Fat reduction: The future, the market, the consumer…
Reduced-fat remains high on the agenda for manufacturers, but what options are out there and what do consumers really want?
Archives for November 13, 2014
Special Edition: Tasty Fat Replacement
Next-generation emulsions the future for fat reduction, claim experts
Developments in oil-based emulsions could tackle flavor and texture problems associated with fat reduction in baked goods and snacks, say experts.
Milling & Grains bite-size science
EU pesticide regs, glyphosate overuse, soil quality
EU regulations hit Irish cereal farmers, glyphosate overuse has increased resistance, and insight on predicting soil quality degradation.
Gulfood Manufacturing 2014 special edition
BEMA: ‘This is the place to be and we want to grow in this market’
The Middle East is like ‘The Wild West’, expanding at an incredible rate, according to BEMA, (Baking Equipment Manufacturers and Allieds).
Gulfood Manufacturing 2014 special edition
Bosch Packaging officially opens two offices in Africa next year
Bosch Packaging will officially open two offices in Africa next year, in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos in Nigeria to produce packaging for commodities including rice, sugar, pasta and biscuits.
Tough agriculture: Small producers to disappear?
Farmers globally believe small producers will ‘disappear’ from the agricultural landscape over the next five years, while those remaining will have to contend with tougher regulations and global water shortages, findings suggest.
Special Edition: Tasty Fat Replacement
Fat reduction no piece of cake in bakery, say Cargill, DuPont and Palsgaard
Bakery is the most challenging sector for fat replacement because of its processing complexity, say three global ingredient majors.
Gulfood Manufacturing 2014 special edition
Mecatherm wins Al Rashed bakery partnership
Mecatherm has installed two production lines for Al Rashed bakery, which supplies products to McDonald's, Burger King and Hardees, as well as having its own retail brand, Yaumi.
PepsiCo road testing Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew soda in US
Nacho cheese Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew soda - a taste combination dubbed 'Dewitos' - is being road tested by PepsiCo at colleges across the US.
Gulfood Manufacturing 2014 special edition
Nestlé: ‘In a market like Nigeria you have to take leaps of faith and enjoy the adventure’
‘Nestlé is the least biggest risk taker because it is a Swiss organization. It is very controlled and calculated in what it does, but it had the faith to enter markets where no-one else wanted to go and stood the test of time’, according to Dharnesh...
Milling & Grains bite-size audio news
Wheat quality criteria, Carr’s Milling Industries, global grain surpluses, wheat production forecast
New quality criteria for wheat futures, Record profits for Carr’s Milling Industries, 2014/15 the second successive year of global grain surpluses, FAO increases wheat production forecast