Archives for July 4, 2019

Editor’s spotlight

Trend Tracker: Gen Z a new force in China’s health foods market, China’s probiotics boom, and big brand names at the second Healthy Ageing APAC Summit

Read about the role of Gen Z in driving China’s health foods market, the probiotics market flourishing in China, supplement trends in New Zealand, functional beverage trends in Japan, and the food and supplement firms joining us at our second Healthy...

Blackmores’ new CEO: Coty top exec with China experience to take the helm

Blackmores has confirmed Alastair Symington, one of the top executives from beauty and cosmetics brand Coty, as its new CEO and MD.

HI / FI China

Step-by-step approach to health benefits crucial for success in China’s probiotics market - Grape King Bio

Taiwan's health food manufacturer Grape King Bio has outlined its plans for China’s probiotics markets, focusing first on products for improving gut health, the immune system, weight management, female and infant health before launching its second and...

Fi Asia-China 2019

Sustainable sweetness: Chinese xylitol manufacturer looks to wood waste for next big source of raw material

China xylitol manufacturing firm Anyang Yuxin Xylitol Technology (Yuxin) is looking to extract xylose and xylitol from wood by-products as it seeks to ramp up the sustainability credentials of its products.

HI / FI China

Evidence of efficacy: China’s regulator urges firms to contribute ingredient data to health food registry

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is encouraging health food firms to contribute to the expansion of the Health Food Raw Materials Directory by presenting evidence to support the functional efficacy of ingredients to the unit.