Archives for June 16, 2009

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Symrise gives vanilla farmers a fair trade boost

By Jess Halliday

Symrise has received fair trade certification for its bourbon vanilla extracts from Madagascar, offering farmers advice and premiums that help dissuade them from switching to less labour intensive crops.

Technical challenges to reducing sugar

Tate & Lyle’s manager of sweetener technology development gives insight into the role of sugar beyond providing sweetness, and how to pick alternative sweeteners that build back the properties.

High Tech Food Processors Win IFT Innovation Awards

By Mike Stones

Three out of four companies which won an Innovation Award at the Institute of Food Technologists’ Annual Meeting and Food Expo in Anaheim, California, were recognized for their food processing inventions.