India plans to enable trades among its otherwise localised farm markets to enhance transparency in the sale and purchase of agricultural output, leveraging the electronic-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform that now hosts 585 large agri-mandis.
Odisha’s food processing sector has got a major lift with a Japanese investment. ISE Foods Inc, Japan’s leading egg producer, is in talks with state government officials to invest $275 million (approximately Rs 17 billion)
Lampados International, Ltd. has completed a new plant expansion for the production of Liteez®, a vegan, 3D meringue kiss sweetener for hot beverages. The new facility was designed according to eco-friendly principles to dramatically reduce
Lipofoods, SLU, launches Lipofer, a great tasting, orosoluble iron targeting the needs of pregnant or nursing Millennials women. Lipofer will be introduced at Vitafoods, Geneva, May 15-17, at booth #F189 and demonstrated in the
The head of Australia’s competition regulator said that it will scrutinise contracts between Uber Technologies Inc and restaurants that use its food delivery app Uber Eats. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Sunday several restaurateurs
Data from the US highlights how, in the past two years, volume sales of alcoholic beverages in America have fallen – by around 0.1% in 2016 and 0.2% in 2017. IWSR said the decrease in
A team of researchers at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Colombia and the University of Guelph in Canada were in search for ways to solve the melting issue of ice creams with the use of
The agrifood startup accelerator, Gastrotope, has signed an agreement with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to create a Farm to Fork ecosystem in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). The two partners will collaborate to provide the necessary infrastructure such as
According to new research from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), taking high doses of supplements containing green tea extracts may be associated with liver damage. Researchers determined that consuming over 800 mg per day
A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has discovered a new cost-effective, zero-waste method of extracting oil from pomegranate seeds, which also yields high-quality protein and dietary fibres. In