Breaking News on Food Processing & Packaging

High energy prices prompt fourfold rise in bioplastics demand

16-Nov-2009 - .6bn fuelled by high crude oil and natural gas prices, according to the latest report from market ... .6bn fuelled by high crude oil and natural gas prices, according to the latest report from market

Challenges and opportunities for bio-based plastics

09-Nov-2009 - Bio-based plastics have the potential to substitute almost all oil-based plastics ... Bio-based plastics have the potential to substitute almost all oil-based plastics but will not do ... -plastics takeover would depend on a number of factors. Price of oil “Bio-based plastics will not substitute oil-based polymers in the near future for several reasons including low oil price, high production

No concern over fluorinated chemical levels in food - FSA

20-Oct-2009 - samples of meat, potatoes, potato products, popcorn or other cereals, vegetable oils or fish oil dietary

Meat processors performing worst in sustainability stakes

19-Oct-2009 - manufacturing industry. This compared to just 0.6L/ kg for flour and cereals, 1.6L/kg for oils and fats, 2.4l cent. In contrast, some 90 per cent of oils and fats were recycled, with the fruit and vegetable sector

Tetra Pak launches 'unique' hermetic direct driven dairy separator

19-Oct-2009 - ProductionDaily.com “It also uses 90% less lubrication oil than previous systems.” Friction inside the separator

BOPP industry powerbase shifting from West to East - Report

28-Sep-2009 - is support by governments in the region to downstream industries which are seen as adding value to oil assets grow by 7 per cent, BOPP volume demand in Western Europe shrunk by 3.1 per cent. Rising oil and resin

Food processors given CO2 emissions break

24-Sep-2009 - sectors are commodities such as sugar, starch, vegetable oils, malt, dried yeast and milk powder

Polymer demand falls for food packaging

07-Sep-2009 - or 15 percent.” In addition, he said the price of polymer resin looked set to rise with oil prices

New papers hold out grease from oily food

20-Aug-2009 - designed paper to protect the consumer from unpleasant oil and grease. Boise spokesperson Denise and oil and grease hold out levels it can provide. "This means no oil or grease comes through ... oily foods, treated papers, oil resistant, Boise

New lubricant for food machinery claims to cut costs

18-Aug-2009 - with white mineral oils, performance additives and organo-metallic thickeners. Food equipment

Award winners expect long-term rewards

20-Nov-2009 - The corks were flying for National Starch, Chr Hansen, Culinar and Fuji Oil Europe on Tuesday ... The corks were flying for National Starch, Chr Hansen, Culinar and Fuji Oil Europe on Tuesday ... /Meat category, and Chy-Max-M won Dairy. For Confectionery, Fuji Oil Europe walked away with the award

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Consumer group targets Ocean Spray cranberry ingredient

20-Nov-2009 - and then “lightly sprayed with oil.” The ingredient statement reads: cranberries, sugar, citric acid, elderberry juice concentrate, sunflower oil. However, no one from Ocean Spray was available for comment prior

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Whey protein open doors to low-fat fried chicken

20-Nov-2009 - Science, Dragich and Krochta also note that the approach should be tried in other food with higher oil

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Dispatches from FIE

Bailiffs confiscate Aker krill products at FIE

19-Nov-2009 - The ongoing feud between the world’s biggest krill oil suppliers, Neptune Technologies ... The ongoing feud between the world’s biggest krill oil suppliers, Neptune Technologies ... ’s Superba krill oils within Germany. Aker senior vice president, Roar Hernes, said its lawyers had

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Symrise buys into North Africa and Middle East

19-Nov-2009 - , and also produces perfume oils fine fragrance, cosmetic and household products. Financial details

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GM soybean oil increases omega-3 EPA in blood, says research

17-Nov-2009 - GM soybean oil increases omega-3 EPA in blood, says research ... quantified the impact of GM soybean oil on levels of omega-3 EPA in red blood cells. ... quantified the impact of GM soybean oil on levels of omega-3 EPA in red blood cells. ... unveiled the results of research into the potential of soybean oil as an alternative source of omega-3 to fish oil. With concern over depleting fish stocks rising, and demand for healthy omega-3 rising too ... soybean oil, omega-3

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GAT Food Essentials wins functional food microencapsulation award

17-Nov-2009 - Functional Food & Beverage Microencapsulation Technology Innovation Award in recognition of its new water-in-oil ... Functional Food & Beverage Microencapsulation Technology Innovation Award in recognition of its new water-in-oil ... The proprietary water-in-oil-in-water (wowCAPS) technology offers enhanced protection platform that enables stabilisation of a wide range of active ingredients, including oils, oil suspensions

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NutraCea wins court approval for DIP financing

17-Nov-2009 - ’s subsidiaries, including its Brazilian rice bran oil operation, Irgovel, were included in the bankruptcy filing , development and commercialization, rice bran oil, nutraceuticals and baby cereal. Streamlined cost

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Monsanto asks regulators to approve trans-fat free soy

13-Nov-2009 - traits, intended to provide heat stable, trans-fat free cooking oils. ... traits, intended to provide heat stable, trans-fat free cooking oils. ... in the form of hydrogenated oil is most common in baked and fried foods, in which it can account for up to 45 percent of total fat content. But replacing it has raised challenges for industry, as hydrogenated oils ... Monsanto, trans fat, soybean oil

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Omega-3 emulsion could boost stability of functional drinks

12-Nov-2009 - on the surface of the oil droplet protect the fish oil against oxidation.” She explained that as omega-3 oils are difficult to mix with water, most manufactures, to be able to add the fish oil to products

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