India Focus: Beyond Snack banana chips, Unilever India beverage nutrition, trans-fat reduction progress and more feature in our round-up

Beyond Snack banana chips, Unilever India beverage nutrition, trans-fat reduction progress and more feature in this edition of India Focus. Read more

Convenience is king: Auric eyes Middle East market with easy-to-consume functional products

Indian functional foods and beverage firm Auric is eyeing expansion in the Middle East with its easy-to-consume products, riding on increasing demand for health products in convenient formats in the region. Read more

Bringing to the boil: India launches Basmati rice standards amid longstanding geographical dispute with Pakistan

India’s food safety authority has launched a set of formal standards for the premium Basmati rice variant in what appears to be a further step in its quest to establish it as intellectual property belonging to the country under the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs). Read more

Ayurvedic approach: Indian firm seeks to popularise cordyceps nutraceuticals with practitioners

A Bangalore-based company specialising in the cultivation and development of nutraceuticals made of cordyceps is hoping to popularise the use of the medicinal mushrooms within India’s Ayurveda practitioners. Read more