Indonesia

Global push: Thai firm Jamulogy hopping on functional beverage trend to expose Indonesian jamu worldwide

28-Apr-2022 By Nurul Ain Razali

A Thai-based firm is hoping to ride the global functional beverage wave to popularise the traditional South East Asian herbal formulation ‘jamu’.

Zinc supplementation increases cellular immune response in children – Nestle-funded study

19-Jan-2021 By Tingmin Koe

Zinc supplementation was shown to increase cellular immune responses, especially in boys and children younger than 3.5 years old, according to a study conducted on young children in Indonesia.

China struggles see Blackmores’ profit drop 24% but sales surge in Vietnam and Indonesia

15-Aug-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Australia’s biggest supplement firm Blackmores saw profits drop 24% over the last year, with struggling performance in China cited as the key factor.

Astaxanthin from Indonesia: Country’s first microalgae firm competes with global rivals for local market share

12-Aug-2019 By Tingmin Koe

Indonesia’s first microalgae firm PT Evergen Resources is on a mission to meet the country’s astaxanthin demands across the nutra, pharma and cosmetics sectors.

Misfiring marketing? Are ineffective strategies contributing to region's nutritional woes?

31-Jul-2018 By Tingmin Koe

The root cause of under-nutrition and malnutrition is not the lack of nutritional products, but ineffective marketing methods, according to business consulting firm Hystra.

Javaplant site visit - extraction in Indonesia

06-May-2013 By RJ Whitehead

FoodNavigator-Asia recently visited Indonesia's largest extraction facility, Javaplant, to look at how one of Asia's top 10 botanical, coffee and tea extractors produces products for export around the world.