Processing
Find out the best practices, methods, technologies and equipment to produce winning products.
Europe: Arla Foods recognised for adding value to retailer Waitrose
Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has been awarded the 2014 Supplier Award for Collaborative Working by food retailer Waitrose.
The company which supplies Waitrose...
Europe: Researchers develop bacteria quick test for beer, milk
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam and company GEN-IAL from Troisdorf have developed a polymer powder that significantly...
Americas: Japan, US collaboration produces green tea craft beer
Craft beer Baird/Ishii/Stone Japanese Green Tea India Pale Ale (IPA) is brewed with Japanese sencha green tea and five different hops, including Sorachi Ace,...
Europe: PhD researcher develops online analytical tool to determine type of salmonella
There is no single analytical method for whole genome sequencing data, which can be used universally to determine salmonella bacteria’s type.
A PhD project at...
Europe: BASF invests €56M to expand PVP production
BASF plans to invest up to €56 million (US$73.7 million) in the expansion of its Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) value chain over the next four years.
PVP...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra reduces milk volume forecast, online offerings
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has reduced its milk volume forecast for the 2014-15 season to 1,532 million kgMS, reflecting the impact of dry weather...
Asia Pacific: Australia’s retail sector to slow down, says Australian Food and Grocery Council
After a stronger-than-expected Christmas trading period, retail spending growth will slow heading into 2015, according to the sixteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail...
Asia Pacific: Shimadzu Corporation launches unified chromatography system
Shimadzu Corporation launches Nexera UC, a unified chromatography system, which showcases complete automation and combines automatic sample pre-treatment with chromatographic separation and analysis.
The fully...
Asia Pacific: Veolia Water Technologies releases modular water treatment systems
Veolia Water Technologies has launched its new Orion that provides compendial purified water with sustainability features such as low energy membranes Reverse Osmosis (RO),...
Americas: Frozen organic, natural to gain popularity in the US, finds report
With 'fresh' and 'healthy' emerging as food industry buzz words, it is easy to wonder if frozen foods—which almost inherently fail conjure connotations associated...