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New Food Issue 4 2023

Issue 4 2023 of New Food is out now –…

13 November 2023 | By

Issue 4 2023 of New Food is out now – download your copy today to get more than 50 pages of insight and analysis of the food and beverage industry.

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Food Analysis In-Depth Focus 2018

In this Food Analysis In-Depth Focus we look at technological…

14 February 2018 | By

In this Food Analysis In-Depth Focus we look at technological advances in consumer testing of food. We also take note of some key takeaway points from the Safety Authority's (EFSA) data publication on zoonoses (diseases transmitted from animals) and foodborne disease outbreaks for member states of the EU in 2016.

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Allergens In-Depth Focus 2017

In this in-depth focus: David Reading explores food allergies, highlighting…

19 June 2017 | By

In this in-depth focus: David Reading explores food allergies, highlighting other foods besides nuts that are a risk; Allergen management in the food industry; and Dr Shona Jacobsberg asks if gluten-free diets are fad or fact...

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Food Safety supplement 2014

Barry Callebaut's François Bourdichon looks at Listeria monocytogenes and what…

6 March 2014 | By

Barry Callebaut's François Bourdichon looks at Listeria monocytogenes and what we’ve learned from the last 30 years, while Lilia M. Santiago-Connolly and Raghu Ramaswamy from Heinz look at the need for risk assessment and validation in frozen food manufacturing...

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Microbiology: The genus Enterococcus: friend, foe or just passing by?

Taxonomy and classification of microorganisms are based on criteria that…

4 November 2013 | By François Bourdichon, Corporate Food Safety, Microbiology and Hygiene Manager, Barry Callebaut

Taxonomy and classification of microorganisms are based on criteria that do not always, if ever, fit with the complexity of the microbial world. Commensal, starter, probiotic, pathogen? Since the early days of Pasteur and Koch, this approach is not anymore applicable for most of the major foodborne and/or waterborne microorganisms.…

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Benefit risk assessment of microbial food cultures

Fermentation as a chemical process was initially described in the…

6 November 2012 | By François Bourdichon, Nestlé Research Centre; Joerg Seifert, International Dairy Federation and Egon Bech Hansen, Technical University of Denmark

Fermentation as a chemical process was initially described in the mid-19th century by Louis Pasteur as ‘a vie sans l’air’, the metabolic process of deriving energy from organic compounds without the involvement of an exogenous oxidising agent. Fermentation, as a process for manufacturing fermented foods, is today used more broadly…

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Microbial food spoilage: A major concern for food business operators

‘Something is fishy’ is a widely used expression over a…

3 July 2012 | By François Bourdichon and Katia Rouzeau, Food Safety Microbiology, Quality and Safety Department, Nestlé Research Centre

‘Something is fishy’ is a widely used expression over a doubtful, suspicious situation, a good example of how mankind has taken advantage of microbial spoilage to assess the wholesomeness of a food product. The reduction of trimethylamine oxide to trimethylamine by bacteria associated primarily with the marine environment (e.g. Alteromonas…

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Predictive modelling of microbial behaviour in foods: an industrial perspective and applications

Mathematics is everywhere. One might go into the field of…

5 November 2010 | By François Bourdichon & Mohamed Hedi Ben Cheikh, Food Safety Centre, Danone Corporate

Mathematics is everywhere. One might go into the field of biology to avoid numbers and equations, yet they are still there, helping food technologists to decipher the behaviour of micro-organisms in different food matrices and along the process chain. Since the negation of the spontaneous generation theory by Louis Pasteur…

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Safety assessment of industrial strains, starters and probiotics

Probiotics are used to bring health benefits to consumers through…

12 May 2010 | By François Bourdichon, Food Safety Centre, Danone Corporate

Probiotics are used to bring health benefits to consumers through foods and are defined as "live micro-organisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host[Ref 18]." Commercialised all around the world since the early 1920's, mostly focused on Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus genera, in the last…