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Amway Thailand says it is ‘confident’ of achieving sales revenue of 20 billion baht (US$664m) for its 2019 trading year, a 6% climb from the previous year. ©Getty Images

Exceeding targets: Amway Thailand ‘confident’ of achieving over US$660m in sales for FY19

Amway Thailand says it is ‘confident’ of achieving sales revenue of 20 billion baht (US$664m) for its 2019 trading year, up 6% from the previous year.

Goat milk powder growth: H&H increases its footprint in China’s offline space

H&H has recently sealed a number of deals to sell its Biostime goat’s milk powder in offline channels across China.

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DSM: How brands can partner to innovate and grow in the kids nutrition space

Rising economic prosperity in Asia over the past 30 years has driven major improvements in early life nutrition.

Podcast: From multivitamins to kava…one professor’s journey in psychotropic plant research

Psychotropic plant medicine has garnered immense attention as more of such products, most notably cannabidiol (CBD) nutraceuticals, and even foods and beverages, enter the mainstream market.

Frequent coffee consumption linked to lower metabolic syndrome risk in Korean women

South Korean women who consumed more than one serving of coffee per day had a significantly lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components compared to non-coffee drinkers.

Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2020: Academic and industry experts from Singapore, India, Thailand and Malaysia join the bill

Last week we announced that Brands Suntory, Blackmores, Herbalife, Nippn, Amado and Cerecin were among the big name brands confirmed for our Healthy Ageing APAC Summit, and now we can reveal a raft of academic and industry experts have been added to the...

Common bacteriophage appeared only recently in human gut, study says

A recent study suggests a common gut virus has spread to humans only with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. The paper adds to the still nascent body of research on the human gut virome.

Only five batches of formula products fail to meet China inspections…and all are imports

Over 99.7% of the infant formula sold in China have passed sampling inspection as of December last year. But surprisingly, some of those made in Australia and New Zealand were among those which failed to meet the cut.