China continues to reflect the growing opportunities across Asia for products designed to be beneficial in fighting health conditions such as obesity, claim the organisers of a major new show in the country.
A provider of proprietary developments for nutraceutical and cosmeceutical ingredients has extended an existing cooperation for discovering new functional materials sourced from the jungles of Malaysia.
A Chinese probiotics specialist is hoping to tap China's burgeoning
middle class by inking a deal that will see its specialist
probiotic strains used in a range of dietary supplements.
Sabinsa is looking to bringing innovation to its resveratrol manufacturing capabilities after receiving a grant from the Indian government to move ahead with two new pilot trails for both nutrition and cosmetic products.
Regulations concerning the addition of inulin, fructo
oligosaccharides (FOS) and galacto oligosaccharides (GOS) to foods,
both as a nutritive substance and as a sweetener, are being
considered in Australia and New Zealand.
Traditional herbal medicines from India may also offer a novel
source of antioxidants for the food industry for boosting both the
shelf-life and nutritional content of food, according to a new
review.
The future of research into the ability of phytochemicals to treat
modern disease lies in Asia because of restrictive laws and
"cynicism", a UK based research company has said.
Australian dairy company Montec has started the rollout across
China of its 'healthier' milk, hoping to appeal to the Chinese
awareness of food's nutritional qualities.
Foodmakers offering products designed specifically for the elderly
should look at exporting to Japan, a market with one of the fastest
growing elderly populations, says the Australian export agency
Austrade.
Chinese regulators are developing standards for bovine colostrum,
the first milk from cows that has a growing following as a health
product among Chinese consumers.
McDonalds New Zealand announced last week its intention to increase
nutritional labeling with percentage daily intake (%DI), following
a similar announcement by McDonalds Australia.
Researchers in South Korea claim that the country's spicy fermented
cabbage dish, kimchi, could help to cure bird flu, the avian
disease which has ravaged poultry stocks across Asia and killed
nearly 50 humans since 2003.
An international clinical study funded by New Zealand dairy giant
Fonterra is said to have proved that dairy products
prevent major childhood diseases such as diarrhoea and pneumonia.