Growing demand for dairy products boosts the Chinese milk market
In recent years, the Chinese milk market has experienced continuous growth in sales. Consumers are increasingly more aware of the nutritional benefits of dairy products and are more willing to buy milk, especially healthier options with high protein, calcium, and vitamin B content. In China’s competitive market, it can be a challenge for new brands […]
China’s dairy market: How a population known for lactose intolerance became the world’s largest dairy importer
With over 90 billion USD (RMB 572 billion) in revenues and nearly 28 million tons of products consumed in 2020, China is the world’s second-largest dairy market after the US and the world’s largest one by dairy imports. China’s total dairy consumption volume kept on fluctuating in the past five years, but the growth outlook […]
International brands are in demand on China’s prenatal care market | Daxue Consulting
Two factors responsible for the high-speed-growth of the prenatal care market in China Babies from the baby-boom back in the 1980s have become parents themselves in the last decade. They have caused another, bigger baby boom, because of the cancellation of the one-child-policy. In 2016, the universal two-child policy came out, meaning that every couple […]
Chinese Characters Found on Formula Packaging in Canadian Walmart Exposes Shopping Scandal
Another Scam of Chinese Oversea Shopper (Daigou). A Weibo (China’s biggest microblogging platform) post on Oct. 9 has been reposted 13,000 times and got almost 4,000 comments: Someone found Chinese characters written on the bottom of several Enfamil formula packagings in a Canadian Walmart. Why is this seen as a scandal in China? This article […]
How Nestle reacts to the events on Baby food market in China
Nestle Group, headquartered in Switzerland, is a food manufacturer with a long history in China. Nestle company, originally started with the production of baby food, and then kept as well further developed this business all over the world. Now, Nestle Group has become the world’s largest food company, providing a variety of products for consumers […]
The difficulty of infant formula market in China : the example of Karicare
Karicare is a leading infant formula brand of the global maternal and child nutrition experts Nutricia. Karicare has been founded in 1896, developed by Dr. Truby King with the incentive of “Help fatigued mothers, protect cute babies”. After a hundred years of development, Karicare has now become the market leading brand in New Zealand and […]
Focus on: Fonterra
Background information about Fonterra: Established in 2001 and based in New Zealand (HQ), Fonterra (恒天然) Co-operative Group was set up by the merge of two largest dairy product co-operatives and New Zealand Dairy Board. As for now, Fonterra is becoming the largest company of New Zealand with annual revenue of more than 8 billion dollars per […]
Market research: Foreign companies in baby formula industry
Fonterra’s milk powder food-safety scandal On August 3th, 2013, Fonterra released to the press that some of its exported whey protein products may contain Clostridium botulinum, a bacteria that can cause botulism. Botulism is a paralytic illness that affects the nervous and respiratory systems and can cause death in some cases. Fonterra attributes its contamination […]
Market analysis: Fonterra’s dangerous chemical contamination crises
According to the announcement made by Ministry for Primary Industries, the world’s biggest exporter of dairy products and employer of 10,500 farmers, Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd., was caught producing milk with a low level of dicyandiamide in a recent inspection. Dicyandiamide is a dangerous chemical substance which is applied to pastures by farmers to diminish […]