Prospects continue to look better as we move further into 2023. To quote Nigel Wong, Head of PI Market Support Centre, Mettler Toledo Product Inspection: “The food and beverage sector in Asia is strong, and we expect to see continued growth. This is despite new market conditions brought about by recent global events such as COVID, as well as general social changes.”

Mr Wong is one of the interviewees for this Outlook issue. We also talked to executives from ETPACK, Heat and Control, Cablevey, and Kerry, who also share the same view of the Southeast Asian market for ingredients, packaging, and processing. In this issue, we also include the forecast of Mintel and FrieslandCampina on consumer trends for this year and beyond.

Our feature on technologies to watch offers a glimpse of future food processes. We’ve also compiled some of the latest ingredients, packaging and processing machines launched in the past few months.