Brunei to Learn About Organics

"SALES of organic food products in Brunei Darussalam is expected to increase in less than five years' time, but current trends suggest that most consumers are still unaware of the health benefits of organic food, a manager of an international organic food product company said.

The consumption of organic food products will start to pick up in Brunei. The share of Asian food market is currently not even one per cent while in Europe, fresh organic food accounts for 25 per cent of the market, Jean-Francois Torrelle, manager of Alce Nero Asia Pte Ltd told The Brunei Times yesterday.

Speaking during a cooking demonstration using organic products at Nakhoda Ragam Vocational School, he said that organic food products were first introduced in Brunei about three years ago, but consumers are not aware of organic food which is naturally grown without chemicals or pesticides."

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