Dairy-based ingredients

'The race is on in this industry to take positions for future growth of probiotics.'

Probiotics giant buys world’s best-documented strain

16-Sep-2016 By Shane STARLING

Danish probiotics and enzymes leader Chr Hansen has paid €73m in cash to acquire the Lactobacillus rhamnosus-based LGG suite of probiotic strains from Finnish dairy group, Valio.

Danone considers calling time on Dumex infant products in Vietnam

14-Sep-2016 By Gary Scattergood

Danone is reported to be considering a gradual withdrawal of its Dumex infant nutrition products from Vietnam.

a2 Milk Company to expand nutritional range amid soaring infant formula sales

31-Aug-2016 By Gary Scattergood

New Zealand’s a2 Milk Company has signalled its intention to branch out from infant formula into a broader range of dairy-based nutritional products – with the burgeoning China market very much in its sights.

Infant formula sales slump at Biostime but firm bullish over future growth

26-Aug-2016 By Gary Scattergood

Sales at Chinese infant nutrition firm Biostime dropped by 14% in the first half of 2016 to RMB1.46bn (US$220m), with the Biostime brand – which accounts for 86% of the company’s sales – down 5.4% and the value brand Adimil down 65.7%.

Poor diet and high blood pressure fuelling China’s heart disease epidemic: Study

16-Aug-2016 By Gary Scattergood

Worsening dietary trends and soaring blood pressure levels will contribute to millions of new cases of heart attacks and strokes in China over the next two decades, researchers claim.

Vitafoods Asia heading to Singapore in 2017

25-Jul-2016 By Nathan Gray

Pan-Asian nutraceutical event Vitafoods Asia will move to a new home in Singapore next year, confirm the event organisers.

Interview: DuPont’s Asia-Pacific president for health and nutrition

Li Yongjing: ‘Our business improves other people's lives'

11-Jul-2016 By RJ Whitehead

Last month, DuPont became the latest food and nutrition ingredients supplier to open a flagship regional headquarters in Singapore, which is fast becoming a hub in this regard.

China

Yakult eyes growth in western China with two new regional offices

15-Jun-2016 By Nathan Gray

Yakult is set to further expand its presence in China, with two sales branches set to open in Kunming and Nanning, says the firm.