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Drones and 3D imaging could help farmers measure crop height
Researchers in the USA have found a way to replace intensive manual measurement with 3D imaging captured by drones.
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Methods and strategies for the analysis of food contaminants, residues, and adulterants.
How to develop new methods and strategies for the analysis of food contaminants, residues, and adulterants.
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Food Analysis In-Depth Focus
In this In-Depth Focus: the need for a change in food quality testing, how unstable supply chains increase the risk of food contamination and much more...
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Issue #5 2017 – Digital Version
In this issue: an in-depth look at food analysis, consumer expectations about food fraud, the perks of buying local produce, food hygiene's dirty secret, and much more...
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Pesticide use in vineyards could be halved, research suggests
A Spanish research team has successfully slashed pesticides in vineyards by 50 per cent using cutting-edge technology to spot mildew before it becomes a problem.
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Japan-American collaboration automates soybean-quality evaluation
Until now, farmers have had to inspect the quality of soybean harvested, bringing work to an abrupt halt. But thanks an international research collaboration, all that seems set to change.
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Scientists use nuclear fallout software to predict spread of devastating crop disease
Scientists have used a modelling system previously used to predict the fallout from a nuclear accident or volcanic eruption to see how a fungal disease might spread.
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Beer should only be beer – Application summary compendium
Beer is the most popular alcoholic beverage in the world, and must contain at least three basic ingredients, water, a starch source brewer’s yeast, and a flavouring agent such as hops. With different options available beyond this and various brewing methods available there are endless varieties of beer on the…
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Whitepaper: Cutting fat and doubling cooking capacity in dairy based sauces with Steam Infusion
Learn why food manufacturers are switching from direct Steam Injection to Steam Infusion...
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Americans can now receive recall announcements to their mobile phones
FoodKeeper has had an update and now the American consumer can keep abreast with the latest food-safety developments on the go.
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Wine Analysis: from ‘Grape to Glass’
An analytical testing digest of the wine manufacturing process from Thermo Fisher Scientific...
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Receive recognition from your colleagues
This year, Northern Europe’s largest exhibition, the International Food Contest (IFC) takes place in Denmark on 3 – 5 October.
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Cold brew, matcha and ginger: Google’s trending markets to target
Healthy and homemade lead the pack in Google's latest trends report.
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The Sound of the Crowd
The drinks can is increasingly becoming the consumer’s drink pack of choice, with growth of the craft beer movement, and now soft drinks, playing a key role in changing the general perception of the can’s aesthetics. European consumers, it seems, share a cluster of primary needs when it comes to…
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Industry 4.0 and the food and beverage industry
Industry 4.0 is the development of manufacturing technologies that enable higher levels of interconnectivity, leading to greater communication between machines and decentralised/local processing of data. The result is smart factories in which machinery is increasingly autonomous, with the ability to manage its own service and maintenance requirements and adapt instantly…
