researchers gathered for NUTS 2022 to discuss the current and future of health research on nuts and dried fruits. NUTS 2022 was[Read More…]
Yili Sheds Light on Healthy Ageing at the Growth Asia Summit 2022
Yilli Group was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the Growth Asia Summit in Singapore, where the dairy producer shared insights on the role dairy can play in healthy ageing in APAC. To extend the nutritional benefits of dairy products to more consumers, Yili’s R&D team launched China’s first[Read More…]
Angel Yeast Announces to Promote Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture on the World Food Day
Angel Yeast, the world’s leading yeast manufacturer, has announced it aims to play a larger role in increasing people’s access to nutritious food, and making food systems more inclusive and sustainable Factors such as the ongoing pandemic, climate change, rising food prices and international tensions have been affecting global food[Read More…]
Survey revels APAC consumers choice shifted for better health goals
four out of five consumers in believe their health is a “work in progress,” and 86% have been taking steps to improve their health in the past year. A new survey examining the awareness and usage of nutritional supplements in the Asia Pacific region revealed that four out of five[Read More…]
China’s Angel Yeast Aiming to Solidify its Feed Grade Yeast Market Position
Jeason Zuo, Head of animal nutrition overseas business at Angel Yeast, told Feedinfo that further investments are underway. Leading Chinese yeast manufacturer Angel Yeast Co., Ltd. has made the headlines in the past couple of months by announcing an acquisition and the opening of a R&D centre in Hubei Province.[Read More…]
Three Point Pathway for Promoting Sustainable Palm Oil Production and Trade
This opinion piece was written by ERIA’s Director of Research Strategy and Innovation, Dr Venkatachalam Anbumozhi By Dr Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Director of Research Strategy and Innovation: Since its inception for commercial purposes in early 1900s, palm oil has been promoted as a major agro-based industry in Southeast Asian economies like Indonesia,[Read More…]
Supplements market offering multiple options of Vit D
While food-fortification, at mass-level and at one’s home, is a longer-term method in achieving the desired level of vitamins in the blood, supplements are a more sustained approach that can be derived from one’s everyday food. Body Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin and 90 per cent of the requirement[Read More…]
No Egg-scuse for caged eggs
To meet this increasing demand, egg producers across Asia are transitioning from cage to cage-free production Key trends to look out for in the sustainability sector in 2021 Covid-19 has led to increased consumer concern and curiosity about where their food comes from and how it is produced, and the[Read More…]
Asia shows increasing demand for container shipping of U.S. Soybeans
Indonesia is the top buyer of container shipments of soybeans at about 1.4 million metric tons, followed by Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia Countries in Asia, led by Indonesia, are increasingly relying on shipping containers to transport their purchases of U.S. soybeans, according to an analysis of federal data released by the Illinois[Read More…]
