Processing > Fruit & vegetables

Growing a high-rise farm

05 May, 2022

The food safety and product quality of an indoor farm in a high-rise building has been boosted with a TOMRA optical sorting machine.


Urschel DiversaCut series of high-capacity dicers

01 May, 2022

New cutting technologies are meeting the food industry's demand for higher capacity and larger throughput.


IMCD partners with SGProtein to develop new plant-based concepts

29 March, 2022

IMCD partners with SGProtein to develop plant-based concepts using high-moisture meat analogues (HMMAs) which can help to shorten time to market for new flavoured products.


Urschel TranSlicer 2520 Cutter

14 March, 2022

Building on the success of its predecessor, the TranSlicer 2520 Cutter processes all the value-added, fresh-cut salads and vegetables in fresh produce departments.


Olive oil filtration method improves shelf life and scores 96

14 February, 2022

An extra virgin olive oil that uses a special filtration system for longer conservation has scored 96 points in the 2022 Flos Olei guide.


v2food implements sustainable wastewater treatment

03 February, 2022

When plant-based meat company v2food needed a wastewater treatment system that ensured a small environmental footprint, it turned to Australian company Aerofloat.


Banana split for maximum hydrogen production

28 January, 2022

Scientists in Switzerland have developed a method that uses rapid photo-pyrolysis for getting hydrogen out of banana peels.


Researchers help onion producers reduce Salmonella risks

20 January, 2022

Salmonella contamination of bulb onions caused recalls across the US and Canada in 2020, so researchers now plan to help onion producers solve the problem.


From soil to supermarket: streamlining potato processing

06 December, 2021

An Australian produce processor has engaged New Zealand's Radford Software to help streamline its potato and onion operations across the entire value chain.


Potato processing facility upgrade in Spain to improve yield

05 November, 2021

The new plant will incorporate the latest Wyma technology, including potato pre-grading, destoning/washing/polishing and optical grading solutions to maximise potato yield.


Queensland quarantine facilities to accept seasonal workers

11 October, 2021

The trio of quarantine sites will see workers enter the state from Pacific nations with low COVID-19 numbers in order to boost worker numbers.


Evaluating impact of food-grade waxes on produce safety

06 October, 2021

A Californian project seeks to fill knowledge gaps of how storage and finishing waxes affect microbial food safety of fresh produce such as oranges and lemons.


Spoilage matters: bacteria ID to help apple juice producer

30 September, 2021

The findings from a Cornell University study will allow manufacturers to identify whether their juices contain A. suci bacteria, which leads to spoilage.


Fake meat from by-product of soy milk production

23 September, 2021

Researchers develop a meat analogue using fermented okara (soy press cake), which is claimed to be nutritious with less salt and saturated fats than real meat.


Machinery boosts apple processing output

08 September, 2021

The KRONEN equipment was integrated into the current machinery set-up of an apple processor which then saw production of cubed and segmented apples hit 3000 kg/h.


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