October 2020

Vitamins are big business. According to Andrew Stablein, a research analyst at Euromonitor, the supplement industry will surpass $36 billion this year.

Collagen is naturally produced by the body. It is in abundance during your youthful years but begins to decline by age 25. In short, the human body’s production of collagen diminishes in time.

Singapore’s Republic Polytecnic (RP) School of Applied Science has recently created 3 soy-based functional food prototypes from soy by-product okara. They are DHA-rich cream cheese, sliced cheese and cream soup powder.

Along with practicing healthy eating habits is making sure that the food we consume is safe and nutritious. For this reason, there has been a surge of interest in gardening among individuals (in urban and rural areas) who try to grow their food amid the pandemic.

Stevia firm SweeGen is eyeing China as a major new market due to the local government’s Healthy China 2030 public health goal, which looks to significantly reduce sugar consumption in the country.

China’s well thought out regulatory policies for its hemp and CBD industry have been key to establishing a controlled, and growing, open market for downstream consumer products such as food and cosmetics, according to an expert panel.

China’s disease control authority said that contact with frozen food packaging contaminated by living new coronavirus could cause infection.

Bioalpha Holdings Bhd (BHB) is further solidifying its presence in China as it commences delivery of health food ingredients for the preparation of nutritional meals to be distributed to the customers in the Guizhou province in China.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has reaffirmed Malaysia’s willingness to work with other nations especially within Asean, on increasing self sufficiency in halal food.

China’s plant-based meat market is getting more crowded as domestic start-ups join international giants in a race to tap the growing middle class’ appetite for healthier food options.