Asia Pacific: Singapore launches Lab-on-Chip application to detect poultry diseases
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and Veredus Laboratories have launched VereVet, a portable Lab-on-Chip application that can detect, differentiate and identify nine major poultry infectious disease agents in one sample using a disposable biochip. Scientists from the two organizations have been working on the poultry ‘laboratory on a chip’ (Lab-on-Chip) application since 2010. Unlike the conventional method of...
Asia Pacific: Malaysia has slower but higher value baby food market, says Canadean
Although the volume of the baby food market in Malaysia only grew marginally over the last few years, the overall value has increased by over 60%, says Canadean. This is due to rising incomes, a decline in births and the trend towards super-premium and specialized baby food. The baby food market in the country has been relatively stable over recent years...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra releases June guaranteed milk price
Fonterra has set the June Guaranteed Milk Price (GMP) at US$5.25 per kgMS, which is the same price as the opening 2015/16 forecast Farmgate Milk Price. A total of 45.2 million kgMS was offered by 443 farms, more than double the number of farms that applied this time last year. "More of our farmers are seeing GMP as a financial risk...
Americas: Arla Foods Ingredients’ solution turns yogurt byproduct into dips
Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a protein solution that enables manufacturers to make delicious high-protein low-fat dips using the acid whey they have left over after making Greek yogurt. It is estimated that Greek yogurt manufacturers in the US generate about one million tons of acid whey every year. For every 100 kg of milk used to make Greek yogurt,...
Asia Pacific: Strawberry farm in tsunami-hit Japanese area turns one
Japanese Farming corporation GRA Inc celebrated the first anniversary of its strawberry farm Ichigo World. GRA is the recipient of 50 million yen (US$0.40 million) in support funds from the Mitsubishi Corporation Disaster Relief Foundation (MCDRF), which complements grants already obtained from Abukuma Shinkin Bank, a local financial institution. GRA was founded shortly after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami...
Europe: Smurfit Kappa wins Nestlé award
Smurfit Kappa received the European Innovation Recognition Award for outstanding innovation proposals across Europe by Nestlé. The packaging company judged by internal teams at Nestlé on the basis of a series of solutions demonstrating innovation, proactivity and practicality. The awards mark a year of innovation at Smurfit Kappa. In June 2014, the company launched its new global brand strategy 'Open the future',...
Americas: Flint Group unveils packaging inks for paper cups
Flint Group launches PremoCup that delivers wet and dry rub resistance without affecting print quality. It utilizes the company's building block formulating technology, and comes with an extremely wide operating window that substantially reduces the variation in print quality caused by inconsistent coating weights commonly observed with long standing technology. The trend for paper cup printers is for increased print fidelity...
Americas: BASF discusses sustainable food production in symposium
BASF will host a Science Symposium in Chicago, US to discuss how food production can be more sustainable along the complete supply chain necessary to feed a growing world population. Held as part of a co-creation program marking BASF’s 150th anniversary, the symposium features six sessions on organic synthesis, metabolic engineering and plant science, agriculture, and food and nutritional science. Attendees...
Europe: Patented RiFiber shows dose-dependent reduction in benign tumor cells in mice
A study by University of Leicester researchers finds potential mechanisms for reducing the development of intestinal adenomas through consumption of rice bran and rice bran derivatives that are sources of dietary fiber, according to Dr. Robert Smith, SVP operations and R&D for RiceBran Technologies. The company's patented RiFiber was used in the study and "the results indicate its potential as...
Europe: SIG Combibloc supplies one filling machine to Swedish company
Swedish food manufacturer Orkla Foods Sverige has replaced two existing filling machines with one filling machine from SIG Combibloc. With the CFA 712, the food company is now filling premium juice drinks – both ready-to-drink beverages and concentrates – of its JOKK and BOB ranges, as well as Muksu-branded baby food in combiblocSmall and combifitSmall aseptic carton packs. "The new filling...