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Subscribe Grain of health: Quality control, traceability and branding key to success of zinc biofortified rice in Asia By Guan Yu Lim Quality control, effective traceability and effective branding are needed to ensure the successful adoption and consumption of zinc biofortified rice in Asia, following its commercial release in several nations, experts claim. In an article published in Rice Improvement​, researchers from ...

According to equipment specialist Mecatherm, the answer is twofold as it not only satisfies consumer demand, but also an industrial sustainability challenge that presents new marketing opportunities.

Specialty soy: Singapore’s Nanyang Sauce offers world’s first customisable soy sauce products Singapore-based sauce and condiment manufacturer Nanyang Sauce has created a bespoke vat service for soy sauce, the first of its kind in the world. Operating for more than six decades, Nanyang Sauce has always produced soy sauce the traditional, artisanal and natural way, which is fermenting soya beans in vats under the sun for about nine months. The commercial and quick...

Pulpex, a sustainable packaging tech company established by Diageo, and Stora Enso are partnering to industrialize the production of eco-friendly paper bottles and containers made from wood fiber pulp.

GEA launches KDB 3 dairy centrifuge skid for fresh cheese production For the production of spreadable and spoonable cheeses such as cream cheese, quark, greek yoghurt and skyr, GEA has added the KDB 3 separator as a new member to its GEA PureCon series, which includes self-cleaning separators, clarifying decanters and a range of nozzle separators of KDB and KDE types. With a capacity of up to 200 kg/h fresh cheese, the KDB 3 is the smallest centrifuge within this ran...

Singapore’s thriving food eco-system in addition to its ambitious food security goals were key factors behind Givaudan and Buhler’s decision to open a joint Protein Innovation Centre in help businesses and researchers develop plant-based foods.

Shelling out on shrimp: How Vietnam is bucking the pandemic with spate of agri-food investment Vietnam has been singled out its agri-food resilience and strong likelihood to recover from the current coronavirus-inspired chaos thanks to considerable investment in its shrimp, pork and poultry sectors. In comparison, Vietnam is relatively well placed to come back from the crisis, according to a report by Oxford Economics, which was commissioned by regional food industry...

Subscribe Solid gold: Nissin innovates to mark 50th anniversary of Cup Noodle with high-protein products and solidifying powder for leftover soup By Guan Yu Lim Japanese cup noodle pioneer Nissin Food Products has launched a high protein, low carbohydrate range, as well as a solidifying agent for leftover soup in a string of innovations to mark the golden anniversary of its flagship products. Nissin invented the world’s f...

Carbon neutral packaging from Elopak As dairies look to reduce their carbon footprint, packaging is an important piece of the puzzle. Patrick Verhelst, chief marketing officer at Elopak, said the sustainability credentials of packaging solutions vary considerably. “Choosing the right pack has several potential benefits for dairies,”​ Verhelst said. “The first in reducing the overall carbon footprint of a finished product, and the second in ensuring the produc...

SIG’s Paper U-straw has made its commercial debut, with Spain’s CAPSA Food utilizing it for its ‘Central Lechera Asturiana’ whole milk on SIG’s combiblocSmall 200ml carton packs.