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Food processor reduces power bill

A US-based natural food processor that manufactures tons of rice-based ingredients and products each year has begun using a new on-site power system to reduce its electric bill by an estimated 20 per cent and incorporate the power system's excess heat...

Voridian enhances website

Voridian, a division of Eastman Chemical Company and the world's largest supplier of PET for packaging, has made a number of enhancements to the design and content of its company website.

Taste breakthrough

Although sweet, bitter and umami (monosodium glutamate) tastes are different, researchers are finding that information about each of these tastes is transmitted from the various taste receptors via a common intracellular signalling pathway.