Chips are down for potato producers
Potato processors are feeling the pinch as supplies dwindle due to last year's poor harvest.
Archives for April 9, 2007
Modified tapioca to find use as encapsulation material?
Acid modified tapioca starch may offer significant advantages as an encapsulation material, producing better results than native starch, says new research.
Ethyl Carbamate in food, drink as dangerous as diesel
The attention of product developers is turning towards health risks posed by ethyl carbamate, a naturally ocurring substance in fermented food and beverage products that is now classed as dangerous as acrylamide and diesel fuel.
AB Enzymes extends Rohalase to boost vegetable oil process
AB Enzymes has developed a new enzyme product in its Rohalase line to enable higher yield of vegetable oil processing with a reduced need for chemicals - an innovation the company says will save energy and costs.
Barentz grows bakery ingredients with MDB Twello buy
Barentz Europe is strengthening its position bakery ingredients with the acquisition of family-run MDB Twello - a move expected to boost distribution for the latter's ingredients and may thus introduce more manufacturers to lupin as an alternative to soy.