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Asia is fast becoming the launchpad for crossover dessert collabs where food-tech and wellness meet indulgence. Think Euglena’s algae nutrients churned into vegan scoops with Kind Kones in Singapore and Malaysia, or Ajinomoto’s ice cream carrying Finnish Solein protein, functional nutrition in a spoonful. Even bean-free coffee start-up Prefer has teamed with Melvados to sell coconut-latte vegan ice cream across 13 stores, while TurtleTree’s vegan lactoferrin is hitting the RT

New Zealand’s latest migration settings are colliding with its food ambitions. Net migration has collapsed to just +13,700 (YE June 2025), while a 13-year-high 71,800 citizens packed up and left, most young, skilled, and irreplaceable. Those empty lab benches and processing plants aren’t abstract,

Step into a Seoul supermarket and you’re not just shopping for grapes, you’re navigating a K-pop concert in aisle four. Shrink-wrapped mangoes next to Labubu plush toys, pineapples in luxury box sets, and strawberries that could pass for engagement rings. This isn’t grocery shopping. It’s identity shopping. And according to Karina Keisler of Hort Innovation Australia, that’s exactly the point. Asia's fresh obsession!

South Korean-based UNLIMEAT is gearing up for the the launch of its innovative plant-based tuna products. They are releasing three distinc