Europe: Food ingredients Europe takes ingredients industry to 2020, says organizer
In Frankfurt, Germany from November 19 to 21, 2013, Food ingredients (Fi) Europe welcomed close to 25,000 attendees, with 80% of visitors who are buyers. The show provided a platform for exhibitors to share new processes and technologies, industry trends, consumer needs, cost reduction, food safety, traceability and sustainability. The events held during the show period include the Fi Europe Excellence...
World: PACK EXPO, Anuga FoodTec to promote packaging, processing solutions globally
Organizer of PACK EXPO, The Association for Packaging & Processing Technologies (PMMI), and Koelnmesse GmbH, organizer of Anuga FoodTec, are partnering together to promote their packaging and processing industry events. "By working with Koelnmesse, PMMI will help our exhibitors and attendees fully realize the possibilities that are available globally," says Charles D. Yuska, president and CEO, PMMI. The agreement allows for...
Europe: Ingredia Nutritional unveils specialty ingredient at FiE 2013
At Food Ingredients Europe 2013 held in November at Frankfurt, Germany, Ingredia Nutritional presented to trade visitors its most enhanced protein development PRODIET ADVANCE. This specialty ingredient enables companies to formulate a high protein and tasty pudding containing 12% milk protein. It provides a creamy and smooth texture combined with pleasant milky taste contrary to standard milk protein isolates and caseinates...
Americas: Khosla Ventures invests in Nu-Tek Salt
Khosla Ventures has made a significant investment in Nu-Tek Salt, adding a major partnership and equity position to the company. This investment will be used to increase infrastructure and overall capacity and accommodate growing client and market needs. The increase in production of Nu-Tek Salt’s improved potassium chloride solution is being made to meet the demand of food companies searching for reduction...
Middle East: Barry Callebaut opens training center in Turkey
Barry Callebaut opened its first Chocolate Academy center in Turkey, the 16th in the company’s network of such training centers worldwide on November 22, 2013. Located in Istanbul, the center is a teaching and workshop facility for culinary professionals who are interested in strengthening their skills in working with chocolate and learning about new techniques, trends and recipes dedicated to the...
Europe: Tate & Lyle wins award at FiE 2013
Tate & Lyle has received the Food Ingredients Europe Beverage Innovation of the Year Award during the Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) 2013 exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany for its PROMITOR Soluble Gluco Fibre. The FiE Excellence awards, which take place every two years, rewards the major innovations in the food industry in seven categories and are judged by a panel of...
Asia Pacific: BühlerHeerlen buys Wuxi NutriRice from DSM
The Bühler Technology Group has acquired the 50% stake held up to now by its partner Royal DSM in the joint venture (JV) Wuxi NutriRice Co. Ltd. Both companies remain committed to continuing their joint efforts to establish rice fortification as an effective and economical technology to combat malnutrition in the world. DSM will continue to supply the micronutrients used in...
World: Canadean says energy drinks show stamina
The global consumption of energy drinks has grown by 15% in one year, according to Canadean Report: Global Energy Drinks Report 2013. Although energy drinks is not a big category in the overall soft drinks sector, consumption has seen steady annual growth, and since 2006 market penetration has doubled. Despite its relatively high price per liter, energy drinks no longer represents...
Europe: Budenheim offers LEVALL AS as an alternative to SALP
With the development of European legislation (EC regulation 380/2012), the aluminium dosage in food additives is going to be restricted to a far extend, says Budenheim. In particular, sodium aluminium phosphate (SALP), used as leavening acid in sponge wares and scones, will be affected by this regulatory change starting February 2014. At Food Ingredients Europe 2013, the company launched LEVALL AS...
Europe: Novozymes’ award-winning enzyme technology enables acrylamide mitigation in product categories
Novozymes launches Acrylaway HighT, a thermostable solution that reduces acrylamide levels in breakfast cereals and other food products that are typically processed at very high temperatures. The solution was announced as the winner of the 2013 Food Ingredients Europe Snacks/On-The-Go Innovation of the Year award. The company says acrylamide is a chemical compound naturally formed in some food types when baked,...