Nestlé is spending almost US$30m to upgrade one of its six plants in Malaysia.
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The company said today (6 July) it is spending MYR100m (US$29m) on renovating the site at Shah Alam, west of Kuala Lumpur.
Nestlé is looking to install a new production line that will lower the fat and salt content of the noodles it sells in Malaysia.
“Instead of frying the noodles, we will air dry them, which will have a significant impact on the fat content, reducing it by 60-80%. We can also use much less salt,” a Nestlé spokesman told just-food. “Noodles are a staple food in that part of the world. We sell 1.3m packets of noodles each day in Malaysia.”
The spokesman declined to give Nestlé’s sales figures for Malaysia but said it is “a nice, growing market” for the company in south-east Asia.
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By GlobalData“It doesn’t have the population of Indonesia but the purchasing power of the population is significantly higher,” the spokesman added.
