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Pork back on the menu and driving a surge in global animal protein production for 2021
KitKat releases Aussie-style
Christmas feast – Australian
baked ham in chocolate
PRAWNS, any- thing you can throw on a barbecue, a Christmas ham, a bit of brandy, a lot of chocolate and fruit- cake, a trifle, maybe a Pavlova or two – the traditional Christmas feast in Australia is very well-rehearsed.
– featuring baked ham and prosciutto, melon and champagne.
Though the food it- self is wide-ranging in flavour and texture, its continual success is largely down to the separation of the tastes.
“We love experi- menting with unex- pected flavours, and this year we wanted to re-imagine a tra- ditional Christmas dinner,” Ms Yuen said.
Few have dared to imagine what would happen if you mixed ham with chocolate or carrots with wafers.
The KitKat Choco- latory Christmas feast can be bought online at kitkat.com.au, with delivery nationwide or at KitKat Chocolatory boutiques in Sydney and Melbourne.
Until now.
Chocolate lovers can also create their own chocolate experience by designing their own handcrafted KitKat.
KitKat Chocola- tory head chocolatier Connie Yuen has transformed an Aus- tralian fantasy into a chocolate reality, fea- turing several timeless Christmas classics.
With different types of chocolate and 16 premium ingredients to choose from, more than 1500 combinations of KitKat are avail- able this Christmas – meaning you can put whatever twist on Christmas you like.
KitKat Chocolatory has today released their twist on the fla- vours of an Australian Christmas, with their new four-course Aussie Christmas feast
Ms Yuen’s creating odd and memorable food experiences was all in a day’s work at the KitKat Chocolatory.
The four different courses of the Australian Christmas feast by KitKat.
AS the impacts of Af- rican swine fever in Asia fade, pork will lead a global animal protein production surge in 2021.
Gidley-Baird said produc- tion growth was expected across most key animal protein markets around the world in 2021, and within most species after a challenging 2020.
its recovery in 2020, after nearly halving in size the previous year due to ASF, and would continue to grow strongly in 2021,” Mr Gidley-Baird said.
crease in pork production in 2021 is still expected. China to dominate global trade
Similarly, the global pork market would shift its focus away from ex- ports towards local con- sumers, mainly due to ASF but also COVID-19.
However, local produc- tion growth will be lim- ited, as Australia’s beef and sheep producers focus firmly on rebuilding stock numbers.
“Pork production is ex- pected to grow faster than its protein counterparts in 2021, driven by the ASF recovery in China and Vi- etnam, while poultry and aquaculture are also ex- pected to grow based on post-COVID-19 improve- ments to foodservice,” Mr Gidley-Baird said. African swine fever driving change
While ASF still threatens many of China’s smaller pork producers – who make up about half of the production – Ra- bobank expects the on- going recovery would see the 2021 herd inventory reach above 80 percent of pre-ASF levels.
Despite the recovery in China’s domestic pork production, Chinese im- ports of pork, poultry, beef and seafood will continue to dominate global trade, according to the report.
However, post COVID-19 opportuni- ties would also emerge, largely on the back of foodservice recovery and the rise of e-commerce di- rect-to-consumer trends, Mr Gidley-Baird said. Technology and innova- tion for a more sustain- able sector
In its recently released Global Animal Protein Outlook 2021, agribusi- ness specialist Rabobank said China’s initial re- covery from African swine fever would emerge as the biggest driver of growth in the global an- imal protein sector in the year ahead – while also representing the greatest risk for global trade.
“ASF still remained ac- tive across the globe, with Germany continuing to manage an outbreak de- tected in September 2020,” Mr Gidley-Baird said.
As such, any irregular swings from China could have significant conse- quences for producers and markets.
Rabobank senior animal protein analyst Angus
Globally, recovery from ASF in China would be the major factor impacting the animal proteins sector in the year ahead, ac- cording to the report.
Further herd losses were likely in the Philip- pines and also Vietnam, where despite sporadic outbreaks in 2020, an in-
“Changes in China’s import policies, shifts in China’s commitment under the Phase One Trade Deal with the US or moves to avoid human or animal health risks could all present trade issues in the coming year,” Mr Gidley-Baird said. COVID-19 recovery
Innovations in tech- nology – such as methane- reducing additives, which improved feed efficiency, or traceability to mitigate animal disease risk and offer supply chain trans- parency – exemplified an increasing focus on sus- tainability and produc- tivity in animal protein, according to the report.
“China’s pig herd started
Mr Gidley-Baird said recovery from COVID-19 would also impact the global animal protein market in 2021, with is- sues surrounding food- service recovery, labour availability costs, supply chain transformations and food safety creating both opportunity and risk.
Rabobank senior animal protein analyst Angus Gidley-Baird said production growth was expected across most key animal protein markets around the world in 2021.
Reduced global poultry demand due to the eco- nomic downturn in sev- eral importing countries had impacted trade and created the need for more focus on domestic con- sumers, but Mr Gidley- Baird said foodservice recovery would help bal- ance out supply and de- mand.
The increasing role that the market and regulators would play in improving the sustainability of the animal protein supply chain would also become clearer in 2021, with the number of animal protein, food retail and foodser- vice companies making commitments to a lower environmental footprint likely to grow.
These technologies would enable and accel- erate commercial adop- tion into 2021 – helping drive environmental, so- cial and economic sus- tainability, Mr Gidley- Baird said.
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