Contrary to popular belief, you will not have a big spike in your cholesterol level after eating a durian. In fact, this king of fruits has good monounsaturated fats that can actually lower your harmful cholesterol levels and moderate your high blood pressure. But feasting on this highly nutritious fruit will certainly not benefit your [...]
Agarwood Essential Oil Market Report Insights and Industry Analysis by Category (Conventional and Organic), Application (Personal Care, Aromatherapy, Pharmaceuticals and Air Care) and Region, Competitive Market Size, Share, Trends, and Forecast, 2018 – 2025 Pune, India, July 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agarwood Essential Oil Market is poised to touch USD 201.03 Mn by [...]
Asia’s biggest budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd. is mulling flying thorny, pungent durians around the region as part of a plan to use its trucks and planes to send food straight from farms to restaurants. The Malaysia-based airline’s agriculture e-commerce platform Ourfarm has a network of 7,000 trucks for pickups and deliveries in the [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: At a swanky sales gallery, smartly dressed representatives were on hand to greet visitors and usher them in. Lining the walls of the bright premises were glossy displays featuring the company’s business plan for a durian orchard. There were aerial photos of the orchard and durian varieties cultivated, while a flat screen [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: Less than four months ago, Jason Koh and Mire Chai started a durian business with no durians. Today, they still start their day without a single fruit in their possession. But the two owners of 4Leaf Durian have been enjoying brisk online sales of durians since the movement control order (MCO) came [...]
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysian durian continue to be a hit in China, driven by strong demand and consumption there for the “King of Fruits”. Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Malaysia, Shi Ziming, said the interest from Chinese consumers for the fruit has not waned although the supply [...]
The Musang King is the most sought-after durian in Malaysia, if not all of Asia!. Its thick and creamy textured flesh has a sweet flavour with a hint of bitterness. The fruit’s rising prices and high demand has made it the key focus of exports for the Malaysian government. Musang King currently accounts [...]
Agarwood Incense from the Aquilaria tree is highly valued in Hong Kong and costing around $60,000 a pound. Plantations International grows premium Aquilaria trees on its sustainable plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia, and is shortly expanding into Thailand to meet the ever expanding market demands for high quality and sustainability sourced agarwood and [...]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry aims to export 223,716 tonnes of frozen durian in the form of cloves and paste valued at RM350 million to China this year. The amount was achievable as 12 more companies had received approval to set up durian processing facilities apart from the existing 19, taking [...]
A Chinese company has invested 700 million baht to establish a durian processing factory in Songkhla’s Thepha district. The establishment of the Kunming-based company in southern Thailand is an indication of the growing love for durian in China and a growing export potential for the ‘love-it-or-hate-it’ fruit. Durian became even more [...]
