Europe: Blendhub Corp opens facilities in Spain, India, Mexico for manufacturers to develop products
Blendhub Corp.’s Formulation Excellence Center is opening its facilities in Spain, India and Mexico for the use of other food enterprises, as if the facilities were their own, for the development of their products. The new corporation, which includes the companies Premium Ingredients and Portable Powder Blending, is promoting a new business model based on transparency, for companies to develop...
Asia Pacific: Survey finds Australian beer drinkers engage in cultural rituals before consuming beverage
A survey by Galaxy Research has confirmed that 75% of adult Australians embraced in a cultural ritual before taking the first sip of beer, according to Lionco. It states the top beer drinking traditions include saying cheers (56%), shouting a round of drinks for friends (31%), pouring a drink for everyone in the group before themselves (31%), looking a drinking...
Asia Pacific: Consumers in China are drinking more yogurt, finds report
The drinking yoghurt market is exploding in China due to significant and sustained investment and a new demand for healthier drinks ‘on the go’, finds a Canadean report entitled 2014 Dairy Market Insights Report: China. It states drinking yogurt will become the third most consumed dairy drink in China by 2016, as the volume consumption of drinking yoghurt will exceed...
Americas: eSeal RFID-enabled packaging solution receives US patent
eAgile Inc., a global provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, has received a patent from the US Patent Office for its eSeal RFID-enabled packaging solution. The solution is applicable to the medical, cosmetics, food and beverage industries to provide them with visibility throughout the distribution process to combat counterfeiting and product tampering. “The demand for intelligent packaging continues to rise,...
Asia Pacific: Vitafoods Asia Conference to highlight trends for the nutraceutical market, finds FNI
For the first time this year, the two-day Vitafoods Asia Conference will run alongside nutraceutical exhibition Vitafoods Asia from September 3 to 4, 2014 at the AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong. Speakers from various countries and organizations will be presenting topics, including: Halal in nutraceuticals - market opportunities and business success, Dietary lipids - the growing role of Omega-3 and polyunsaturated fatty acids or...
Americas: 18-year study finds caffeine intake associated with lower incidence of tinnitus among women
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) finds that higher caffeine intake is associated with lower rates of tinnitus, often described as a ringing or buzzing sound in the ear when there is no outside source of the sounds, in younger and middle-aged women. This research is published in the August issue of the American Journal of Medicine and...
Asia Pacific: China’s growing urban population, hectic lifestyles pose opportunities for on-the-go, single-serve snacks
The Chinese bakery and cereals market – already the largest in volume – is set to become the second most valuable by 2018, as more urban dwellers consume pick-me-up snacks on-the-go, according to a Canadean report entitled Consumer Trends Analysis: Understanding Consumer Trends and Drivers of Behavior in China’s Bakery & Cereals Market. The report states that the Chinese bakery...
Asia Pacific: Australian companies need to innovate, adapt, network, go online to engage businesses in China, says report
Australian businesses wanting to succeed in China must perfect the art of networking the Chinese way, according to Deakin research completed in partnership with the Open University of Hong Kong. The researchers found that many small to medium enterprises (SMEs) struggled to undertake the type of intense networking needed to build relationships in a culture where business lives or dies...
Europe: EU Isoglucose production to take off post-2017, says Rabobank
The impending change in European Union (EU) sugar policy in 2017 could trigger a shift from sugar to isoglucose usage, according to a Rabobank report entitled Will Starch Grains Beat Sugar? The company believes that isoglucose production could take off, particularly in grain and starch-rich but sugar-poor countries such as Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. At the same time, other regions in...
Europe: Baker Perkins’ 16-stream die for co-extrusion systems for snacks
Baker Perkins launches a new 16-stream die for its co-extrusion systems for snacks. The die, with a previous maximum of 12 streams, is part of the CoEx Master System, producing snacks containing two components – a cereal outer and a center filling. Fillings with contrasting tastes and textures are incorporated into the cereal tube emerging from a twin-screw extruder. It is formed...