Category: Food Manufacturing
Japanese sugar firm Mitsui invests $7.6m in halal production drive

To cater to the halal market, Mitsui Sugar has decided to entirely eliminate bone char from its sugar production processes. Instead, it will use filtration with activated charcoal.
Business ideas for 2018: Muslim lifestyle economy

With the worldwide Muslim consumer lifestyle market and halal economy set to reach $3.7 trillion by 2019, there’s heaps of potential for the Islamic market.
Vitafoods Asia 2017: Strategic Move to Singapore Makes Positive Impact

Vitafoods Asia, the only dedicated event for the nutraceutical, functional food and beverages, and dietary supplements in Asia, concluded its seventh edition on a high note for the first time in Singapore.
UK: Halal school meals ban could be challenged in court

A move to ban unstunned halal meat from Lancashire schools could be delayed or overturned after the threat of a judicial review was made to Lancashire County Council.
Gulfood 2018 to Consolidate UAE’s Lead Role in Global Food Agenda

Gulfood is the region’s premier food and beverage industry platform – it underlines Dubai’s leading role in the global food sector.
Opinion: Vegan options are set to increase even more in 2018, says GlobalData

2017 has seen some landmark vegan products launched by major brands: McDonalds released a vegan burger, Pizza Hut launched a vegan pizza, and Asda began stocking vegan mince pies.
Brunei: Delivering bruneihalalfoods products to the world

Ghanim International Corporation is a state-owned enterprise in Brunei Darussalam that develops, markets and promotes high-quality Halal food products under the bruneihalalfoods brand.
Brunei a leader in Halal foods

One of the cornerstones that the Brunei government has towards diversifying their economy is manufacturing Halal products under the brand Brunei Halal Food.
UK: Food supplied by ‘Halal World’ no longer available at 19 Asda stores

Asda confirmed they had ‘removed 19 Halal World counters from their stores and said that they would be replacing them all with a new offer soon, with four stores already converted to the new supplier.
London-based premium halal food brand Haloodies offers a recipe for growth

The market is flooded with halal from questionable sources and at low prices; this blocks brands with more trusted supply sources to enter the market in certain sales channels.
Opinion: Global Halal food sector set to boom as market grows

Established players are expanding at home and abroad through franchising and multinationals have also made major investments in Muslim-majority markets.
UAE leads key sectors in global Islamic economy

The Global Islamic Economy Indicator for this year evaluated the health of the Islamic economy ecosystem across more than 73 countries, based on equally weighted key metric categories.
UK: ‘Parma 2064’ Halal Parmigiano Reggiano cheese has launched in London

Parma 2064, the World’s first Halal approved Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese launched and won it’s first award at the World Cheese Awards.
Singapore: Speciality & Fine Food Asia unveils a fresh new look for its second edition

Speciality & Fine Food Asia, with a new logo and an updated creative to convey a contemporary, energetic and upbeat feel, will take place from 17-19 July 2018 at Suntec Singapore.
Malaysia: Visit/Exhibit in the International Halal Village @ MIFB 2018

This will serve as a Halal market platform that caters to the needs of the Halal producers, traders and business leaders sourcing for products and looking for partners.
UK: Veganism presents rapidly growing opportunity for UK retailers

November is vegan month in the UK and with more shoppers are turning to veganism as consumers show a greater concern for the environment and the welfare of animals.
Turkey seeks to get $400B share in global halal sector

“With our government’s policies and the efforts of the private sector, we can raise our share of the global halal market to 10 percent — $400 billion in a short period of time.”
USA: Beyond Meat Launches The Beyond Burger®

The Beyond Burger is the world’s only burger that looks, cooks, and tastes like ground beef from cows but is made entirely from plants, without GMOs, soy, or gluten.
Brunei: Ghanim-UBD pact to take Halal brand to a higher orbit

Their organisational values endeavour to deliver bruneihalalfoods products and product solutions that are wholesome, innovative and trustworthy to the local and international market.
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