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US regulators test organs-on-chips for food safety monitoring
Suzanne Fitzpatrick, senior adviser for toxicology in the food-safety division of the FDA has announced research to evaluate 'Organs-on-Chips' technology.
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The green food revolution sweeping across Silicon Valley
The world is bearing witness to a green revolution that sees tech startups in Silicon Valley produce innovative plant-based alternative to meat and dairy.
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Sweet truths: Solving confectionery’s problem with sugar reduction
New Food asked Noam Kaplan, CEO at Lampados to talk us through the role sweeteners can play and to offer us an insight into how we might provide an attractive alternative to sugar.
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Join the movement to make sustainable chocolate the norm
The cocoa and chocolate industry is currently running against a fundamentally unsustainable model. Barry Callebaut's Peter Boone urges change...
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Best practice for crystallisation kinetics measurements via NMR
Low resolution or pulsed NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) is an easy and fast way to determine solid fat content (SFC) of cocoa butter and other fats. It can also be used to observe the crystallisation process. However, in literature several ways of sample preparation and handling, especially for crystallisation kinetics…
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Designing sensors to detect foreign bodies in food
31 March 2017 | By Elhuyar Fundazioa; New Food
Researchers at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and the Navarre-based company Anteral S.L. have designed a novel system of sensors to improve quality control in the food sector and based on terahertz technology.
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Guidelines on reducing sugar in food published for industry
30 March 2017 | By New Food
Reduction programme could see 200,000 tonnes of sugar removed from the UK market per year by 2020.
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UK Government is missing important opportunities to tackle childhood obesity
27 March 2017 | By New Food
The Government needs to take more robust action to tackle the impact of deep discounting and price promotions on the sales of unhealthy food and drink, says the Health Committee in its follow up report into childhood obesity.
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Optical sorting technology sows the seeds of success for Spanish olive processor
24 March 2017 | By New Food
Technology from The Bühler Group now allows for the possibility of transforming a by-product of the pitted olive and olive oil industry into a new, natural, “super” ingredient...
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EFSA to give advice on the intake of sugar added to food
24 March 2017 | By New Food
EFSA will provide scientific advice on the daily intake of added sugar in food by early 2020.
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Can a vegan diet provide enough nutritional support for a pregnancy?
21 March 2017 | By Leah Smith & Julie Abayomi | Liverpool John Moores University
Can a vegan diet provide adequate nutritional intake for a healthy pregnancy? We asked academics at Liverpool John Moores University to explore...
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Hollywood’s answer to the sugar reduction conundrum facing confectionery
15 March 2017 | By Roy Manuell | Digital Editor
Disney's new children's 100% fruit confectionery range is a model for how to successfully reduce sugar while maintaining a quality of taste to keep kids coming back...
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Why blockchain might be the answer to tackling food fraud
What role might technologies such as block chain play in ensuring food safety and tackling food fraud? How might the food industry utilise new tech to reassure consumers that it can be trusted?
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Is biodegradable packaging the answer to the food’s climate change problem?
13 March 2017 | By Kaunas University of Technology (KTU)
KTU researchers are creating biodegradable food packaging materials, which, in addition, will also keep food fresh for longer...
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3D food printing: An ultramodern technology with an endless potential
23 February 2017 | By Hochschule Rhein-Waal
While 3D printing technology is normally associated with synthetic materials, a new trend in additive manufacturing is emerging - 3D food printing.
