The plant-based dairy industry in the Asia Pacific region has traditionally seen products such as soy milk and almond milk lead the pack, but recently firms have been utilising many more unique plant-based sources to produce dairy alternatives, or creating new interesting plant-based formats to attract consumers.
Nestle Malaysia has pegged product affordability and versatility as its main plant-based strategies amid the official launch of the firm’s first ever plant-based production facility in the ASEAN region.
Food and beverage firm Nestle Malaysia officially opened a new Plant-Based Meal Solutions plant in the Shah Alam Industrial Complex in Selangor, Malaysia, the company announced this week. The RM150 million (about $36 million) facility is the company’s first of its kind in the ASEAN region.
Featuring a capacity of 8,000 tn/yr, the 600-sq-m plant includes new food processing machinery and automated packaging lines. Nestle produces the Harvest Gourmet brand of plant-based at the Selangor plant for the out-of-home-market and the site will soon start to produce a commercial range of offerings for retail and eCommerce sale.
Here are some other developments in the food and beverage industry that captured headlines over the last week:
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Nestle Malaysia CEO Juan Aranols has outlined the production and marketing strategies for the firm’s venture into the plant-based arena, although he believes it ‘will take time’ for the sector to reach its full potential in Asia.