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Laser and vibration test could reduce avocado waste
Researchers have developed a test which could reduce avocado waste by 10 percent and help meet consumer demands for “ready-to-eat” fruit.
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PerkinElmer Launches 5-in-1 Antibiotic-Detection Assays for Farmed Shrimp as Part of High-Throughput Workflow Solution
New MaxSignalTM HTS Nitrofurans and Chloramphenicol ELISA Kits combined with automation platform brings streamlined sample prep, faster testing and < 0.1ppb result sensitivity.
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MasoSine Certa pumps match consumer appetite for superfoods
As anyone who has been tracking the shopping habits of millennials will reveal, avocados are now among the most popular superfoods.
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Technique could enable cheaper, localised fertiliser production
MIT chemical engineers have taken a step toward by generating ammonia for fertiliser with small-scale electrochemical reactors.
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Bakery benefits from Certa Sine pump in viscous product application
Founded in 1956, Sonneveld has built a global reputation manufacturing innovative solutions for the bakery sector.
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Reducing food waste takes innovation and a change in mindset
Professor Edward Kosior looks at how innovative packaging could help reduce the huge amount of food we waste by improving product shelf life.
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How is Canada’s food industry coping with COVID-19?
Marc Fortin of the Retail Council of Canada explains how Canada's food systems are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and his thoughts on the future.
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The benefits of Pulse Electric Fields
From chips to juices and dried products: New Food discovers how Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) have been successfully and safely applied to a range of different products in the food and bioprocessing industries.
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We urgently need a new social discourse on breeding technologies, says expert
An Agricultural Economist Professor has argued that fears about plant breeding technologies could be resolved through clearer discourse at an authority level.
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New DNA test could improve tracking of Salmonella outbreaks
The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, making its origin easier to track, the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics has reported.
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Improving photosynthesis key to future of food security, say researchers
Australian researchers have suggested that in order to ensure food security in the future, we must act now to optimise the process of photosynthesis and double the production of some major crops.
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Heavy metals and cannabis
The challenges of measuring heavy metals in cannabis and cannabis-infused products.
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Adult influences inspire baby food and snack innovation, reveals insights
Innova Market Insights has reported influences in baby food and snacks such as vegan claims, additive-free claims and organic claims.
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Novel enzyme developed to break down and recycle PET plastic
The enzyme has been developed to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, and will reportedly enable plastic packaging to be recycled and re-used more efficiently.
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Shared experience on protein analysis in crops and derived protein extracts
Dr Paul Baker from Bangor University, Wales, outlines the work he and the research team have been undertaking to develop protein extraction techniques using agricultural crop waste.
