Food Bev Asia

In Asian Development Outlook 2016, the Asian Development Bank has called Cambodia Asia’s New Tiger Economy. The country has much to do – or change – to attract the international market, but forecasts are optimistic for this ASEAN country. As outsiders look into the potential of Cambodia for their businesses, we hope to give them an idea through our interviews with local manufacturers.   The most recent, and biggest investment in the food and beverage market to date has been the opening of the country’s first and only dairy ANGKOR Dairy Factory, a USD23 million joint venture between Vietnam’s Vinamilk and BPC Trading Co. in Cambodia: Cambodia opens first and only dairy factory . We first heard about the launch of this Cambodian venture from Vinamilk CEO, Mr Mai Hoai Anh, whom we interviewed in February. Vinamilk: Success in sustaining business and environment Craft brewing Also in FoodPacific Manufaturing Journal, we featured craft beer in Cambodia. In the report,

Meat, fish, poultry are widely available for our consumption today. Many of the world’s population have access to protein sources not only from animals, but from plants. It may not feel like there’s a need to augment current protein sources, but this will be more pronounced in the future as the population increases, as part of food security. When I come across reports on cultured meat, test-tube meat – future meat, I admit it does pique my curiosity and I begin to imagine flavors and textures. Cultured meat refers to any meat that is grown outside of an animal. The most recent report is from Memphis Meat, which in February this year debuted meat grown from cells of cows, pigs, and chickens. The US-based tech company said among its first products would be sausages, hot dogs, burgers, and meatballs made using recipes from award-winning chefs. You’ll have to wait for about five years to taste those products, which by the way would probably taste “normal” if we take the word o

It’s interesting how one fruit can be perceived as beneficial and harmful at the same time. I’m talking about soursop or graviola ( Annona muricata ), a common fruit in Asia as well as in other parts of the world including South America, Mexico and the Bahamas. On the one hand soursop has been elevated to a “superfruit” for its supposed ability to destroy certain cancer cells. On the other, this fruit is said to contain neurotoxins associated with Parkinson’s disease, and so must best be avoided. These opposing views however have yet to be substantiated with further research.  What's clear is that the fruit, with a somewhat sweet, sour and succulent white pulp, contains nutrients and is enjoyed in many countries. About 100 grams of the humble soursop contains 1.0 g protein, 0.79g fiber, 10.3 mg calcium, and 29.6 mg ascorbic acid, plus other nutrients * .    In the March issue of FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal , we feature Royal Food Production Company Ltd , a ma