Food safety

 

Label-friendly ingredient portfolio expanded

Natural food preservation specialist Corbion Purac has launched Verdad Powder F80, a new label-friendly ingredient that preserves the freshness, integrity and flavour of a wide variety of foods. Based on the natural fermentation processes of sugar cane, Verdad Powder F80 can be labelled as ‘fermented sugar’ to meet consumer demand for natural, fresh and authentic-tasting […]

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Red meat processing deemed unsustainable

With ‘horsegate’ continuing to attract significant column inches – with this week’s news that two arrests have been made in conjunction with the scandal – combined with a growing suspicion that ‘porkgate’ might be on the horizon, a warning made by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) regarding red meat processing will do little to calm the […]

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Indena’s production site passes FDA inspection

Indena has announced that its French production site in Tours has successfully passed the US FDA inspection, with no FDA-483 issued, as per the EIR (Establishment Inspection Report) received from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the FDA. This confirms that the company meets the new requirements mandated by the FDA Food […]

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Food safety developments to be showcased

The latest developments and innovations in food safety and quality control will be showcased in an event being organised by packaging systems specialist Ishida Europe. From 21st October to 6th November, the company will be running a series of demonstrations at its UK headquarters in Woodgate, Birmingham to highlight the capabilities of its newest x-ray, […]

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Tetra Pak acquires Danish membrane filtration company

Tetra Pak has acquired Denmark-based DSS Silkeborg, a supplier of membrane filtration technology for the dairy industry. Established in 2000, DSS develops, designs, sells, builds and commissions membrane filtration systems for dairy applications by using reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, ultra-filtration and micro-filtration technologies. The core competence of DSS lies in maximising the full use of milk […]

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All-natural sweetener launches in UK

Natvia, an all-natural sweetener that is produced in Australia, is to launch in the UK. A healthy alternative to sugar and chemical sweeteners, it can be used in the same way as sugar – including use in coffee, tea or cold beverages or in baking and cooking products. Natvia states that its product contains none […]

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Student designs ice cube tea for UK market

University College Birmingham culinary arts student Sumaiyah Patel has pioneered an innovative type of tea for the UK foodservice and retail market, as part of a product development competition run by the British Frozen Food Federation. The BFFF competition challenged UK students to demonstrate the potential of frozen within the premium food category, and aimed […]

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Liquid enhancers to be showcased at Anuga

Royal Crown Cola International (RCCI) will showcase its portfolio of water-based liquid enhancers at Anuga 2013. Liquid enhancers are highly condensed flavour enhancers that enable consumers to customise the flavour of any beverage to their taste, along with increased convenience and portability. “Consumer preferences keep evolving and RCCI continually strives to answer the demands of […]

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The role of voltage optimisation in the food and drink sector

Dr Alex Mardapittas, managing director of EMSc (UK), explains how voltage optimisation can provide a cost-effective engineering solution for many companies in the food and drink sector that are keen to reduce their carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency Q. What are the benefits and typical savings on offer to companies considering the installation of […]

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Bearings increase maintenance intervals for baking firm

Engineering company SKF has extended meantime between failure (MTBF) for British baking firm Warburtons from six months to three years with extreme temperature Y-bearings (insert bearings) – a dry lubrication option that removes the need for using expensive, high temperature greases. The new bearings have brought a range of benefits to Warburtons, including reduced maintenance […]

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Low-fat cocoa powder

Cocoa and chocolate expert ADM Cocoa has announced the launch of a new deZaan reduced-fat cocoa powder with only 0.5% fat. D-00-ZR retains the chocolate taste of deZaan ZR cocoa powders, but with virtually no fat content. Available worldwide from this summer, D-00-ZR enables users to formulate lower calorie products with lower saturated fat contents, […]

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‘Super Broccoli’ rejuvenates metabolism

Eating ‘super broccoli’ three times a week can help to ‘re-tune’ metabolism, which could protect against age-related diseases such as obesity, Type II diabetes and cancer, according to new research. The super broccoli – known as Beneforté – was developed by scientists at John Innes Centre and Institute of Food Research (IFR) using conventional breeding […]

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Automated cake decoration system

Automation within the food industry is commonplace and there are many examples of special purpose machines and robot systems performing a diverse range of processing, handling and packaging operations. However, using robots to write messages and greetings on to the surface of cakes has been an area where the natural variation in the product has, […]

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