Industry Trends

May 2020

See what has been happening in Asia’s food and beverage industries over the last weeks. What are experts and industry magazines talking about?

What has been happening?

Fighting obesity with coffee, how to choose the best-adapted water quality for your food and beverage tests,  plant-based meat with the significant role, and more. Find out what journals and industry experts have been discussing in the last four weeks.

Latest Industry Articles

Fighting obesity with…coffee? Lower body fat found in female coffee drinkers
BeverageDaily

A study has found a link between lower body fat in women and regular coffee consumption. We speak to research fellow Chao Cao, from the Washington University School of Medicine, to find out more.
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How to choose the best-adapted water quality for your food and beverage tests
New Food Magazine

Purified water plays a critical role in most of the analyses performed in modern food and beverage testing laboratories. Having consistently high-quality water on hand is of paramount importance to obtain accurate and reliable results.
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Beyond Meat builds “meat” directly from plants, seeks to increase retail capacity following COVID-19
Food IngredientsFIrst

As consumers become more aware of global food systems and want to make better choices for themselves and their families, plant-based meat can play a significant role. That is according to Bram Meijer, Marketing Director EMEA at Beyond Meat, who says that under the current pandemic there is a prolonged shortage of animal protein, and he expects an “incremental benefit given that previous data has shown that a significant portion of our consumers also purchase animal protein.
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Salt of the Earth’s new Mediterranean umami powder slashes salt in snacks by 40%
Food IngredientsFIrst

A spike in snacking during the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside excessive sodium consumption globally, has pushed up the salt-reduction agenda as an on-trend task for snack companies. To this end, Israel-based Salt of the Earth has developed a new, clean label sodium-reducing umami powder for snack applications. The plant-based ingredient is marketed as a “1:1 drop-in replacement” for salt, yielding a 40 percent reduction in sodium.
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Lab insight: measuring vitamins
New Food Magazine

What laboratories need to know to measure vitamin content in foods. By Dr John Szpylka, analytical chemist.
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Arla Foods launches clean label ambient yoghurt concept to meet Chinese demand
New Food Magazine

Yoghurt sales are said to be growing faster in China than anywhere else in the world, with ambient yoghurt the fastest growing segment in the country’s liquid dairy market.
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Flavonoid-rich diet linked to lower Alzheimer's risk, says large-scale study
FoodNavigator

Older adults who consumed large amounts of flavonoid-rich foods were two to four times less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias over 20 years compared with people whose intake was low, in a study of 2,800 people.
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New blockchain “roadmap” to a post-COVID food industry in Asia-Pacific
Food IngredientsFIrst

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) Provenance Council has been established to integrate blockchain technology into the food supply chain finance in Australia-China trades.
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Major moves in mozzarella: DSM’s new cheese cultures target texture and “sliceability” for pizza market
Food IngredientsFIrst

DSM has unveiled its new line of cheese cultures for boosting the yield and resource efficiency of mozzarella cheese production. Capable of achieving a higher moisture content in mozzarella, the range increases yield by up to 1.3 percent, compared to the most commonly used Direct Vat Set (DVS) culture in the US.
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‘Competitive edge’: New organic legislation and logo in Cambodia aims to reform local market
FoodNavigator

Cambodia is looking to reform its local organic food products market by putting new standards and procedures into legislation, as well as presenting a new unified logo for all certified organic fruits, vegetables and other agricultural items.
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Eco booze: Singapore brewers going green by using leftover bread and treated water
BeverageDaily

Companies in Singapore are brewing beer with surplus bread and recycled water in a bid to reduce food waste and increase sustainability.
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GNT launches two new Exberry orange options
Food IngredientsFIrst

GNT Group has launched two new Exberry Coloring Foods that deliver bright orange shades in powder and oil-dispersible formats. Made from paprika and carrot, the new Brilliant Orange products provide solutions for a range of applications, including bakery icing. The new colors also come in a liquid format that allows formulators a wider range of applications.
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‘Can’t fight COVID-19 alone’: ASEAN leaders call for urgent collaboration in food security and open trade
FoodNavigator

Country leaders of all the member states comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reaffirmed commitments to ensure food security and smooth regional food trade in the recent ASEAN Special Summit on COVID-19.
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