Animal protein
Nölke Pure Ingredients focusses natural animal protein concentrates. The company does not offer its customers “ready-made products”, but emphasises service and a high level of flexibility. All items manufactured at the Versmold site can be customised to meet clients’ individual requirements and specifications. The targeted use of different batches of raw materials for example, influences solubility and amino acid composition; the functionality of individual protein factors is defined by regulating the temperature and pH value. Fresh and natural ingredients are exclusively utilised to produce broths, stocks and extracts. Chicken, turkey and beef, as well as game and fish, provide the raw materials for the variety of choice products manufactured by the company. Production at the Versmold site focusses on wet goods; poultry extracts are also offered in powder form. Approximately 50% of the broths and stocks produced are exported, including halal-certified goods, specifically produced for the Muslim market. Animal protein concentrates are an indispensable ingredient of many convenience products. They are used in all types of ready meals such as soups, sauces, stocks, as well as pasta and pan-fried dishes. As chilled foods and frozen meals have been achieving high levels of sales in recent years, Nölke Pure Ingredients is participating in the high growth of this trend segment by focussing on the product area. The potential for ready meals has not been exploited – by far. The company’s cooperation with industrial customers
constantly opens up new application areas for functional proteins.

Heinrich Nölke GmbH & Co. KG
Versmold, Germany

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With the integration of Danisco, DuPont has built upon the already well-established offering in the area of nutrition and health. To the customer, this means a more extensive product portfolio backed by greater resources and a stronger science focus than ever before. Focusing on the wants and needs of consumers, the company continues to use several condition-specific platforms as the basis for its nutrition and health portfolio. These platforms encompass such key areas as cardiovascular health, digestive health, immune health, bone health, weight management and sports performance. DuPont Danisco is the brand for a range of products, including HOWARU premium probiotics and PinVita phytosterols. These products help provide enhanced bioprotection, an improved nutritional profile, and better taste and texture with greater cost efficiency and lower environmental impact to meet the needs of manufacturers of food and beverages, dietary supplements and pet food. DuPont Nutrition & Health addresses the world’s challenges in food by offering a wide range of sustainable, bio-based ingredients and advanced microbial diagnostic solutions to provide safer, healthier and more nutritious food.
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Blow moulding system
The ABF (Aseptic Blow Fill) system, a rotary aseptic blow moulding machine (Airstar) with an integrated aseptic filler and capper, decontaminates preforms with an H2O2 dry process, and maintains this sterility when blow moulding PET bottles and throughout the entire filling and capping process. Any possible risk of contamination during blow moulding and bottle transfers has been minimised; the whole process takes place within a sterile zone and all non-cleanable components are located outside the machine. This extremely flexible solution can blow and fill up to 48,000 bottles an hour and operate at different levels of decontamination: this allows products with different shelf lives – low-acid aseptic beverages, high-acid aseptic beverages, ESL beverages, etc. – to be produced on the same system. Using almost no chemicals or water, and minimal energy, the whole system is also more compact than traditional technology and requires fewer operators, allowing considerable operational and maintenance cost savings.
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Algaia launches its innovative texturizing ingredient derived from algae. The ingredient marks the latest technology for formulating low-fat, yet rich and creamy dairy desserts. The company also introduces a line of innovative alginates developed for making edible films. The ingredients are suitable for vegan foods and have been successfully tested in sports drink applications as well. With a range of alginates, carrageenans, natural seaweed extracts in active ingredients and customized solutions, Algaia brings next-level texturizing and functional benefits to the food, supplement, personal care and agriculture industries. The company processes local fresh seaweed and extracts valuable bioactives at its modern, “clean & green” facility. Algaia is a fast-growing biomarine company headquartered in Paris, with an R&D centre in Normandy and a production facility in Brittany (close to the second-largest harvested fresh seaweed biomass in continental Europe). The company is ISO 9001- and FSSC 22000-certified, with most of its product line certified kosher and halal.

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Book review
Pub. by International Food Information Service and Wiley-Blackwell 2009, e109.00

Distilled from the extensive data held and maintained by the international Food Information Service, IFIS, the dictionary is easy to use and has been rigorously edited and cross-referenced. Now in an extensively revised and updated second edition, this landmark publication features 8,612 entries including 763 new entries and over 1,500 revised entries. The dictionary also reflects current usage in the scientific literature and includes local names, synonyms and Latin names, as appropriate. The publication is an invaluable resource for all food scientists, food technologists, chemists and nutritionists in universities, research establishments, food and pharmaceutical companies. Libraries in all establishments where these subjects are studied and taught should have copies on their shelves.
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