Fruit & vegetables

Article (2)
  • Superfruits’ popularity and diversity increasing
    Incaberries, cranberries, pomegranate, Maqui berries - the range and popularity of superfruits available in Australia and New Zealand is continuing to increase.
  • Increasing the shelf life of cassava
    Cassava roots are usually inedible and unmarketable by two to four days after harvesting, severely affecting their effectiveness as a major third-world food source. Now, several genetic mechanisms have been identified which improve the shelf life of cassava roots.
Product (10)
  • Ocean achieves SQF certification
    Ocean Spray has achieved the highest attainable SQF (Safe Quality Food) certification for food manufacturing and distribution.
  • Symrise Beef Flavor Collection
    Symrise has expanded its portfolio of culinary meat flavourings with its Beef Flavor Collection which features regional preferences.
  • Kalsec garlic extracts
    Reduced availability of Chinese-sourced garlic is causing a significant rise in pricing for dehydrated garlic. These price increases are projected to continue over the next few years at a minimum. Kalsec has responded to these rising prices with a money-saving alternative: Kalsec garlic extracts.
  • Taura Natural Ingredients URC high-performance fruit range
    Manufactured with Taura’s Ultra Rapid Concentration process technology, URC high-performance fruit pieces are designed by food technologists specifically for sweet biscuit and bakery applications.
  • Perfection Fresh Australia Merbeingold 2336 and 2350 seedless mandarins
    Perfection Fresh Australia has the rights to commercialise the Merbeingold 2336 and Merbeingold 2350, two new seedless mandarin varieties bred by CSIRO, which were the first to be deliberately bred in Australia and the result of more than 20 years’ research and development.
  • Exotic fruit development
    An exotic fruit variety developed by The University of Queensland has received positive results from consumer testing and nutritional analysis.
  • Pulp and puree milling
    The Urschel Comitrol Processor Model 1700 milling machine can be used to produce slices, flakes, shreds, viscous slurries or purees from a myriad of fruit and vegetable products that are suitable for use in soups, nutritional supplements, baby foods, beverages and sauces. The precision cutting principle of the Comitrol and the wide variety of interchangeable cutting head styles and impellers available make the machine particularly versatile.
  • Frozen potato product sorter
    The Key Technology Manta for frozen potato products features visible/infrared cameras and Raptor laser technology along with high-intensity LED lighting, high-flow ejector valves and three-way ejection capability.
  • Calming fruit
    HortResearch is examining the potential fruit may have on mental performance and hopes that a fruit-based product will be able to offer consumers a calming effect.
  • Bacterial growth inhibition
    Research has found that cranberries may offer defence against food poisoning, due to the fruit’s ability to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria
News (14)
  • Walnuts
    A new scientific study has shown that walnuts have a combination of more healthful antioxidants and higher-quality antioxidants than any other nut.
  • 1,463,700 Scoville Units of heat
    After one year of development from chilli seed to full plant and fruiting we now can introduce to you the new hottest chilli in the world.
  • Anti-cancer effects of broccoli ingredient explained
    Researchers have found that sulforaphane, a chemical found in broccoli, interacts with cells lacking a gene called PTEN to reduce the chances of prostate cancer developing.
  • Misshapen fruit and vegetables no longer discriminated against in Europe
    Last November the European Commission voted to allow the sale of 'wonky' and misshapen fruit and vegetables in Europe from 1July this year.
  • Apple peel powers US Olympians
    An apple peel powdering process developed at Cornell University to fortify foods has made its first appearance at the Olympic Games. The high-fibre energy-dense product is offering enhanced nutrition to athletes.
  • Australian truffles set for growth
    The truffles industry in Australia could expand following a successful research project.
  • Unusual cell growth in Fuji apples
    A UK scientist has discovered clumps of previously-unreported callus hairs growing in the flesh of mature apples of Fuji and closely-related varieties, which may have storage implications for commercial growers.
  • Unique tomatoes tops in disease-fighting antioxidants
    Deep red tomatoes get their rich colour from lycopene, a disease-fighting antioxidant. A new study, however, suggests that a special variety of orange-coloured tomatoes provides a different form of lycopene, one that our bodies may more readily use.
  • Functional proteins from potatoes
    Developer of customised industrial-scale separation services Upfront Chromatography has announced that commercial production of highly functional proteins from the side stream of potato processing has been enabled using its Rhobust processing platform. The Rhobust adsorbent is a key component of Solanic’s industrial processing plant, which was officially opened in December 2007 in Gasselternijveen, Netherlands. Solanic is the protein business unit of the potato starch giant AVEBE.
  • Model predicts sweet corn quality
    American scientists have developed a crop simulation model that can predict the quality and yield of sweet corn.
  • Aussie fruit high in antioxidants
    Twelve native Australian fruits contain much higher levels of antioxidants than found in other fruit, according to research published in the journal Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies.
  • Classifying mild onions
    Onions that are mild in flavour and suitable for eating raw are to be labelled as mild under a new onion classification system.
  • Computers explain internal browning in storage
    Internal browning of pears stored under low oxygen conditions is linked to restricted gas exchange inside the fruit, according to a study by researchers at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.
  • Spoiling fruit and vegetables have more antioxidants: study
    Belgian scientists have reported that fruits and vegetables do not lose any antioxidant content in the days after purchase, even as tell-tale signs of spoilage appear.
Case Study (3)
  • Processing cabbage in a stainless environment
    Twelve months after the design and installation of a unique cabbage processing system in Melbourne, the importance of quality stainless steel fabrication has never been clearer
  • Shaken, not stirred cranberries
    Producing sweetened dried cranberries (SDC) is a science that Ocean Spray has been working to perfect
  • Packing cherries
    Since October 2006, the Unimark 5200 wax coder has been used for every one of the 200,000 cartons (approx) that are packed at the Cherry King specialist cherry packing plant in the Western Riverina city of Griffith
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