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Japanese brand Kikkoman plans to turn the Indian palate to soy sauce
World's largest soy sauce maker enters India through fully-owned subsidiary
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TPCI urges govt for flat 5% GST on all processed food items to spur growth
The Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) on Friday urged the government for a flat 5 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on all food processed items to spur the growth of the sector. The council also pushed for input tax credit on food sales; tax holiday for five years for companies investing in infrastructure, including digital infrastructure; special incentives to food processing through interest subvention, and lower taxes; and competitive import tariffs over five years, with lowest or nil slab on inputs or raw materials. TPCI Founder Chairman Mohit Singla said non-tariff barriers in the food sector are impacting the industry and trade. "The new standards such as Alimentrus Codex Standard of EU require a lot of investment to meet. Therefore, TPCI demands a separate fund/ incentives for R&D and testing labs for meeting the global standards," he added. Chairman, Food and Beverages Committee, Vivek Agarwal said some of the items like molasses, white chocolate, cocoa butter, ..
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Processed food linked to cancer? Media ignores problems with the study
The researchers used data from a large cohort study, called NutriNet-Sante, that tracks the eating habits and health of thousands of French people
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Aspirational value of processed food
Amazed at how many processed foods a migrant was thinking of at the time, I went into lecture mode
