GALLERY: The 10 most read APAC health and nutrition stories in November

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GALLERY: The 10 most read APAC health and nutrition stories in November

Here is a recap of our 10 most read stories in November, featuring Nestle China's new A2 milk launch, new Blackmores CEO on India as a potential new market, Australia’s national regulator proposing to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as 'medicines', benefits of adding bovine MFGM to infant formula, and Cocoa-Cola China using e-commerce to market BodyArmor exclusively on Tmall.

Here is a recap of our 10 most read stories in November, featuring Nestle China's new A2 milk launch, new Blackmores CEO on India as a potential new market, Australia’s national regulator proposing to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as 'medicines', benefits of adding bovine MFGM to infant formula, and Cocoa-Cola China using e-commerce to market BodyArmor exclusively on Tmall.

GALLERY-The-10-most-read-APAC-health-and-nutrition-stories-in-November
GALLERY-The-10-most-read-APAC-health-and-nutrition-stories-in-November

Here is a recap of our 10 most read stories in November, featuring Nestle China's new A2 milk launch, new Blackmores CEO on India as a potential new market, Australia’s national regulator proposing to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as 'medicines', benefits of adding bovine MFGM to infant formula, and Cocoa-Cola China using e-commerce to market BodyArmor exclusively on Tmall.

A2 milk for whole family: Nestlé China’s expands demographic reach after previous launches for mother-and-baby
A2 milk for whole family: Nestlé China’s expands demographic reach after previous launches for mother-and-baby

Nestlé China has expanded the target audience for its A2 milk powder products with a new launch catered for the entire family.

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New Blackmores CEO exclusive: India identified as a potential new market as firm looks to extend Asia reach
New Blackmores CEO exclusive: India identified as a potential new market as firm looks to extend Asia reach

New Blackmores CEO Alastair Symington has told us the Australian supplement giant is weighing-up the option of market entry in India, while also preparing to unveil a new multi-channel strategy for China.

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Aussie TGA proposes to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as ‘medicines’
Aussie TGA proposes to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as ‘medicines’ (vovashevchuk/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Australia’s national regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is proposing to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as therapeutic goods.

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Cognitive gains: Mead Johnson-backed China RCT reveals benefits of adding bovine MFGM to infant formula
Cognitive gains: Mead Johnson-backed China RCT reveals benefits of adding bovine MFGM to infant formula (kuppa_rock/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Infants who consumed formula containing milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) and lactoferrin (LF) scored higher in cognitive, language and motor tests by their first birthdays, compared to those who consumed formula without the two compounds.

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Sports exclusive: Coca-Cola China banks on e-commerce to market BodyArmor exclusively on Tmall
Sports exclusive: Coca-Cola China banks on e-commerce to market BodyArmor exclusively on Tmall

Coca-Cola China is banking on the popularity of digital e-commerce in the country to introduce its second local sports drink BodyArmor to consumers via its Tmall store, along with other products only found in other global markets thus far.

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BY-HEALTH sets up research centre to focus on nutrition and anti-ageing solutions
BY-HEALTH sets up research centre to focus on nutrition and anti-ageing solutions

BY-HEALTH and Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences will jointly set up a research centre that studies nutrition and anti-ageing across the whole of China.

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Probiotic from Penang: Malaysian cow’s milk bacteria strain exerts benefits for brain, URT, and liver
Probiotic from Penang: Malaysian cow’s milk bacteria strain exerts benefits for brain, URT, and liver (Esperanza33/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A probiotic strain isolated from cow’s milk in Penang, Malaysia, has been shown to deliver benefits related to brain, respiratory, and gut health.

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Morinaga research reveals key immunity-boosting metabolite produced from infant gut
Morinaga research reveals key immunity-boosting metabolite produced from infant gut (violet-blue/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Research from Morinaga Milk Industry has found that the infant-type human-residential bifidobacteria (HRB) could produce a key metabolite, the immunity-boosting indole-3-lactic acid (ILA), moving one step closer to understanding its benefits on infant health.

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‘China First’: Amway to open global digital and Asia product innovation centres in China
‘China First’: Amway to open global digital and Asia product innovation centres in China

Amway plans to invest US$200m in China over the next five years to set up its digital infrastructure, with a global digital innovation centre and a big data centre in the pipeline.

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Improving mood: Medlab underlines how microbiome modulation can improve cognitive disorders
Improving mood: Medlab underlines how microbiome modulation can improve cognitive disorders

Probiotics supplementation could improve a dysbiotic gut, and in turn manage mood disorders, including major depression.

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