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New initiatives to address skills and labour shortages
Broader labour shortages in Australia have impacted food and beverage manufacturers so the recent Jobs and Skills Summit has been welcomed as a first step to address this issue. [ + ]
Coffee beans sorted using multispectral imaging and AI
Researchers in Brazil have developed a real-time selection method performed directly with coffee beans to identify specialty beans. [ + ]
Optimising fluid mixing with machine learning
Fluid mixing plays an important role in many industries — researchers from Japan have developed a method to optimise the process during laminar flow. [ + ]
Fungi-based meat alternative that grows on food waste
The protein is cultivated from fungi that grows on a base of nutrient-rich food waste, and is being scaled up with collaborators in New Zealand. [ + ]
The chemical allure of vanilla
Food scientists have defined 20 key chemicals found in vanilla bean extracts that together create vanilla's flavour. [ + ]
Labelling nutrients on plant-based milk alternatives
As plant-based milk alternatives become more popular there may now be a need for their nutritional labels to show the complete micronutrient picture for the consumer. [ + ]
Norway moves beyond animal-based cultivated meat
The ARRIVAL project is focused on using precision fermentation and lab-cultivated meat to produce animal products for consumption. [ + ]
The importance of evaporation in CBD extraction
The market for legal cannabis product is worth more than $58.6 million a year in Australia; however, traditional extraction processes do not always capitalise on the latest evaporation technology. [ + ]
How automation can reduce food loss in the food industry
Neil Ballinger from EU Automation discusses how automation can reduce food loss during manufacturing processes. [ + ]
Flipping attitudes to processed foods with science
Research at Charles Sturt University has shattered the misconception that all processed food is bad for you. [ + ]
Annual brand rankings reports released
The annual Brand Finance rankings have been released, where brands from around the world are compared for their value, with Coca-Cola and Nestlé ranking highly. [ + ]
What's new on the shelf this August?
Genuine wasabi, brilliantly coloured apples and AI-designed milk are some of the products that have been hitting the store shelves this month. [ + ]
Using stickers and a smartphone to detect nitrite
Spanish researchers have developed a simple technique for consumers to check their food for nitrite levels. [ + ]
Optimising the identification of key odourants in food
A research team in Germany has developed an optimised technique for the isolation of volatile food compounds, which is particularly important for odourant analysis of food. [ + ]
Developing smarter warehouse robots
A research team has received a $300,000 grant to develop smarter autonomous mobile robots using advanced avoidance and communication strategies in warehouse environments. [ + ]
