All news articles for July 2020

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Fig extract can benefit diabetic treatment: study

By Oliver Morrison

Botanical ingredients supplier Euromed claims a study shows that its fig extract product, called ABAlife, can lower the glycaemic index of foods, and could potentially be a treatment for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, while also help to make products...

African swine fever (ASF) is continuing to spread at a worrying rate. Photo: AJG

Farmers need to be better protected against the risk of ASF

By Jenny Eagle

African swine fever (ASF) is continuing to spread across Asia at a worrying rate and in September 2019 the disease was confirmed for the first time in South Korea, where six cases were reported within a two-week period. The fever also spread to the Southeast...

Oatly is still thinking like a challenger, it tells FoodNavigator

Oatly: ‘Now we want to challenge the whole dairy industry’

By Oliver Morrison

Plant-based drink disruptor Oatly says it is planning to take on the overall dairy category after securing $200 million in new equity from an investment group led by private equity giant Blackstone and a group of celebrities.

Western Meat Processors GM Jamie Warburton and Western Meat Packers Group CEO Andrew Fuda @ Cowaramup. Photo: WMPG

Western Meat Packers Group to expand thanks to $300k WA grant

By Jenny Eagle

Western Meat Packers Group has welcomed a Western Australia (WA) Government grant for $300,000 to further facilitate the processing of offal and other products at its Western Meat Processors’ Cowaramup abattoir operation as part of a $10m expansion.

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