Food Ingredients & Food Science - Additives, Flavours, Starch
WEBLocal governments are being pressed to push reusable packaging mandates on food and drink businesses across European towns and cities. Speedier novel food approval as UK FSA changes regulation. The changes could make cultivated meat, precision fermentation and animal feed additive novel food applications quicker and more efficient.
How fermentation biotech is creating ‘Agricultural 2.0’
WEBMar 25, 2021 · News and analysis on food and beverage development and technology. A rainbow of opportunity: How fermentation biotech is creating ‘Agricultural 2.0’. Fermentation is reinventing how food ingredients are produced / Pic: GettyImages-StephM2506. Biotechnology applications garner increasing attention in …
Evaluating the Yuka ‘phenomenon’: How effective is the scanning …
WEBAug 20, 2019 · The study revealed that Yuka was particularly effective when advising against particular products due to the presence of potentially harmful additives. When Yuka advises against a product due to high levels of fat, salt or sugar, however, the app appeared to have influence. In this instance, some consumers still decided to purchase the product ...
Cocuus: Meet the start-up disrupting fake meat with 3D printing
WEBJun 22, 2021 · Cocuus: Alt meat and fish start-up develops ‘disruptive’ 3D printing tech. The start-up is development alt protein technology to help feed more people with fewer resources. Image source: Cocuus. A Spanish start-up is analysing the morphological structure of foods to reconstruct meat and fish from plants and cells.
How cereals and desserts achieve HFSS compliance
WEBMar 20, 2024 · The result is that Nomad has reduced sugar content across its seven best-selling desserts between 16-22% and increased fibre by up to 50%. The brand’s biggest selling product, the Jam Roly Poly, underwent 16% sugar reduction and 52% fibre increase. Looking at the ingredients list, fibre comes from wheat …
Is the organic label still important to consumers? - Top Ready Meals
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Moreover, Reewild has found that organic is withstanding the pressures, placed on consumers, as a result of the cost-of-living crisis. Though these positive findings do also come with the consumer demand for value for money and, if prices are too high, then sacrifices will be made. "The affordable sustainability dilemma has been present for ...
How can vegan food be made to taste like meat?
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Petrie, however, claimed to have identified “the most potent fats within meat and dairy” elsewhere in nature using molecular dissection. The process can be scaled up through fermentation to create “climate-resilient and sustainable animalic fats”, said Petrie. Nourish's format claims to deliver meat flavour. Source: Nourish Ingredients.
The case against ultra-processed food
WEBFeb 23, 2024 · News and analysis on food and beverage development and technology. The case against ultra-processed food: 'UPF is designed to increase consumption and profit'. The problem with ultra-processed foods is that they represent a 'dietary pattern', according to Dimbleby and van Tulleken. Image Source: Getty Images/wildpixel.
Are saturated fats from meat and dairy equally bad for the heart?
WEBAug 26, 2021 · Concerning the impact of saturated fat from dairy on heart disease, the study revealed a lower risk in participants. However, BMI seemed to account of a large proportion of these associations. “Our results suggest that differences in BMI may be responsible, in part, for the association between cardiovascular disease …
Can eating pork from ASF-infected pigs make you sick?
WEBSep 17, 2020 · The highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs has since swept across China, with market research firm Gira estimating the nation’s pork production is down approximately 27 million tonnes between 2018 and 2019. With ASF now confirmed on German soil, consumers unfamiliar with the virus are understandably concerned.