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1 November 2011 | By Helen Difford, New Food Editor
Food contact materials are all materials and articles that are intended to come into contact with foodstuffs, as well as those in contact with water intended for human consumption. As a general rule, FDA legislation is based on positive lists and maximum quantities of substances to be used, while EU…
1 November 2011 | By Sandra Luley, Marketing Manager – Applied Testing, QIAGEN
Founded in 1984 as a spin-off company from the University of Düsseldorf, QIAGEN has grown into a market leader for sample and assay technologies. Providing solutions to diagnostic labs, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and academics, QIAGEN recently launched their first dedicated food safety test kit at the end of 2010.…
12 September 2011 | By Wouter N. A. Burggraaf, EHEDG
Problems with plate heat exchangers by Wouter N. A. Burggraaf, EHEDG
12 September 2011 | By Jessica Evans, Nonfood Compunds Registration Manager, NSF
Reduce chemical hazards in your food processing facility by Jessica Evans, Nonfood Compunds Registration Manager, NSF
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6 September 2011 | By Professor Gerard Downey, Teagasc Food Research Centre Ashtown
The penetration of on-line NIR equipment in the food processing industries continues to grow as companies realise the full potential of this technique. For the most part, it is deployed to monitor concentrations of key components in a raw material or finished food product and, with the use of feedback…
6 September 2011 | By Gwénaëlle Le Gall, Peter R. Shewry, E.N. Clare Mills and Geraldine A. Toole, Institute of Food Research
Wheat is the most widely grown cereal in the world and is used to make a variety of baked goods, such as bread, biscuits, pasta, noodles and breakfast cereals. On hydration of flour to make a dough, the seed storage proteins form a cohesive mass known as gluten. This protein…
6 September 2011 | By Lene Meinert, Consultant, Danish Meat Research Institute
Freezing is a well-known and widespread preservation method, prolonging the shelf-life of meat and many other food items. Freezing is popular, as it allows meat to keep a close-to-fresh quality for a long time, and it also allows long distance transports. However, depending on the time and temperature combinations during…
6 September 2011 | By Graham G. Stewart, GGStewart Associates and the International Centre of Brewing and Distilling, Heriot-Watt University
While the basic processes of malting, brewing and distilling were established long ago, it was in the late 19th century that the key scientific investigations commenced on beer and its production through the pioneering work of scientists such as Pasteur, Hansen, Sorenson, Brown and decades of subsequent research on process…
6 September 2011 | By Marina Witthuhn, Jörg Hinrichs and Zeynep Atamer, Universität Hohenheim, Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Department of Dairy Science and Technology
In order to obtain safe dairy products with a long shelf-life, heating processes have been designed to ensure the necessary inactivation of the indigenous microbial flora. One of the methods is the ultra-high temperature (UHT) processing of milk which has become widespread since the implementation of aseptic packaging processes1. Nowadays,…
6 September 2011 | By Javier Silanes Kenny, Associate Principal Scientist, Soluble Coffee Process Optimisation, Kraft Foods
From its infancy to today, lyophilisation has seen a constant but very slow evolution. Indeed, the techniques that we utilise today differ very little to those used industrially, after its development as a viable technique for the preservation of serum during World War II. Its application to pharmaceuticals and from…
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6 September 2011 | By Wouter N.A. Burggraaf, Burggraaf & Partners B.V.
In the food industry, plate heat exchangers are often used for cooling or heating liquid food products. Plate heat exchangers are relatively cheap and can also be applied for heat recovery. The industry has tried to solve a number of food safety problems, but it has not succeeded in all…
6 September 2011 | By Phil Hoden, Division Reliability Manager, PepsiCo International
Highly competitive retailers constantly squeezing down prices, rising raw material costs and soaring utility charges in a labour-intensive manufacturing environment; why shouldn’t food manufacturers look towards automating their manufacturing processes? Automating food production can reap many benefits. The ability to replicate the appearance and quality of a product with the…
6 September 2011 | By Josélio Vieira, Principal Research Scientist, Nestlé Product Technology Centre and Venkata R. Sundara, Group Leader for Aerated and Filled Confectionery, Nestlé Product Technology Centre
Bubble inclusion into chocolate results in a foam in which the gas is dispersed in the continuous fat phase of mainly cocoa butter, which also contains sugar, cocoa and milk powder particles. Aeration allows chocolate products to have a low weight in relation to volume, thereby reducing the calories in…
