Sixty percent of consumers in India are willing to consume cultivated meat and 46 percent would pay a premium for it, according to a survey by Biokraft Foods, a biotech start-up aiming to launch 3D-printed chicken in 2025.
Confectionery giant Mars Wrigley has highlighted key business strategies including affordable premiumisation, holistic wellness and local flavour focus across the Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region.
Palm oil can play a major role in maintaining global food security, but government and industry leaders have urged the sector to prioritise research and development to overcome its many existing challenges.
South Korea will prioritise food safety information such as expiry dates and allergens in labelling regulations, while also mandating firms to use e-labels for non-essential information.
Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised the criteria for beverages, seasonings, packaged soup bases and plant-based dairy alternatives wanting to display the healthier choice logo.
Cultivated meat firm Meatable has its eye on the international market by partnering with conventional protein producers, and has been boosted by recent investment from Thai giant Betagro.
Japanese snack brand Hananomi says it is emphasising balanced fat and protein intake for efficient energy conversion, as it targets consumers with moderate activity levels.
Halal experts in Indonesia have called for consumers and industry to be more accepting of genetically modified (GM) foods as a means to improve yield and quality, decrying ‘harmful’ hoaxes that have been circulating in the market.
Japan’s Kewpie hopes to apply the expertise it has developed in producing elderly friendly foods in Japan to the China market in light of the latter’s rapidly increasing elderly population size.
