Asia Pacific: Chinaplas to highlight circular economy in 2019
After focusing on Internet 4.0 for the past three years, Chinaplas is seeing the rise of circular economy in the industry.
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Americas: Researchers make more stevia using yeast
A report in American Chemical Society's Synthetic Biology describes a way to prepare large quantities of stevia using yeast, which would cut out the...
Americas: Plant-based diet lowers Type 2 Diabetes risk, find Harvard researchers
People who follow predominantly plant-based diets with greater adherence may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who follow these...
Europe: Bottled water range dons Coveris’ eco shrink film
Highland Spring Group, a UK producer and supplier of natural source waters, has launched its most environmentally sustainable ‘Eco Pack’ to date using Coveris’...
Americas: Stevia less bitter than before, finds researchers
Cornell food scientists have reduced the sweetener stevia’s bitter aftertaste by physical – rather than chemical – means, as noted in the Volume 197,...
Americas: General Mills is happy about sodium reduction efforts
General Mills says seven out of 10 product categories are lower in sodium by 20%, with reductions across the 10 categories ranging from 18-35%....
Europe: Vitafoods Europe Conference to reveal updates on EU-funded projects
Healthy ageing is the single most important health category in the global nutraceutical market, according to a survey conducted for the Vitafoods Europe Conference...
Americas: Eating more whole grains found to prolong life
Eating more whole grains may reduce the risk of premature death, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of...
Europe: Industry gets serious on managing food waste
The concept of food waste management (FMW) has gained traction with the declaration of food waste reduction as a target in the UN Sustainable...
Americas: Clariant releases desiccant canisters for safety
Clariant, through its Healthcare Packaging business unit, is introducing desiccant canisters with bright red labeling to better differentiate them from drug products.
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