Indonesia
Roundup: Ingredients
Here is your roundup for the latest dairy ingredients news.
Nestlé Indonesia begins building in Central Java
The new factory is being built on 20 hectares of land, will produce Bear brand liquid milk and ready-to-drink beverages Milo and Nescafé to fulfil growing demand, the company says.
Beneo achieves Indonesia’s first and only approved prebiotic claim for inulin & ogliofructose
The National Agency of Drug and Food Control of Indonesia has approved a prebiotic claim for the chicory root fibres inulin & oligofructose, making them the first and only ingredients recognised as prebiotics in the country.
The pandemic through the OECD numbers
I find statistics fascinating, and how these numbers interact with our daily lives. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released some new figures recently, showing that growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the G20 area slowed to 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2020, down from the large rebound in the previous quarter (7.8%) that followed the unprecedented falls in the first half of the year due to Covid-19 containment measures.
Record sales to Southeast Asia drive US dairy export numbers higher
Record exports of dry ingredients to Southeast Asia, plus rebounding volumes of whey products to China, sent US dairy exports higher for the eighth straight month, according to new data released by The US Dairy Export Council (USDEC).
Yili launches ice cream and R&D in Indonesia
Yili Group, Asia’s largest dairy firm, has launched its first Mocha Coffee ice cream in Indonesia, marking a new milestone in expansion.
Yili Group enters Indonesian market
In Jakarta, Indonesia, China’s largest dairy enterprise, Yili Group, held a product launch event and announced its entrance into the Indonesian market.