Kerry’s 2023 Taste & Nutrition charts explore sriracha’s rise & guava, sesame, dulce de leche growth
Each year, food ingredient company Kerry releases an annual report for key food and beverage markets that takes data from product launches and insight from Kerry’s network of chefs, baristas, nutritionists, and marketers to determine the flavor trends that have emerged in recent years. For this year’s US flavor chart, Kerry spotlighted sriracha and other flavors that
Salty stakes: Philippines eyes revamp of salt industry regulations to boost productivity and self-sufficiency
The Philippines has been subject to steep price hikes for a number of core food commodities as a result of global inflation, impacting multiple items considered to be staples or vital to local cuisine such as eggs and onions.The latest commodity to experience a rise in prices is salt, at an average of US$0.47 as
Keep it simple: Why minimal processing is key to winning over Asian plant-based consumers
Despite its accelerated growth in the Asia Pacific region over the past few years, the plant-based sector still faces the challenge of consumer misconceptions regarding its ingredients, processing methods and nutritional content.Many plant-based meat producers today have opted to focus on delivering a minimally processed, low-salt, high-nutritional value messaging when it comes to marketing their
Nutrition, taste, texture: Singapore’s Nurasa seeks to drive innovation of ‘silver diet’ and alternative proteins
Together with A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI) and Agrifood Innovation Centre (AFIC), Nurasa has launched the Food Tech Start-Up Challenge.The inaugural challenge is currently inviting pitches from start-ups across the globe in two areas, namely 1) the optimisation of alternative proteins, functional foods and 2) the creation of novel product formats
Down in the dumplings: Korean diets dominated by flour-based and red meat products linked to greater risk of NAFLD
NAFLD affects approximately 30% of the global population. Despite its widespread prevalence, treatment advances remain limited. In recent years, the risk of this disease has been rising among Asian countries – comparable to the rates of its Western counterparts. In Korea, the prevalence rate of NAFLD is 31.46%. Previous research revealed that NAFLD is caused by
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