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

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See December's 10 most read health and nutrition stories, including Nestlé Health Science China's new product innovation centre, FANCL launching its first cold care supplement, and new nutritional labelling requirements from Taiwan FDA. Click through the gallery to see them all.

See December's 10 most read health and nutrition stories, including Nestlé Health Science China's new product innovation centre, FANCL launching its first cold care supplement, and new nutritional labelling requirements from Taiwan FDA. 

Click through the gallery to see them all.

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

See December's 10 most read health and nutrition stories, including Nestlé Health Science China's new product innovation centre, FANCL launching its first cold care supplement, and new nutritional labelling requirements from Taiwan FDA. 

Click through the gallery to see them all.

More FSMPs to come: Nestlé Health Science China opens new product innovation centre
More FSMPs to come: Nestlé Health Science China opens new product innovation centre

Nestlé Health Science China has officially inaugurated its product innovation centre in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, to beef up the firm’s portfolio of Foods for Special Medical Purposes (FSMPs) in China.

Read the full story here. 

Winter care: FANCL launching Japan’s first FFC supplement backed by a clinical trial
Winter care: FANCL launching Japan’s first FFC supplement backed by a clinical trial (Guan Yu Lim)

FANCL Corporation is releasing Japan’s first cold care supplement, sold under the Foods with Function Claims (FFC) system with clinical trial results.

Read the full story here. 

Taiwan nutritional labelling: FDA introduces new laws for vitamin and mineral supplements
Taiwan nutritional labelling: FDA introduces new laws for vitamin and mineral supplements (Tero Vesalainen/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Taiwan FDA has announced amendments to the way vitamins and minerals are labelled in the country, where the main revisions are the vertical format of nutrition labels, and units for nutrient values.

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Probiotic from pickled cabbage improves aerobic endurance in non-athletes: Taiwan study
Probiotic from pickled cabbage improves aerobic endurance in non-athletes: Taiwan study (Sean824/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A probiotic isolated from Taiwanese pickled cabbage, Lactobacillus plantarum TWK10 (TWK10), has been demonstrated to improve exercise performance and fatigue-associated features in non-athletes.

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Natural, clean and sustainable: DSM highlights sports nutrition opportunities as demand rockets
Natural, clean and sustainable: DSM highlights sports nutrition opportunities as demand rockets (Moussa81/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Growing consumer awareness, the rapid pace of urbanisation and rising disposable incomes are fueling the growth of the sports nutrition sector according to DSM’s Oceania nutrition leader.

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The top 10 most-read food and nutrition research studies in 2019
The top 10 most-read food and nutrition research studies in 2019

See our top 10 most read food and nutrition research studies for this year, including research looking at chicken essence on memory health, probiotics and diabetes, and mushroom consumption and prostate cancer.

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China Focus: New health foods naming, Nestle launches new A2 milk, and Amway's expansion in the spotlight
China Focus: New health foods naming, Nestle launches new A2 milk, and Amway's expansion in the spotlight

In this round-up, we look at the new directory for health foods naming, Nestle launching A2 milk products for the whole family, and Amway’s US$200m investment in China

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New point-and-shoot method can measure omega-3 levels in fish oil at every step of supply chain
New point-and-shoot method can measure omega-3 levels in fish oil at every step of supply chain (batuhan toker/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Researchers from New Zealand have found a way of using Raman spectroscopy to quickly analyse omega-3 fatty acid concentration in intact soft gel fish oil capsules without destroying them.

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Online health food brand Arborvitae expands brick-and-mortar presence in Australia
Online health food brand Arborvitae expands brick-and-mortar presence in Australia

Aussie supplement firm Arborvitae, which started off as an online health brand, is expanding its brick-and-mortar presence in the country with a listing deal for 3,400 pharmacies.

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Super mussel: New Zealand firm invests $20 million in marine extracts centre to produce powder and oil
Super mussel: New Zealand firm invests $20 million in marine extracts centre to produce powder and oil

New Zealand seafood company Sanford, which has the supplement brand Sea to Me, is building a NZ$20 million (US$13 million) marine extracts centre in Blenheim, New Zealand, to produce high quality nutrition products.

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