HPAchina user HPA-China and its partner FiAsia China Expo are hosting its annual probiotic summit during FiAsia China Expo in Shanghai. See below for details. There are five speaking / sponsorship opportunities for those in the probiotic industry to present their company’s pre, pro or post biotic ingredients to the audience. This spots are first come first … Read more
Consumers in Japan are shying away from dietary supplements and other so-called functional foods over a health scare linked to red yeast rice products from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. Other supplement producers are rushing to assure customers that their offerings are safe. But restoring trust in the industry will not be easy, especially given criticism that Japan lacks rigorous measures … Read more
China-based infant-formula major Feihe has seen its profits decline markedly, pointing to the country’s falling birth rate. Hong Kong-listed Feihe, China’s largest infant-formula player with an estimated 17% market share, saw its 2023 revenues fall “primarily due to [the] low birth rate in China and high competitive pressure in the industry”. Nprofit for the year … Read more
You may never have thought of or heard about the food additive glycine, but it’s all Gen Z can talk about on TikTok. That’s because a glycine manufacturing company in China called Donghua Jinlong Chemical has shown up in people’s For You feeds thanks to its high-energy videos advertising the mundane compound — a tiny molecule found in … Read more
China’s newly unveiled regulations for consumer protection have detailed a series of rules targeting problems in online consumption, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said Tuesday. The regulations, released in March and slated to take effect on July 1, 2024, primarily focus on ensuring the implementation of the law on the protection of consumer … Read more
The China Beverage Industry Association(CBIA) approved the release of the group standards “Nutrient Beverages” and “Rapid Detection method for Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Packaged drinking Water”. The above standards will be implemented from April 1, 2024, among which “Nutrient beverages” specified the raw materials, sensory, physical and chemical, food safety and other requirements of nutrient beverages. … Read more
Chinese domestic special medical food enterprise Zhejiang Haizheng Sulikang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. completed a financing round worth several hundred thousand dollars, exclusively invested by Zendao Capital. Shanyun Capital acted as the financial advisor. This round of financing will be used for the research and development registration of major products as well as the construction of … Read more
On April 9, Angel Yeast replied to investors at the 2023 performance briefing that the company’s net profit decline was mainly affected by consumer demand. The increase in the gross profit margin of international business primarily resulted from an increase in revenue and adjustments to the product structure. The financial report shows that Angel Yeast’s … Read more
Wang Teng and others from the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, published a paper titled “Research Progress on Nanoparticle Delivery of Food Functional Factors Based on Lactoferrin” in the “Food Science”, reviewing the structure of lactoferrin, receptors that recognize lactoferrin, and nanoparticles prepared from lactoferrin as raw materials. It is … Read more
With the strengthening of consumer health awareness, the demand for health products is becoming stronger and stronger. But many unscrupulous merchants, in order to gain more profits and sell products quickly, claim that health food, ordinary products etc., have therapeutic effects when promoting and propagating, which occasionally happens and poses a potential risk to public … Read more
