The Global Beta-carotene market is majorly propelled by rising awareness towards the consumption of beta-carotene and inclination of industries towards natural beta-carotene across the globe according to research report “Global Beta-carotene Market Outlook 2024”.
Regionally, the beta-carotene market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of World (ROW). Among these, North America is anticipated to witness a significant growth and occupy the largest share of beta-carotene market by 2024.   
On account of increasing demand for beta-carotene from the food and beverage industry, the global beta-carotene market is estimated to reach USD 583 million (€492 milliion) by the end of 2024 witnessing a compound annual growth rate of 3.1% over the forecast period.
Geographically, North America dominates the beta-carotene market followed by Europe. Increasing awareness associated with the consumption of beta-carotene is driving the North America market.
The essential role of beta-carotene and others as the main dietary source of vitamin A coupled with higher edge of natural beta-carotene over synthetic beta-carotene in terms of lip-solubility and antioxidant activity is propelling the growth of beta-carotene market all across the globe.
In human body, beta-carotene gets transformed to vitamin A nutrients which empower the immune system. Food and Beverage industries are now more inclined towards the use of natural beta-carotene in comparison to synthetic beta-carotene. This outsized shift of industry from synthetic to natural beta-carotene will intensify the market growth in upcoming 5-6 years.

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The rise in unexplained European cases of Salmonella poisoning linked to the use of cucumbers in ready-to-eat foods reminds manufacturers about the need to stay informed on food compliance matters. SGS Digicomply provides tailored data to help businesses mitigate against the risk of non-compliance.  
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reported 147 cases of Salmonella enterica poisoning linked to the use of cucumbers in ready-to-eat meals. So far, five countries have been affected – the UK, Denmark, Finland, Germany and Ireland – with the UK being worst hit with 129 cases.  
Beginning in 2014, initially the number of reported cases was low, but these have since escalated with early 2017 and 2018 being identified as peaks. Authorities are predicting that the trend will continue with early 2019 anticipated to be another peak.
The EFSA and European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) used whole genome sequencing (WGS) to link all these cases to a single strain of Salmonella enterica – S. agona – and to the use of cucumbers in ready-to-eat meals. However, despite being able to identify the cucumber’s country of origin – Spain – they have so far been unable to find a connection between supply chains and no single primary producer growing the affected cucumbers. The EFSA reports, “laboratory results for Salmonella in all cucumber samples, taken either at primary production level in Spain or during distribution to/within UK, were negative.”
The food industry is therefore being warned that, without the clear identification of a point of contamination, it can expect more cases of Salmonella enterica poisoning in early 2019. Those involved in the food processing and ready-to-eat food sectors are therefore advised to remain alert to changes in food safety regulations and compliance, and ensure their quality assurance management systems are operating effectively.  
SGS recently launched the latest version of its SGS Digicomply online regulatory intelligence platform. The system provides economic operators with a single, comprehensive and targeted online data source to help them stay up-to-date with news concerning changes to food regulations and compliance.

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Coordinated by the company QUIMOVIL, the AQUAFLEX project will allow the development of a new generation of more sustainable water-based inks for the food packaging sector. The new flexographic inks will allow a reduction of VOC emissions by 90-95 % to a competitive cost. The company QUIMOVIL and AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, have begun a project funded by the Ministry of Economics through the programme Retos Colaboración to allow the development of new printing water-based laminable flexographic inks for the flexible packaging industry that will allow a reduction of VOC emissions. Currently, a high percentage of flexible food packaging is manufactured by using solvent-based inks, due to the high quality and productivity needs in the printing and lamination processes. This kind of components have a number of drawbacks, such as the VOC emission into the atmosphere, security risks due to the flammability of inks and varnishes, as well as the high investment and maintenance costs to recover solvents during printing. Through the development of the AQUAFLEX project, coordinated by QUIMOVIL, it is expected to get a new formulation of laminable water-based flexographic inks with the same printing and laminating quality properties as solvent-based inks. The new product will allow a reduction of VOC emissions by 90-95 % at a competitive cost. For that purpose, some of the challenges of this project involve improving the print speeds of water-based inks and reducing their energy consumption in the drying process. AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is located in Valencia, Spain and recorded at the Register of Technological Centres of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The institute is member of FEDIT (Spanish Federation of Innovation and Technology Entities) and REDIT (Network of Technological Institutes of the Valencia Region). AIMPLAS is a non-profit research association with the objective of operating as a technological partner for enterprises from the plastics industry and thus offering them integral and customized solutions by coordinating research, development and innovation projects as well as technological services (analysis and testing, technical assistance, training as well as competitive and strategic intelligence).

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