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Your fault you're fat? I don't buy it
Does our fatness and our love of alcohol come down to stupidity or poor self-control on the part of individuals? Or is something bigger at play here? Are people making poor but informed choices on what they eat and drink, or are we all being duped by industry? [ + ]
Recouping the costs of free-range eggs
Free-range eggs currently account for over 20% of the 4 billion eggs produced in Australia each year. IBISWorld has released a report analysing how the various operators along the supply chain will take advantage of the trend. [ + ]
Extending shelf life of seafood key to exports
Innovations in packaging have allowed a newly formed Australian seafood company to expand its business to national and international markets.
[ + ]No time for waste: technical developments in meat harvesting
Meat harvesting, the process of optimally scraping residual meat off animal carcasses, is a fast-moving industry subject to many of the megaforces that will dominate both production and consumption in the near future.
[ + ]Big junk vs people power: how we can fix our collective weight problem
It's clear that much more needs to be done about the obesity epidemic, but where should we best focus our efforts? Educating people to eat better and do more exercise? Or policy changes that will pull the levers to promote behaviour change at the population level? [ + ]
Double the efficiency for Brazilian brewer
Brazil's second-largest brewing conglomerate, Grupo Petrópolis, ordered two identical breweries from Krones AG when it expanded in 2013-14. Both breweries have two filling lines and a capacity of six million hectolitres. [ + ]
Predicting the last brand standing in the supermarket price wars
Price wars represent one of the most severe forms of competitive interplay in the market place, often leading to great losses. Retailers suffer losses in terms of margins, consumer loyalty and an inability to pull out of the downward cycle. [ + ]
Consumer perception, packaging and food waste reduction
What's holding back our efforts to reduce food waste? [ + ]
With a free trade deal Australia can win China's dairy market
Global demand for internationally traded dairy products is now dominated by China. Although Australia has benefited from this, with annual dairy exports to China now worth over A$500 million, the growth has been much slower than what New Zealand has achieved. [ + ]
Snack attack: snack sales on the increase in developing regions
Globally, sales of snack foods reached $374 billion in 2014, according to a new report. Europe and North America account for the majority of worldwide sales, but snack sales are actually growing faster in developing regions than in these established markets. [ + ]
Why process food?
What's interesting is that when a person makes a perfect cup of coffee by hand, the element of craftsmanship is acknowledged. But when the same process is performed industrially, there's little recognition of the expertise involved.
[ + ]Salt overload - it's time to get tough on the food industry
While other nations have successfully reduced their sodium intake, Australians are still eating too much salt. It's time for the Commonwealth government to get tough on the food industry to reduce the salt content of processed foods. So, what's the best way to make this happen? [ + ]
High bottling output from a small footprint
HiteJinro Beverage wished to capitalise on Korea's booming water market but was limited in production space. The answer came in the form of the ErgoBloc L from Krones, an all-in-one filling monobloc.
[ + ]The emerging field of nutrigenomics
Nutrigenomics is a relatively new field of research in which genetics and nutrition come together. These merging disciplines (nutrition and genetics), optimise the efficacy of diets and how dietary consumption affects gene expression. [ + ]
The top three functional additives in the plastic packaging market
There is rapidly increasing demand for packaging materials that give even greater protection to their contents. Functional additives are an important technology in meeting this demand for greater product protection in the plastic packaging market. [ + ]