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The top 10 things 2016 taught us

15 December 2016 | By Roy Manuell, Digital Editor

We’ve identified the top 10 things that the last twelve months taught us. Here are our highlights (or lowlights dependent on your viewpoint) from 2016...

Moringa: The new nutritious vegetable-powder

14 December 2016 | By Wolfgang Moritz, Vitarbo AG

Ever heard of moringa? Interested to find out? We asked Wolfgang Moritz, Head of Quality Control, Product and Quality Management at Vitarbo AG to reveal the facts behind the myth...

Are Your Food Labels Ready for 2017? Labelling Solutions for SME’s

14 December 2016 | By Roni Avital, Managing Director, Nutraid-Europe

With mandatory nutrition labelling fast approaching, we asked our resident regulation expert Cesare Varallo to grant us an insight into what this might mean for manufacturers in 2017… This article I received is a helpful wake-up call to all food manufacturers and retailers out there that have not updated, or…

Confectionery supplement

13 December 2016 | By

In this supplement: filling oils in chocolates; Big Bear sweet makers; 3D printed sweets; cocoa butter crystallinity; chocolate cultivation and manufacturing; and ProSweets 2017 show preview...

Regulation: How Brexit is shaping up

13 December 2016 | By Jerry Houseago

Jerry Houseago, Consulting Director at NSF International EMEA details what Brexit might mean and what is already happening to the food industry in the UK...

The role of dietary fibre in gluten-free bakery products

13 December 2016 | By Clara Talens; Saioa Alvarez-Sabatel; Yolanda Ríos, AZTI

The market for gluten-free products that are nutritious and palatable is growing exponentially as more people are choosing a gluten-free diet out of necessity or personal preference...

Sensory optimised salt and fat reduction in processed meats: technological approaches for creating novel product formulations

9 December 2016 | By ,

Excess intake of fat is linked to obesity as well as the concurrent civilisation associated diseases that can also occur with being overweight. Dietary sodium has also been linked to hypertension in about 20% of the population, consequently increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Processed meat products are major…

Why the GMO debate still matters

9 December 2016 | By Mark Hughes, President, Anderson Partners Food Ingredient Marketing

With the GMO debate far from over, we asked Mark Hughes, President, Anderson Partners Food Ingredient Marketing for an insight into why the conversation still matters...

An overview of the crystallinity of cocoa butter

9 December 2016 | By

Chocolate makes for one of the most interesting products, because although it is incredibly tasty, it also demonstrates a plethora of scientific principles. The development of chocolate as we know it today has a rich cultural history, and over the years scientists and engineers have refined the process of making…