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Issue 3, 2018
In this issue: the upward march of the dairy processing industry, managing the risks of Clostridium botulinum in chilled food, and the importance of LIMS testing in food quality control and safety.
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Compliments to the automaton – new restaurant uses robot chefs
Four 'robotics obsessed' graduates from MIT, one of the world's leading engineering research institutions, have taken a leap forward in the field of food service automation.
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Lead Levels in Nutraceuticals: Spice and Cannabis Nutraceutical Hemp Products
The consumption of botanical products has increased over the past two decades as consumers trend to what are perceived to be natural and high quality botanical products. The cannabis industry has taken the world by storm and has flooded market with new products.
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BBC Future Food Award celebrates supply chain innovation
Making a future for heritage grains, cereals grown by robots, without direct human intervention, and greater food supply chain assurance, provided by blockchain technology, are the three big ideas behind this year’s contenders for the BBC Farming Today Future Food Award.
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Aquaculture can be worse for the environment than beef production
Research has revealed the same food can leave a very different environmental footprint depending on how and where it is produced.
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Whitepaper: Mass detection for undergraduates
Use the ACQUITY QDa Detector to introduce students to the fundamentals of mass spectrometry...
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Make Sure Your Moisture Analyzer Works Correctly with Our New White Paper on Routine Testing
To conform to standards such as ISO, GLP/GMP and IFS/BRC moisture analyzers must be routinely tested to assure proper function. But which tests are necessary? And how can you be certain you are testing often enough to meet quality requirements? A new, free METTLER TOLEDO white paper can help answer…
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Moisture Analyzers Provide Quality Control and Boost Productivity
“Original Swiss Army Knife” is a world-famous brand with a 134-year history. METTLER TOLEDO moisture analyzers enable Victorinox to monitor product quality from the very beginning of the manufacturing process. Victorinox's customers trust its products and in turn, Victorinox trusts METTLER TOLEDO.
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Whitepaper: How to reduce energy during the wort boiling stage of brewing with Steam Infusion
Wort boiling is a key stage in the brewing process and typically in a traditional setup, it accounts for up to 60% of the total energy demand of the brewery.
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How the blockchain can save our food
What benefits might blockchain bring to the food and beverage industry? Sean Crossey investigates...
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Simple Connected Automation for Food Manufacturing
Food manufacturers need automation to meet the compliance and productivity demands of modern food manufacturing. Paper-based, disjointed automation still exposes you to risk and prevents true excellence.
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New fund for research into coeliac disease and gluten-free food production
Food businesses can secure the funding by creating more nutritious and affordable gluten free food. This could include using novel ingredients, creating foods with improved nutrient profiles and desired flavour texture characteristics, and working with new methods of preservation.
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Food tech company Bühler makes ‘breakthrough’ against toxic grain
A partnership between Microsoft and Bühler has produced technology that stands to make a real difference to food safety and security worldwide.
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Edible / biodegradable packaging for food
1 May 2018 | By Dr Lizhe Wang, Biomaterial Scientist and Dr Joe P. Kerry, Head of the Food Packaging Group, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork
As traditional food packaging materials show shortcomings in terms of their environmental pollution impact and in their manufacturing requirements for non-renewable resources, the need for alternative packaging materials and packaging formats is now required more than ever.
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Transform your Food Manufacturing with APRIL Robotics
Our APRIL Robotics team are committed to dramatically improving productivity, food safety and traceability by using robotics and digital technologies to provide next generation food manufacturing preparation and processing systems...
