Food Industry

Editor’s note: Following is a letter signed by a coalition of organizations and sent to Janet Woodcock, M.D., FDA Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Opinion Dear Dr. Woodcock, The undersigned organizations, representing the food industry, consumers, and state and local food safety regulators, write to express our support for…

NEW YORK, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has released its annual State of the Specialty Food Industry Report, revealing that the specialty food market reached total sales of $170. NEW YORK, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Specialty Food Association (SFA) has released its annual…

Big bug boom: Health and sustainability biggest drivers as APAC governments increase backing for million-dollar edible insect industry​Governments and food industry players across the Asia Pacific region are providing increasing support to the insect-based food industry as an alternative protein source from South Korea to Australia, all touting health and…

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 586,308 companies with a total workforce of 10.2 million registered under the Covid-19 Intelligent Management System (CIMS) 3.0 administered by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as of 7.30am this morning. Senior Minister cum Miti Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (pix) said…

Scientists at the University of California, Davis say they have developed a naturally derived cyan blue colorant made from anthocyanin pigments – the pigments that give red, purple, and blue plants their rich colouring – in red cabbage.   According to the researchers, the new colour – made using an enzyme…

TOKYO, May 28, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda), Cognite, and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and a proof-of-concept (PoC) agreement ("the Agreement"). The former covers the joint provision and collaboration on the Mirai Fusion (MF) digital solutions platform, which is…

All the signatories call on the EU to put in place measures to scale up the use of innovative technologies to improve supply chain traceability, as well as stronger cooperation with producing countries to ensure that forests are protected and restored. The joint statement​ says: “Global deforestation is a pressing…

Continuing our exploration of the protein transition, this month I again spoke to Fred van de Velde, head of NIZO’s Protein Functionality Expertise Group. In a previous column​, Fred explained all about how to choose the right plant protein for a specific product by balancing the competing requirements of consumer…

124 Pints to Save the British Pub Company Debt's latest research assesses how many pints per British adult would be required to make up the 25.66bn deficit incurred by the food industry since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The answer is 124 pints per adult (or 122 glasses of…

Acetylated distarch adipate is a type of starch used in the food industry, mostly as a stabilizer, bulking agent, and thickener. It is majorly sought-after due to its high resisting temperature property. Since it provides exceptional stability of freezing, great transparency, and high temperature stability, demand is ever-increasing across the…