South Korea-based food technology firm Phyto Corporation (PhytoCo) has doubled the sodium reduction rate of its world-first plant-based salt PhytoSalt - making it the only salt worldwide capable of reducing sodium intake by 40%.
Nestle Malaysia CEO exclusive Part I: Product affordability key priority amid country’s second COVID-19 lockdown Nestle Malaysia’s CEO Juan Aranols has revealed the firm’s priority is to keep its products available and affordable for consumers, even as the firm deals with the impacts of a second COVID-19 lockdown.
Nestle Malaysia is widely considered the company’s overall manufacturing hub for most of the Asia Pacific region, and exports products to over 50 countries, from Australia to the Middle East to the entire South East Asian region.
The company operates multiple factories in Malaysia, including the Milo Manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Chembong and a Shah Alam plant manufacturing notable brands Maggi, Nescafe and soon-to-house its latest plant-based manufacturing facility.
Organic honey in demand: Meluka Australia debuts in US’s offline channel Amazon’s Whole Foods Meluka Australia has expanded into the offline channel in the US with Whole Foods Market, a subsidiary of Amazon, on the back of growing demand for its organic honey.
The brand’s Organic Raw Native Honey and Organic Raw Native Honey infused with Tea Tree will be sold in about 40 Whole Foods Market stores in Northern California by April.
This will cover major cities of San Francisco, San Jose (Silicon Valley), and Oakland.
Prior to the offline entry, the brand has been selling its full range of honey products and bio-fermented probiotic concentrate in the US online on Amazon over a year ago.
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Lessons learned: Japan F&B companies prioritise manufacturing, R&D and safety amid second COVID-19 state of emergency By Guan Yu Lim Leading Japanese firms Asahi, Ajinomoto, Kirin, Hotei Foods, Nippn and Nissin have underlined how their manufacturing, R&D and employee safety are being maintained as certain prefectures come under another state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Japan government first declared a state of emergency in capital Tokyo on January 8, as COVID-19 cases surge to 5,000 a day, the highest levels since the start of the pandemic. It was then extended to Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures.