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MILK-BASED NUTRACEUTICALS POTENTIAL NEW BOOM MARKET FOR INDIA
The re-use of whey proteins that would otherwise go to waste could underpin the future of milk-based nutraceuticals in India, experts at an industry seminar in Mumbai have argued. RP Singh, of dairy sector consultants Food and Engineers (I) Pvt Ltd, told the Indian Dairy Association (IDA)-organised event in Mumbai that 80% of whey produced during cheese and cottage cheese processing in India is discarded.…
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT MARKET IS KEY GLOBAL GROWTH ZONE
One of the biggest expanding markets for cosmetics and personal care products is sub-Saharan Africa. A key exporter to the region, L’Oréal has estimated that the overall African beauty and personal care market generated EUR6.93 billion (USD8.61 billion) in 2012, growing at between 8% and 10% annually, compared to a global market growth rate near 4%.…
SOUTH AFRICA PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT MARKET GROWS AS IT DIVERSIFIES
South Africa’s personal care market grew steadily in 2013, according to research group Euromonitor International, which put the total value of mass and premium products sold in the country at South African Rand ZAR35 billion (USD3.16 billion) for the year.
The top four selling sub sectors in the market that year were as follows: fragrances (ZAR9.20 billion (USD830.57 million), skin care (ZAR5.20 billion (USD469.46 million), bath/shower (ZAR3.80 billion (USD343.07 million) and deodorants (ZAR4 billion (USD361.13 million), outlined Euromonitor analyst, Zeenat Ebrahim.…
JAR AND BOTTLE INNOVATION AIMS TO REDUCE COSTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, WHILE BOOSTING AESTHETICS AND FUNCTION
INNOVATIONS in bottles and jar manufacture, from using waste food as feedstock to creating gas bubbles in traditional materials to lighten packages and reduce material inputs, are helping personal care product companies reduce costs and their environmental footprint simultaneously.
And where companies are really smart, they can use these innovations to improve aesthetics, and add functionality features.…
MAINLAND CHINA BATHROOM PRODUCTS SEGMENT IS BOOMING AND DEVELOPING
The mainland Chinese bathroom product market has in 2013 grown in value and volume at healthy year-on-year rates of 12.8% and 8.6% to USD2.7 billion and 3.06 billion units respectively. Canadean, the market research company producing these figures, attributes growing per capita consumption to rising incomes as well as the increased availability of products.…
JAPAN MANUFACTURERS INNOVATE TO SEIZE MARKET SHARE IN SHRINKING DOMESTIC MARKET
Consumers in Japan are notoriously fickle and constantly in search of the next greatest product – and in a nation that takes its food very seriously, that applies doubly to the confectionery sector.
Sales of ice cream have been strong in recent years and continue to grow, although chocolate confectionery sales came to Japanese Yen JPY342 billion (USD2.95 billion) in the calendar year 2013, a minor contraction on the previous year – blamed on poor weather during the traditionally busy summer months.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – RUSSIA TRADE RESTRICTIONS BLOCK CONFECTIONERY AND INGREDIENT TRADES
DOCUMENTS obtained by Confectionery Production from the European Union (EU) indicate that Ukraine has lost up to USD126 million’s worth of confectionery export sales to Russia this year, because of Russian trade restrictions.
EU briefing papers note that Ukraine has been complaining to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) since October 2013 about alleged “unjustified barriers to trade caused by the measures of the Russian Federation, in particular, on Ukrainian confectionery products.”…
CHINA’S WEI PAI DEVELOPS ONLINE B2C NICHE BRANDED FOOD SALES
A NICHE business-to-consumer online sales platform has illustrated how smaller Internet retailers can sell a targeted range of branded food to Chinese consumers. Wei Pai (5ivp.com) was launched in Chongqing in southwest China last month (October), selling southwestern Chinese snacks and seasonings to local consumers.…
HIGHER EDUCATION FRAUD TRAINING QUICKLY BECOMING INDUSTRY NORM
AS companies and government organisations implement more stringent fraud detection programmes, they are recruiting the best and brightest anti-fraud experts. Universities in North America, Australia, Europe and Asia are responding to demand for anti-fraud expertise by offering fraud prevention classes in accounting, criminology, and business degrees.…
SOUTH KOREA’S FASHION SECTOR SEES OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA-SOUTH KOREA FTA
SOUTH Korea clothing executives have welcomed the bilateral free trade agreement signed on Tuesday (November 11) between China and South Korea, telling just-style this should ease the export of South Korean clothing exports to China. No details on rules of origin and duty elimination have been revealed, but South Korean textile industry insiders are nonetheless optimistic.…