Alpen bars targeting busy professionals are the first Weetabix products to be formulated specifically for the Chinese market, following the UK company’s majority buy-out by Chinese conglomerate Bright Foods in 2012.
Alum-based baking ingredients are to blame for almost one-third of Chinese people consuming quantities of aluminium above the recommended maximum safe level in their diets, according to new research.
Amcor has snapped up a Chinese flexible packaging firm claiming the deal will make it the market leader in Eastern China with a strong position in both film manufacturing and conversion.
Belgian bakery ingredients firm Puratos has a new manufacturing and innovation centre in China that will be dedicated to developing products for the local Asian taste requirements.
Rumours have been circulating in the media that China’s state-owned Bright Food will snap up British cereal maker Weetabix in an alleged 1bn deal; rumours the Chinese giant has denied.
Packaging systems producer tna has opened a new plant in China in a bid to tap into huge growth in the domestic packaged foods markets - particularly the snack sector.
Tetra Pak inaugurated its newest technology centre in China today as part of its on-going strategy to consolidate its position in the domestic processing and packaging sectors.
Royal Cosun is to strengthen its manufacturing capabilities in
Asia, part of a bid to capitalise on the growing demand for potato
products in the region.
Kraft Foods, the US snack and dairy firm, has agreed to remove all
genetically modified ingredients from its products in China, in a
sign anti-GM attitudes are on the increase.
Leading vitamin and specialty chemicals maker DSM opened its first
research and development centre in China today, designed to help it
achieve strong sales growth from this market in the next three
years.
As Chinese producers move in on western markets, the first response
by many established players is to protect and defend their previous
market positions. It's a doomed strategy.
A leading global provider of synchronised supply chain and revenue
management solutions has helped a Chinese beverage firm maintain
its competitive advantage in what is a booming sector, writes
Anthony Fletcher.
The rules of the game in the Chinese food market are not as
elsewhere, according to one of the world's leading authorities on
the region's agribusiness. Payment rests on building relationships,
and market positioning is...
European packaging giant Tetra Pak has opened a new liquid food
packaging plant in Beijing, the latest step in its bid to profit
from the rising Chinese interest in dairy products.
Tetra Pak, the European packaging giant, has inaugurated a new
liquid food packaging plant in Beijing this week, the latest step
in its bid to profit from the rising Chinese interest in dairy
products.
New Dragon Asia has acquired the assets of a flour manufacturing
facility valued at $1.33 million, located in Penglai City of
Shandong Province within the People's Republic of China, which aims
to further expand the company's...
Confectionery and biscuit manufacturer Swiss Delice is planning to
expand into China this autumn. The move comes after the company's
success in launching the brand in Hong Kong last year.
The Procter & Gamble Company has announced that Hunan Kinglong
Bio-resources Co. Ltd. (Kinglong) will be the exclusive Chinese
licensee for P&G's proprietary Lo Han Guo processing
technology.
