Hendrix Genetics’ shrimp breeding activities are reputed as Kona Bay. It has inaugurated a specific pathogen-free (SPF) shrimp broodstock plant in North Bali, Indonesia. The production strength is expected to be 100,000 broodstock per year. “Our Hawaii base is...
Swees Plant Based Foods Co., a Thai-based dairy-free cheese startup, recently announced that it will start production in the country’s first vegan cheese factory in early 2023. The new facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, the...
Singapore, in late October, planned the second phase of the national R&D program on food, to address the food security challenges faced by the country. An extra USD 165 million is allocated for the program in areas such as bettering the disease resistance and...
Thailand-based food manufacturer Thai Union has just revealed its goals for its plant-based meat and seafood range OMG Meat to generate USD 30 million in revenue by 2025. Thai Union’s first alternative protein brand OMG Meat includes meat and seafood products. While...
Felcra Bhd, an agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Rural Development, will construct a second Integrated Poultry Complex project for RM20 million (USD 4.2 million). The 10-hectare project will be located in Padang Terap, Kedah state, and aims to secure the...
The Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau recently visited Manila to increase trade and investment and promote Canadian agri-food products and solutions. During her visit, Bibeau met with Philippine Department of Agriculture officials, local meat importers...
Irish food wholesaler Musgrave Group, currently Ireland’s largest grocery distributor, with operations in Ireland and Spain, has sealed a deal to supply hundreds of products from its SuperValu brand range to RedMart in Singapore, the online supermarket arm of...
Irish and Vietnamese agri-food authorities will embark on a new phase of co-operation in agri-food from 2023, announced Minister Martin Heydon, Minister of State, in September in Hanoi, where he was leading a trade mission. Ireland will work with Vietnamese and...
Mazaraat Artisanal Cheese, the Indonesian handmade cheese brand, is building a second factory, which will quadruple its daily output. The founder, Jamie Najmi, stated that they planned to subsequently enter more Asia Pacific markets from 2023 to 2024. The factory...
Global food corporation Cargill is the most recent among the list of high-profile corporate investors in Singapore food grading start-up ProfilePrint, putting in an undisclosed sum. ProfilePrint’s patented ‘digital fingerprint’ technology is revolutionary in the...
Universal Robina Corp. (URC), one of the Philippines’ largest food companies, is expanding into the PHP 6.5 billion (USD 112.9 million) cultured milk category with a new product that addresses a greater need among Filipinos for healthier food products. Through URC’s...
The Indonesian government is working on a multi-year program to increase sorghum and corn production to ensure food supply and as an alternative to wheat, as the Ukraine conflict has hampered global wheat imports. Indonesia’s primary food is rice, but it is one...
