Browsing: Processing
Increasing automation in the food processing industry has helped maintain quality. NZ Food Technology News features the latest food processing trends, equipment, machinery and manufacturing processes. There’s a particular emphasis on food processing in the meat, poultry, seafood and dairy industries, as there’s a need for safe and speedy production.
Top ten food, beverage and nutrition trends for 2015
Innova Market Insights has released its overview of the top ten global food, beverage and nutrition trends for 2015:
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Vege-Polisher a big hit
The new Wyma Vege-Polisher™ was made available to growers in New Zealand and Australia early last month during a launch at their head office and manufacturing facility in Hornby, Christchurch. Continue →
Flexible spray drying technologies capture diverse export opportunities
It is said that success comes when opportunity meets readiness. For entrepreneurial food manufacturers determined to capitalise on rapidly changing consumer demand in Asia, Tetra Pak’s driers provide the flexibility to produce a wide range of value-added products. Continue →
Product contamination – no-one is immune, so are you prepared?
Last year’s food safety scare in the New Zealand dairy industry illustrated how one single product contamination threat could spiral into a serious international event with the potential to destabilise an industry, its trading partners, the export markets and even the country as a whole. Continue →
Brewing up a storm
William Faulkner famously said “War and drink are the two things man is never too poor to buy” and never has this rung truer than when witnessing the global beverage industry growth in a time of what can only be termed one of the most challenging economic periods the world has seen in over three decades. Continue →
No holding back the protein trend
A strong interest in protein content and high-protein products across the food and drinks market is continuing to develop, despite the fact that most European and North American consumers already get enough protein in their diets. Continue →
Massey celebrates food tech’s 50th anniversary
The critical role of food science and technology innovation meeting the needs of a booming global population will be explored at a symposium celebrating 50 years of food technology education at Massey University on June 30. Continue →
Free-from foods move into the mainstream
The free-from foods market is booming in many parts of the world, widening into new categories and increasingly moving into the mainstream with introductions from major manufacturers and brands. Continue →
Funding boost for Maori in the primary industries
Five projects worth over 2.1 million will add further value to increasing the productivity of Maori primary sector assets. Continue →
Exploring ways to add value for food and beverages produced by Maori
The Riddet Institute and the Federation of Maori Authorities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will help provide distinctiveness and added value to Maori primary produce. Continue →
New Zealand genetics expertise harnessed for Icelandic salmon health
One of the world’s leading salmon egg producers is working with AgResearch to develop genomic selection in Atlantic salmon. Continue →
Heart health food market
By Natasha Telles D’Costa, research manager, New Zealand GIC, Frost & Sullivan
Centuries ago Hippocrates once said “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” and this is well-emulated in the health and wellness trend in the current global food market where considerable importance is placed upon healthy, high value nutritious foods. Continue →
Optimising the homogenisation process
SPX has a wide range of homogenisers suitable for applications from laboratory to pilot plant to large scale production. Continue →
Research investigates possibility of cadmium-free potatoes
Cadmium-free potatoes, with the help of the research team at the University of Canterbury (UC), may one day help to allay another possible food safety scare. Continue →
The search for New Zealand’s best sausage
Throughout the country butchers are putting their best bangers forward in the hopes of taking out the 2013 Supreme Award in the Devro New Zealand Sausage Competition. Continue →
NZ Food Awards 2013 finalists announced
Finalists for the 2013 NZ Food Awards were announced at an industry event at Villa Maria’s Mangere Estate late this month. Continue →
Health claims and supplemented food
The Ministry for Primary Industries is proposing amendments to the New Zealand Food (Supplemented Food) Standard 2010 (SFS), to better align health claims with the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (Food Standards Code). Continue →
Bananas most popular fruit for Kiwis
Research undertaken by Statistics New Zealand reveals that New Zealanders spend more on bananas than any other fruit, getting through 18kg of them every year, or roughly two bananas a week. Continue →
Fonterra selects Tetra Pak for $100 million UHT plant
Fonterra has chosen state-of-the-art Tetra Pak® processing and packaging equipment for its NZ$100 million UHT greenfield plant in Waitoa. Continue →
Former food technology student launches hydration drink
Three years ago during a 40 week African safari through 25 countries, Phill Dromgool found himself dehydrated from the start of a gruelling four day trek through the Sahel region just below the Sahara. Continue →