RF pasteurisation technology from Radio Frequency Company of Millis, MA has been fully validated for rice flour used in infant formula, achieving a greater than 5 log reduction in microbial load, including salmonella, E. coli and listeria.
Researchers at Zhejiang University have identified four key volatile compounds in citrus essential oils responsible for measurable emotional benefits, using a novel combination of electroencephalography, autonomic nervous system monitoring, and flavoromics analysis. The findings open new avenues for functional food design and nutraceutical applications targeting emotional wellbeing.
A synergistic system combining dielectric barrier discharge plasma with a chiral titanium dioxide/sodium alginate composite film has demonstrated significant advances in postharvest cherry tomato preservation, reducing microbial counts, extending shelf life by more than four days, and degrading chlorpyrifos pesticide residues to 65.86% – well below regulatory limits – without chemical preservatives.
UK biotech Clean Food Group (CFG), the world’s largest yeast-derived oils and fats manufacturer, has confirmed a £4.5 million investment led by Clean Growth Fund and New Agrarian, alongside a £700,000 non-dilutive grant from Innovate UK, to accelerate the scale-up of its fermentation manufacturing facility in Knowsley, Liverpool.
SIRIO Europe has announced Aeion, a science-led supplement platform comprising eight ready-to-launch longevity concepts designed to support long-term healthy ageing through daily, repeatable nutritional rituals.
BIOGRUND has integrated Seprify’s cellulose ingredient SilvaAlba™ into ready-made coating systems, offering nutraceutical manufacturers a mineral-free, clean-label alternative to titanium dioxide (E171) and calcium carbonate (E170).
A US physicians’ organisation has filed a formal legal petition urging the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to mandate cancer warning labels on processed meat and poultry products – a move that could have significant implications for food labelling standards and the wider meat processing industry.
FrieslandCampina Ingredients has completed a major capacity expansion at its Borculo facility in the Netherlands, doubling production of both whey protein isolate (WPI) and milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) ingredients to meet accelerating global demand across the sports, early life, active, and medical nutrition sectors.
Puratos and Dawn Foods, two of the professional bakery sector’s most established ingredient suppliers, have signed a definitive acquisition agreement that would unite complementary R&D capabilities, production models and distribution networks spanning more than 100 countries.
A six-month randomised controlled trial has confirmed that an infant formula containing Arla Foods Ingredients’ partially hydrolysed whey protein ingredient, Lacprodan® IF-3070, supports healthy growth trajectories comparable to those observed in exclusively breastfed infants, whilst demonstrating a favourable gastrointestinal tolerance profile relative to standard cow’s milk protein formula.
March 2026
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