Milka’s distinctive lavender packaging has long been a supermarket staple across Europe. Now, the chocolate brand is looking farther afield to China for a new consumer base, aiming to win over import-hungry consumers with the pedigree of Swiss Alpine milk.

Chinese consumer experts believe that if snack bar makers created ‘beauty snack bars’ by using traditional Chinese medicine ingredients in their product offerings, they could be onto a winner. So should we expect China’s next beauty product to be edible?

Breakfast in China is nothing like it is in the West. Eggs, cereal and fresh fruit hardly ever appear on the menu, instead bland soups and dumplings are slurped down. But just as China has come around to buying Western luxury goods, is there a place for coffee and bacon on the Chinese breakfast table?

Just one liquid is trusted to complement Chinese cuisines; ‘lü chá’ – green tea. In a bid to lure drinkers of China’s native firewater Baijiu, Bacardi believes it can transform Chinese dining and drinking culture by distilling green tea leaves to create a pure tea spirit. Will it catch on?