Food Industry

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…

Legislators in the US state of Texas are making moves to stop plant-based proteins being labelled 'beef', 'chicken', 'pork' or 'meat' — and it has the Australian industry watching closely.  Key points:Texan legislators are moving to stop plant-based proteins from using terms associated with meat The industry in Australia is working on…

The manufacturing site was established since 2011, producing 30,000 tonnes of dry yeast and 40,000 t tonnes of organic fertiliser annually. With the new production line expected to be ready by December 2022, it will produce an additional 15,000 tonnes of yeast extract annually. The RMB 434 million investment (US$71…

KSA property market shows signs of post-virus recovery Resdiential mortgage growth supports sector Retail stable despite upheaval across industry Updated 06 May 2021 Rashid Hassan May 06, 2021 14:30 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s real estate market has shown the first signs of a post-pandemic recovery, according to a report from broker…

The market for meat- and dairy alternatives is growing at a massive rate. But while these plant-based products may deliver as close an eating experience as possible to their animal-based counterparts, the food safety challenge they present can be very different. To find out more, I spoke to Marjon Wells-Bennik,…

Australia Post ban will add more pressure to COVID-19 impact on food industry The decision by Australian Post to stop delivering perishable food items from 30 June will add significant pressure to food and beverage producers already affected by COVID-19, and negatively impact a sector that is a key contributor…

George James and Monika Rai, who work at intellectual property law firm EIP, recently conducted a study looking at microbial trends in the food and drink landscape. Using EIP’s search and analytics tool, Patently, they examined patent filings placed between 2009 and 2019. “The microbes present in our digestive system,…

The drive to shorten the innovation pipeline has been a feature of the food industry for some time, as large corporations struggle to respond to a proliferation of speedboat-like start-ups and ‘fast-changing consumers’. Manmit Shrimali founded Turing AI in response to what he saw as the biggest ‘bottleneck’ facing the…