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China is turning fungi from an agricultural category into a biotechnology platform. The “Apple Fungus King” sounds like an entertaining curiosity: a mushroom unexpectedly sprouts from an apple, goes viral, catches the attention of scientists and ends up in a laboratory. But what happened next is the signal.

Pink blueberries show how oversupplied fresh produce categories can suddenly fracture into two markets: cheap commodity volume at one end, high-priced visual novelty at the other.

New Zealand based, ANDFOODS is moving beyond pilot-scale optimism into operational reality with its non-dairy whipped cream. Its first full-scale pre-commercial trial in China marks a critical shift from learning how non-dairy cream behaves not just in theory, but within Asian manufacturing systems, ingredient supply chains, and café cultures. Backed by Foundation support and local partners, the company is positioning China not only as a market, but as a production and learni