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Food Ingredients Europe 2019: WACKER Presents Solutions for Vegan Food
No eggs, no milk, no meat no more and more people are forgoing animal ingredients. Current market studies confirm that the number of people adhering to a vegan diet is continuously rising worldwide. This trend is particularly pronounced among young people.
The UK has left the EU
If your business deals in food, or animal feed, your responsibility to make sure it is safe will continue to be requirement of law after 31 January 2020. On that date, the UK left the EU and entered into a transition period until the end of 2020.
Tetra Pak research study reveals the convergence of environment and health is growing, and the Food and Beverage Industry is first to see this trend
Tetra Pak today reveals the findings from a global research study in partnership with Ipsos1 on the two most pressing consumer demands: the environment and health. They have historically been seen, and communicated, as separate areas: however they are increasingly converging, creating pivotal opportunities for food and beverage (F&B) brands in how they market their […]
Food processing and snacking applications to drive the cheese concentrate market growth
Concentrated form of cheese contains high milk fats, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. Proteins that are present in cheese concentrates make cheese the most in-demand ingredient for flavouring various food products. Cheese concentrates also have high quantities of calcium and phosphorous compounds, which are important to maintain bone health in humans. Besides, micro-level nutrients present in cheese concentrates such as water soluble and fat soluble vitamins, boost the value of foods and act as health boosters. This is resulting in the rising usage of cheese concentrate in food products as a flavouring ingredient as well as a supporting nutritious ingredient.
Coconut Water often adulterated with undeclared sugars
Coconut water is the liquid obtained from the unripe fruits of the coconut tree. It has seen as substantial increase in popularity over the past couple of years. However, the analyses by QSI, a Tentamus company, revealed that more than a quarter of the products from shops contain undeclared extraneous sugars. As a low-calorie, low sugar and isotonic soft drink coconut water is an obvious alternative for consumers and athletes to the more common sugared soft drinks. Coconut water is also said to exert a health promoting effect due to its constituents like vitamins and minerals, for example potassium. Unlike coconut water, coconut milk is obtained from the pulp of the ripe fruit instead.
Smoked foods are tastier, less harmful with a tip from the auto industry
Infusing foods with smoke can impart delicious nuanced flavours, but could also come with an unwelcome side of carcinogens. To reduce the carcinogen content of smoked foods, researchers took a lesson from the automobile industry, running the smoke through a zeolite filter to remove harmful compounds. It worked, and with a happy bonus: superior smoke flavour.
Almost 20,000 visitors attended Vitafoods Europe 2017
Vitafoods Europe has enjoyed another record-breaking year, with visitor and exhibitor numbers both significantly up on 2016.
Almost 20,000 (19,951) visitors attended the global nutraceutical event in Geneva between 9 and 11 May 13% more than last year. Furthermore, a record 1,034 companies exhibited up 15% on 2016.
Eggs significantly increase growth in young children
Eggs significantly increased growth in young children and reduced their stunting by 47 percent, finds a new study from a leading child-nutrition expert at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. This was a much greater effect than had been shown in previous studies.