Asia Pacific: Medical foods supply to grow, finds report
Medical foods are often confused with dietary supplements and functional foods that are neither targeted for specific disease conditions nor require medical supervision for product administration. While regulations in the US and Europe clearly defined medical foods, those in other parts of the world are still under development. Recently, however, medical foods have begun to be regulated in Australia and New...
Europe: New enzyme technology converts waste oils into biodiesel
Novozymes launches Novozymes Eversa, a commercially available enzymatic solution to make biodiesel from waste oils. The enzymatic process converts used cooking oil or other lower grade oils into biodiesel. Biodiesel producers can thereby reduce their raw material costs. The resulting biodiesel is sold to the same trade specification as biodiesel created through traditional chemical processing. A solution that loves free fatty acids The growing...
World: Frozen foods market to grow to US$261.50B in 2015, says report
The global frozen food market is expected to grow from $218.41 billion in 2010 to US$261.50 billion in 2015 at an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7%, according to MarketsandMarkets. U.S. is expected to witness a moderate CAGR of 4% from 2015 while the rest of the World (ROW) segment (which includes Latin America, Australasia and others) is...
Asia Pacific: Chinese found to consume more yogurt, finds DSM
DSM has published a paper investigating the reasons behind rising yogurt consumption in China and provides new insights in how health-conscious, lactose-intolerant Chinese are embracing this dairy food. Based on a survey carried out in countries such as China, Brazil, Turkey and the US, the results reveal that perceived gut health benefits and added probiotics are driving significantly higher yogurt...
Asia Pacific: SATO launches global maintenance service for printers
SATO Online Services (SOS) is launched as a global service that utilizes a model to provide 24x7 connectivity and worldwide customer support. The new service scheduled to launch in 2015 will ensure the stable performance of SATO’s cloud connected printers, and deliver business success to customers deploying SATO solutions. SOS takes full advantage of the Internet of Things (IoT), a rapidly...
Europe: GEW launches system to develop UV LED inks
GEW have launched a faster version of its light-emitting diode (LED) ultra violet (UV) curing lab system to support the research and development effort of UV LED ink manufacturers. The Magic Carpet LED lab system makes the task of developing and testing new UV LED ink formulations easy, accurate and ergonomic. It incorporates the same high performance LED curing module designed...
Europe: BASF celebrates 150 years in 2015
BASF turns 150 in 2015. In addition to celebrations and a historical retrospective, the company has prepared a global co-creation program with partners on the topics of energy, food and urban living. As part of this program, called Creator Space, BASF is taking a new approach in accordance with its “We create chemistry” strategy. “We want to initiate something new with our...
World: Asia, US invest in creating market-ready bioplastics products, finds report
Bioplastics production capacity is set to increase from around 1.6 million tons in 2013 to approximately 6.7 million tons by 2018, according to the results of European Bioplastics’ annual market data update, presented on December 3, 2014, at the 9th European Bioplastics Conference in Brussels. The data was compiled in cooperation with its respected scientific partners, the Institute for Bioplastics...
Europe: German show highlights Internet of Things, Industry 4.0
The digitization of production has set in motion a comprehensive change in automation that many experts already refer to as the fourth industrial revolution. Where today's food industry plants are centrally controlled, future cyber-physical systems will take command and organize production themselves. Trade visitors to Anuga FoodTec exhibition can experience how real the convergence of production and enterprise information technology (IT)...
Europe: Institute, Danish company create omega-3 fish oils products for export
A business idea where by-products from the fishing industry are transformed into valuable ingredients full of omega-3 fish oils, has won the innovation competition at agricultural fair Agromek on November 25, 2014. The project idea is based on a cooperation between Professor Charlotte Jacobsen at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark and the Danish company inOmega3. When fish are...