The price of pork, a staple food in China, soared by nearly 57% last month, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.
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As rising wealth collides with a string of scandals over tainted food in China, prospective acquirers could also shop for premium processed foods abroad, including olive oil and meat and dairy products, such as cheese and yogurt, Ms. Pan said.
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New distribution of healthy food products in China and a low-calorie fruit puree set to test U.S. markets could spark market share gains for the company.
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The report is the latest in a series of cases highlighting food safety issues in China.
Apart from credit tightening, Andy believes that steady gains in productivity and overcapacity in most manufacturing sectors are keeping non-food prices low in China.
It is also making cheaper PVC-based vinyl gloves, which are marketed to the food industry, in China, where it now has one plant and is adding a second.
An ice-cream-like food was first eaten in China in 618-97AD.
Yum Brands, owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurants, has reported a dip in fourth quarter profits as a food safety scare hurt its sales in China.
The issue came into sharp relief in 2011, when China's food-safety inspectors discovered in pork products from a Shuanghui subsidiary the chemical clenbuterol, which speeds muscle growth in pigs but can cause headache, nausea and an irregular heartbeat when consumed by humans.
Andy attributed the increases in food prices to shortages caused by recent bad weather in China, not excess demand due to an overheating economy.
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That question may never be asked in a highly developed economy like the United States where increases in prices at the gas pump are felt most directly by consumers, but it is a question that is being asked frequently these days in China where food is such an important part of the budget for most.
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But four-year-old Baoyuanfeng, like many companies in China's food industry, is relatively small, with a processing capacity of 100, 000 birds a day, according to a profile of the company published on a local website.
They also promise better food--served up on china in economy class--and more stylishly dressed employees.
Professor Nie and her team study issues such as food security (ensuring that China has enough food to feed its population), specializing in meat.
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In news involving other Chinese companies traded in Hong Kong, China Yurun Food rose by 3.7% after the company issued a statement denying rumors of financial problems.
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And food companies don't meet the disapproval in China that they do in the West: according to the Pew Research Centre, while 72% of Chinese think that fast food has made the world a better place, only 23% of Americans do.
Some shoppers at an international supermarket in China admitted they are worried about food safety.
This year, the fast-food chain plans to add another 150 more restaurants in China.
The food comes from China, too, a vendor in the fruit and vegetable market explains.
According to Andy, 75 percent of CPI inflation in China this year has come from food, primarily fresh fruit and vegetables.
Falling food prices have quickly had an effect on inflation in China, which fell to 4% in October from a peak of 8.7% in February.
With that in mind, Chau holds shares in China Resources, listed in Hong Kong, a Chinese conglomerate whose business extends from food and beverages into retailing.
Andy Rothman , the China Macro Strategist for CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, believes that China is near the peak in food-price inflation and close to the peak in the overall rise in the Consumer Price Index for this cycle.
U.S. food exports to China require an 18% per year increase in water consumption.
Rabobank plans to expand lending to China's food producers and processors, both in yuan and in foreign currencies.
Panicked by rising food prices in 2007, more than 30 governments, from Ukraine to China, introduced export restrictions for farm produce.
They also analyzed food production and consumption practices in countries at various states of development, like China, and newer levels of development, like those in Africa.
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