Thailand exported over 794 million baht in vitamins and supplements last year alone.
The TPSO said consumers were focusing more and more on health products as a way of boosting their immune systems.
This trend offered opportunities for Thai food companies to leverage the strengths of Thai medicinal herbs and supplements to expand to international markets where demand was high, it added.
European consumers are leaning towards vegan and low-lactose products, while the trend in North America was for GMO-free food, said TPSO chief Phusit Ratanakul Sereroengrit, citing consumer data from research firm Mintel.
Meanwhile, consumers in Asia favour natural products free from additives, according to the data.
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(Bloomberg) Thailandâs pork industry is bringing home the bacon after a deadly pig-killing disease wiped out millions of hogs across Asia.
While overall Thai exports fell 6% last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, exports of live pigs rose 339% in value as Thailand is one of the few Asian countries that hasnât reported an outbreak of African swine fever. Shipments of chilled, frozen and processed pork were up 69%.
The decline in Thailandâs overall exports, along with a staggering drop in tourism amid the pandemic, pushed the economy to a contraction of 6.1% last year, its worst showing since the Asian financial crisis. The economy is expected to grow 2.5%-3.5% this year, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council.
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Thailand’s pork industry is bringing home the bacon after a deadly pig-killing disease wiped out millions of hogs across Asia.
While overall exports fell 6% last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, exports of live pigs rose 339% in value as Thailand is one of the few Asian countries that hasn’t reported an outbreak of African swine fever. Shipments of chilled, frozen and processed pork were up 69%.
The decline in overall exports, along with a staggering drop in tourism amid the pandemic, pushed the economy to a contraction of 6.1% last year, its worst showing since the Asian financial crisis. The economy is expected to grow 2.5%-3.5% this year, according to the National Economic and Social Development Council.
Pork exports soar as neighbours reel from deadly disease bangkokpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bangkokpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.