Iran-ASEAN Business Council Appoints Henri Tan To Board of Directors
Henri Tan, project director of leading MICE player Constellar, has recently been appointed to the Board Member of the Iran-ASEAN Business Council (IABC) for 2022/2023. A veteran in the MICE industry and with a vast experience in Asia especially in…
Loob to Offer TiffinLabs’ Delivery-Optimised Brands in 100 Tealive and Bask Bear Locations
Loob Holding Sdn Bhd, fresh from its acquisition of a strategic stake in market-leading kombucha brand WonderBrew last year, is partnering Singapore-based food tech company TiffinLabs to bring several of their new virtual restaurant brands into Malaysia. This collaboration will…
Scoular Opens Fishmeal Facility in Myanmar
Scoular, one of the largest and most diverse fishmeal and fish oil merchandisers in the world, recently opened a new fishmeal facility in Myanmar. The facility will provide a hub for high-quality, consistent product and just-in-time shipment to Asian feed…
Phytolon and Ginkgo Bioworks Collaborate to Take Biological Production of Vibrant Food Colors to the Next Level
Phytolon, a growing startup company making natural food colorants, announced a partnership today with Ginkgo Bioworks, the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, to produce vibrant cultured food colors via fermentation of yeast. Under this partnership, Phytolon is leveraging Ginkgo’s…
Better Bite Ventures Launches First Alternative Protein Fund Dedicated to Asia Pacific Startups
New venture capital firm Better Bite Ventures launches today with a US $15 million fund, including an initial portfolio of 10 Asia Pacific startups, harnessing plant-based and cellular agriculture technologies to create climate-friendly meat, dairy, egg and seafood alternatives that…
TiNDLE Arrives in Miami: The New Chef-Favorite Chicken Made from Plants Makes its Debut at Local Restaurants and South Beach Wine & Food Festival
Starting this week, TiNDLE is now offered in two popular Miami restaurants – Little Brazil and Minty Z – as it prepares for its grand debut at The Food Network & Cooking Channel’s annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival…
Governments and Universities Are Using Vertical Farms to Fight Food Inequity
Advanced Container Technologies, Inc., said that governments and universities are now promoting vertical farming as a way to combat food insecurity and inequities. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says vertical farming “is no longer a futuristic concept.” The…
Yali Bio Raises $3.9M Seed Round To Advance Plant Based Cultured Fat Production
Yali Bio, a CA-based food tech company focused on designer fats for plant-based meat and dairy products announced today it has raised a $3.9M seed round, bringing their total funding to $5M. The round was led by Essential Capital with…
Global Agribusiness Innovators Unite to Launch Agtech Powerhouse, EverAg
Dairy.com, ever.ag, and EFC Systems, have come together to form EverAg, a company dedicated to empowering agriculture, food and beverage supply chains to feed a growing world. In addition to combining decades of proven experience, the merger unites supply chain,…
Kellogg Chairman & CEO: The Top 5 Leadership Lessons From a 116-Year-Old Company
Kellogg Company Chairman and CEO, Steve Cahillane, recently shared his top five leadership lessons that have contributed to Kellogg’s longevity as the company celebrates its 116th anniversary on Kellogg Company’s Social K blog and on his LinkedIn profile. Social K:…
