The Philippines durian industry believes that its local variety shows strong potential for export as a food ingredient in addition to the more common frozen format due to its sweetness and colour, an important step forward in the quest to durians into...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is fighting hunger in the Philippines with its vitamin-packed breads it originally produced in the 1970s to be distributed primarily to public elementary school students as a complete meal, in a bid to combat malnutrition.
By Emil Fazira Bte Kamari, senior analyst at Euromonitor International
Snack sticks are enjoying a surge in Asia as new entrants enter the category with smaller pack sizes and innovative flavors, writes Euromontior analyst Emil Fazira Bte Kamari.
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) has snapped up New Zealand snack giant Griffin’s Foods for NZ$700m ($606.6m) in a move it says should bolster its presence in the Asian snack sector.
Filipino food major Universal Robina Corp's has partnered with Calbee Inc., Japan's largest snack food company, a move that will further establish both firms in Philippines’ growing packaged food market.
In a move emphasising the flight of many food manufacturers out of
the UK, Heinz has decided to move production of the HP Sauce brand
to Holland from its plant in Birmingham.
Philippines-based company PCI Worldwide is investing P27.6 million
(€400,000) into the production and export of carrageenan, a gum
that is derived from red seaweed and is commonly used as an
additive in the food industry.
Religious and environment groups last weekend urged the public to
stop buying food at fast-food chains, such as Jollibee and
McDonald's, that was sold disposable plastic and Styrofoam.
