Food & Beverage
Cod Liver Oil
Asia Food Industry Encourages Wellness in Old Age: 2020

The food industry across the world is changing. As consumers become more educated about what they are eating, they are also more demanding in terms of healthy food ingredients and processes. A new consciousness and intrinsic morality over the last decade prevalent in the Western food industry is now affecting South Eastern countries as the need for planet friendly products are regulated. With this in mind, we can look ahead to the new strategies in the South East Asia food and beverage indust...

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Food & Beverage
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What Future for The Asian Food Industry Now?

What will the new decade hold for the South East Asian food and beverage industry? The last few years have been very promising as production and manufacturing bases – whether small or large have adapted to new technologies and a continuing need for healthy nutritious food with sustainability in mind. This progress has been seen across all sectors in most countries due to the fact that governments have added support to new innovations. But will we see the same positive changes, increased profi...

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Animal Agriculture
Swine Flu
African Swine Fever Spreads to Indonesia

Six months ago, here on the Peak Recruitment website, we reported how African Swine Fever was ravaging China. How it was wiping out livestock, putting small farmers livelihoods at risk and placing the country’s economy in a spin. With no sign of a vaccine being found, it was clear in August 2019 that all the Chinese authorities could do was target damage limitation. But the virus has continued to spread and as commentators expected it has spread to neighbouring countries. Originating in Afric...

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Crop Agribusiness
Indonesia
The Food Beverage and Agriculture Sectors in Indonesia

Indonesia has the fastest growing economy in the G20, and the food and beverage sector, along with agriculture, play a big part in the success. In 2018 alone the revenue from this sector reached IDR 3.6 trillion (US $ 253 million) and revenue was expected to show an annual growth rate of a huge 13.6%. In July this year (2019), the Indonesian Ministry of Industry predicted a growth of at least 9% this year (2019) in the food and beverage sector thanks to the heavy shift in investment in the l...

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Food & Beverage
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The State of The Food and Beverage Industry in Malaysia

In order for any business to thrive and succeed it must understand its target market and be flexible enough to provide the type of products or services which will meet ever-changing needs. The industry itself will only succeed when individual businesses are receiving positive results. There is often a need for the government to lend a hand in order to enable local business to thrive and play a part in international trade. This is especially true in the food and agriculture industry where prod...

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Food & Beverage
Plastic waste
How Are Plastics Poisoning the Indonesian Food Chain?

50 years ago, the correct disposal of waste referred more to ensuring you were not a litter lout and kept your town or village looking pretty than anything else. In the 21st century, the need to dispose waste appropriately has become a global problem both for the environment, the future of the planet and human and animal welfare. In countries such as Indonesia, where imported waste is used as a cheap fuel source in the food supply chain, studies show that human lives are being put at risk.A G...

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Animal Agriculture
Chicken
The Thai Chicken Industry Grows in Spite of Challenges

The Thai processed and frozen chicken export industry has met substantial challenges over the last 2 decades but thanks to hard work in recent years from business enterprise and government, it has streamlined to meet the increased demands of international markets and updated supply chains to meet animal welfare and health and safety standards.Statistics Suggest A Thriving Industry In 2017, the USA, Brazil and China accounted for half of the 90 million tonnes of chicken produced annually world...

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Food & Beverage
Food packaging
Can Packaging Help Reduce Food Waste?

There was a time when packaging in the food industry was designed simply to enhance product shelf-life, promote the brand and entice the target market to buy. Current demands on packaging design means there is a whole lot more expectations. Sustainability and environmental issues are top of the list.Growing Demands on Food Packaging In the high-tech 21st century a company is expected to clarify the ingredients of any food package within, state when the food product needs to be eaten by, how i...

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Food & Beverage
Malay cheese
Healthy Food Trending in Malaysia

It’s unfortunate that the words “delicious” and “healthy” don’t always go hand in hand in the world of food. The foods we love to eat are, more than often, tend to be the least healthy. Perhaps that’s part of what makes certain foods that little bit more tasty – the secret joy of enjoying something which is just a tiny bit wicked. The job for scientists and food technologists over recent years therefore has not been simply a case of determining which foodstuffs we should be eating but also ma...

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