R&D in nutrition, sustainability to drive disruption in food industry

Singapore

BETTER food and beverage (F&B) could soon be served up, as companies here pick up on calls for healthier grub - and invest in innovation.

While it's still early days, research and development (R&D) is catching on with both multinational consumer groups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), observers said.

Matthew Kovac, executive director of industry body Food Industry Asia, told The Business Times: "You have the majority of the big food companies with their R&D centres, and even others within the supply chain. You've got that big ecosystem and, of course, you've got an army of SMEs."

Now, the government is "trying to help and facil…