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Eye-watering energy and fertiliser prices combined with the prospect of higher borrowing costs are leaving few England and Wales farmers untouched. According to experts, even the most resilient will not be able to simply ride the current economic climate. Yet it seems that the current crises are triggering some innovative reactions and often fundamental changes to farming practices.…

Times might be tough in Italy, with annual inflation at 9.4% (in September) and sluggish growth of 2.5% projected for 2022 (OECD data), but Italians are drinking more coffee, including supermarket sales for home-brewed drinks.

In 2021, Italian roasted mass market retail coffee sales exceeded EUR1.3 billion overall, said IRI, up 1.1% year-on-year, driven by the single-serving pods and capsules and grains segments.…

The Chinese infant formula industry will hit a regulatory milestone in February (2023) with the introduction of new national standards first published last year (2021) by the country’s National Health Commission. These standards, including GB10765-2021 (1) promise to make labelling “more scientific”, thus improving quality of products.…

In early September (2022), Serbia faced a serious domestic milk crisis, with empty or half-empty store shelves, with consumers relying significantly on imports of foreign milk from Poland and the Czech Republic. The domestic supply squeeze was not a surprise for Serbia’s dairy farmers, however.…

The Spanish can market and industry, which has developed an international reputation for its dominant fish canning sector, is increasingly innovative, driven by contemporary trends in its beverage sector, with sales of canned water and wine joining a promising market which has traditionally been based on beer.…

The South Korean aesthetics market is regarded by UK-based market researcher GlobalData as the fastest growing in the Asia-Pacific region, with an anticipated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of approximately 7% between 2022 and 2030, displayed remarkable resilience during the pandemic.…

THE Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, owner of India’s leading dairy brand Amul, could become the leader of a planned multi-state association of five major Indian cooperative bodies promoting organic Indian food products.

The other cooperatives are the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED), the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) and Krishi Bharatiya Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO).…

India’s nascent wine market is dominated by domestic brands trying to overcome low awareness about wine among Indian consumers, while dealing with high taxation and cumbersome trading regulations. However, these wine companies are confident of achieving high sales growth in the short and medium term, with market projections looking healthy, even if they vary widely.…

The Chinese are eating more cheese than ever.

China’s cheese market size reached Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY/RMB6.32 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 8% during 2020-2025, according to a 2022 report from GlobalData, the market researcher that owns Just Food.…

Fraud is sometimes downplayed as a ‘victimless crime’, especially when companies are the direct victims. While that is obviously untrue, frauds associated with food that can directly harm consumer health give the lie to this statement. It is one reason why food fraud is a clear priority problem for international policy makers.…