Category: yerba mate

FHA 2022 Singapore: Back to the floor

After 30 months, we are back to a presencial exhibition. Sapiens Global was proud to divide the Brazilian Pavilion in Singapore with a group of companies, showing our best in Food & Beverage from Brazil.

Cafe Asia 2019, 4th year in a row for Sapiens Global

At Marina Bay Sands Conference Hall, in Singapore, the 7th International Cafe Asia was officially opened on March 21st, with the presence of Mr. Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Industry & Trade and Ministry of Education. Sapiens Global exhibited for the 4th year, since 2016. For this event, the main topic was the “Fight Against Diabetes”, introducing the Brazilian range of low sugar products, featuring the stevia-based sweeteners, low sugar fruit juices and cakes and sweets preparations, by the Brazilian brands Lowçúcar and Magro. The soluble yerba-mate from Mateex was presented as a powerful aid in the treatment of diabetes.
Fruit jams prepared by the 3rd generation of a family business from Rio Grande do Sul State, in Brazil, under the brand of Doces Vapor Velho were presented and positively tasted by the visitors with tangerine, orange and the tangerine-peppermint flavours.
Kaffe-Kantate, a Brazilian blend of coffee with the new individual drip-filter technology made a huge success. The launch of the mineral water Acqua Única attracted locals interested in the pure water from Brazil, the largest reservoir of natural water in the world.

Sapiens Global in Malaysia at The Troika, Kuala Lumpur

Expanding the business in Southeast Asia, Sapiens Global is now present in Kuala Lumpur, close to our new clients and enjoying the new business atmosphere in Malaysia. The relationship among Brazilian and Malaysian companies was increased this year with the new Brazil – Malaysia Business Council, launched last March 27, in Kuala Lumpur.

Mr. Danie Cheng, Mr. James Lam and Mr. Douglas Baquetti (Head of Sapiens Global Malaysia) in a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, July 2018.

According to Malaysian data*, in 2017 bilateral trade between Brazil and Malaysia reached a total of RM 12.7 billion, a figure that consolidates Brazil’s position as the main trading partner of Malaysia in Latin America. According to Brazilian data, Malaysia was Brazil’s main trading partner in ASEAN in 2017. Brazil is also the largest Latin-American investor in Malaysia. Malaysian investment in Brazil is impressive, with companies like Sapura, PETRONAS and Scomi leading the way.
*Joint Media Release. Malaysian-Brazil Business Council Launched (March 27, 2018)

Cafe Asia 2018: The Brazilian Yerba Mate comes to Southeast Asia

Sapiens Global booth at ICT – Coffee and Tea Industry Expo and Cafe Asia 2018, at Marina Bay Sands, introduced for the first time at this show the Brazilian Yerba Mate.


The Ilex Paraguariensis tree ( yerba mate tree) produces a nutrient rich leaf which has been heavily cultivated in Brazil and Argentina since the late 1800’s. For the local markets, the fresh leaves get dried, chopped up, matured, packaged and sold in shops and supermarkets in massive quantities as a kind of loose tea. About 30 years ago, beverages companies started to sell Mate as a refreshing drink, in a soluble form to add water or prepared in bottles, plastic cups or cans.

Mateex, a young company from the South

The soluble yerba mate produced by Mateex in Brazil

Region of Brazil and one of Sapiens Global’s partner in Food & Beverage industry, provided samples of the Mate Tea (or Yerba Mate) for our visitors. Beverage produced with the dry extract obtained from the leaves of the mate tree, during the tasting sessions at our booth, gave the visitors the real sensation of this amazing product.

Mate Tea can be consumed in different ways, according to the target public. It can work with consumers looking for

A visitor interested on coffee distribution

a healthy and fitness product. As 

Yerba Mate can be potentially used for treating diabetes and obesity, the concentration used as a refreshment can affects food intake, resulting in higher energy expenditure, likely as a result of higher basal metabolism.