Food & drink industry
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Japan tax office launches campaign to help encourage drinking
Contest asks young adults for ideas to revitalise popularity of alcoholic drinks after big fall in tax revenue…
- Asia Pacific, Beer, Business, Environment, Food, Food & drink industry, Singapore, Water, World news
Singapore craft beer uses recycled sewage to highlight water scarcity
Collaboration between national water agency and craft brewer described as ‘highly quaffable’ It is a beer made…
- Animal welfare, Cattle, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Farming, Food & drink industry, Global development, India, South and Central Asia
‘It felt like wringing a dry sponge’: India’s dairy farmers face searing heat
Milk and cheese output from world’s largest producer faces catastrophic decline unless more heat stress resist…
- Business, Food, Food & drink industry, Global development, Global economy, India, International trade, South and Central Asia, World news
How India’s new taste for local whisky is shaking up the global drinks market
Sales of Indian single malts are booming as a new generation sheds old notions about the superiority of import…
- Australia news, Business, Cost of living crisis, Economics, Energy industry, Europe, Federal Reserve, Food & drink industry, Food poverty, Germany, Global development, Global economy, Inflation, International trade, Italy, New York, Pakistan, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Supply chain crisis, US economy, US news, World news
The rise in global inflation – the hit to living standards across the world
Analysis: From Pakistan to the US, Australia to Germany, the cost of living is rising to new highs and causing…
- Business, Chocolate, Food, Food & drink industry, Hinduism, India, South and Central Asia, World news
Nestle withdraws Hindu KitKat range in India over accusations of disrespect
Many people expressed outrage that wrappers, featuring Hindu gods, could be thrown in bins or trodden onNestle…
- Business, Chocolate, Food, Food & drink industry, Hinduism, India, South and Central Asia, World news
Nestle withdraws Hindu KitKat range in India over accusations of disrespect
Many people expressed outrage that wrappers, featuring Hindu gods, could be thrown in bins or trodden onNestle…
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McDonald’s rations fries in Japan due to potato shortage
Covid-19 and floods in Canada force fast-food company to sell only small-sized friesA new kind of chip shortag…
- Food, Food & drink industry, Global development, Inequality, Inequality and development, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Top toddy: Sri Lanka’s tree tapping trade reaches new heights
‘Toddy tappers’ who collect sap used in everything from palm wine to ice-cream are enjoying a boost to busines…
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Whey too expensive: New Zealand cheese lovers forced to eke out supplies as prices jump
Range of issues blamed for spike in cost to $20 a block, including inflation, Covid-related supply issues and …
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South Korean president suggests ban on eating dog meat
Moon Jae-in, a dog-lover, says ‘time has come’ for traditional practice to endThe South Korean president, Moon…
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Farewell ‘Bernadino spewmuchly’: New Zealand mourns loss of favoured sparkling wine
The death knell has sounded for the $10-a-bottle Bernadino spumante after its owner announced it was stopping …
- Agriculture, Asia Pacific, Business, China, Environment, Farming, Food, Food & drink industry, Fruit, New Zealand, Science, World news
Kiwi wars: the golden fruit fuelling a feud between New Zealand and China
One firm’s attempt to regain control of illegal cultivation shows Wellington’s lack of leverage over its large…
- Bangladesh, Curry, Food, Food & drink industry, Indian food and drink, Restaurants, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
From kala bhuna to shatkora curry – let’s all get a taste for Bangladesh
Most of Britain’s Indian restaurants are run by Bangladeshis. So why don’t they promote their cuisine, asks re…
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Taiwanese urged to eat ‘freedom pineapples’ after China import ban
Government rejects Chinese claim that harmful pests had been detected in recent shipmentsTaiwanese pineapples …