Singapore

The R&D facilities were upgraded to feature labs, experimental kitchens, consumer testing, sensory evaluations rooms, open working spaces, as well as Nestlé's fundamental research hub.  Pic: Nestlé

Nestlé expands R&D facilities in Singapore

By Jim Cornall

Nestlé's R&D center in Singapore, which has been playing a role in developing products and technologies for South East Asia and beyond for both Nestlé's retail and out-of-home business, has been upgraded.

Max Rye and Fengru Lin from Turtle Tree Labs. Pic: Turtle Tree Labs

TurtleTree Labs raises $6.2m for cell-based milk technology

By Jim Cornall

TurtleTree Labs, the biotech company pioneering the method to produce milk using cell-based technology, has announced the close of an oversubscribed $6.2m Pre-A funding round from new and existing global investors including Green Monday Ventures, Eat...

The CDE in Singapore includes a demonstration kitchen, ISO standard-based sensory evaluation lab, meeting and training rooms and video broadcasting capabilities. Pic: USDEC

U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence opens in Singapore

By Jim Cornall

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) today unveiled the start of a new chapter for its presence in Southeast Asia with a virtual event officially launching the new U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence (U.S. CDE).

Food Union brands Ekselence, Pols and Lakto are now available in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Pic: Food Union

Food Union expands into Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan

By Jim Cornall

Food Union, which creates dairy and ice cream products in the Baltics, has expanded exports of its Ekselence, Pols and Lakto brands into three East Asian markets - Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.

Singapore has been setting itself up as a regional hub for food science for more than 10 years. Pic: Getty Images/CharlieTong

Lobby group wooing region with whey ingredients

US dairy targets SE Asia in protein charm offensive

By Richard Whitehead

American dairy has been on a charm offensive in Southeast Asia recently, in a bid to persuade more food companies to feature its protein and permeate ingredients in their products.

Land for agriculture is at a premium in Singapore. Pic: ©Getty Images/CharlieTong

Tiny community is left up in the air as officials take their time in allocating new plots

Singapore farmers hope government gives clarity on the future of their lands

By Richard Whitehead

Beyond the jam of ships queuing for a berth in Singapore’s harbor, beyond the glass and steel towers bearing the names of the world’s haughtiest banks, beyond the malls, the hawker stalls and the bars of the city center and the massing clusters of public...

Singapore’s biggest dairy manufacturer is Malaysia Dairy Industries. Pic: ©Getty Images/ronniechua

Dairy innovator first to introduce cattle successfully to tropics

Paving of Singapore’s original dairy farm takes away chunk of pioneering past

By Richard Whitehead

When last September United Engineers lodged a winning tender worth S368.8m, it signaled that some of the land that was once the world’s most successful tropical dairy farm will soon be paved over to make way for new housing.