For more than three decades, Japan’s UBE Group has built a strong presence in Thailand’s petrochemical sector. Today, the company is entering a new chapter — one defined by specialty chemicals, ...

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That's not food coloring—it's ube. And it deserves to be on your radar for a very delicious reason. Before we get into it, just know that ube has experienced a true explosion in popularity in the past ...

Ube desserts are blowing up online for their striking colour – but the starchy root vegetable they’re made with has been a staple of Filipino and other Southeast Asian cuisines for centuries. Here’s ...

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The Philippines' purple ube is appearing internationally in coffees, ice creams, and cocktails. Its popularity is being driven by an appetite for aesthetically vibrant food and drinks on social media.

Whether in lattes, cakes or ice cream, ube is turning heads with its vivid purple hue. The Filipino yam is tipped as the next ...

Home automation still seems a little Tomorrowland, but Ube thinks it can make some parts of that dream a reality, even for the Homer Simpsons among us. Ube is a startup focusing on bringing the ...

It's purple, subtle, and a staple at Filipino potlucks. And now it's starting to stake a claim for itself here in the U.S. For the uninitiated, ube (pronounced OO-BAE) is a purple yam/sweet potato ...

Vivid and violet, this technicolour tuber is now a popular international ingredient. But for Filipinos, it symbolises their nation's history. The seller pointed to the large canisters sitting on his ...