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No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
Futurists tell us that we will be eating in vitro meat (IVM) – meat grown in a laboratory rather than on a farm – within five to ten years. [ + ]
Detecting mercury contamination in fish
Researchers from the University of Burgos (Spain) have developed a fluorescent polymer that lights up in contact with mercury that may be present in fish. [ + ]
Self-cleaning machinery for the food industry is getting closer
The whole food and beverage industry would love equipment that is self-cleaning, anticorrosion, antibiofouling, antimicrobial and has low friction resistance. [ + ]
Safe, efficient, smart and sustainable — modern food packaging
Packaging was once there simply to protect the contents, but modern packaging can do a lot more than this. Modern packages can think for themselves, remind us, extend shelf life, be heated at the press of a button and influence our senses with their appearance, odour and feel. Some of them can even speak. [ + ]
Fructose: fact versus fiction
Does fructose deserve the bad press it receives or is it simply misunderstood? [ + ]
Intralogistics: the start of the road to the smart supply chain
Intralogistics, like logistics, is about the handling and flow of goods and materials. But with intralogistics, this takes place not on the roads, but instead within a company site. [ + ]
People in packaging: Roya Khalil
Roya Khalil explains why she believes the CPP designation is so important to the packaging industry. [ + ]
Keeping it cold
A new automated, robotic, temperature-controlled storage facility is gaining clients in the Southern Hemisphere. [ + ]
Lunar beer
Can beer be brewed on the moon? [ + ]
Dietary guidelines don't work. Here's how to fix them
The time has come for us to rethink the purpose of dietary guidelines, what they contain and how they deliver their message. [ + ]
Knowing the unknowable: how to prevent disaster
How did food companies slide into the ethical morass of horsemeat in the lasagne? Risk management software and systems may be part of the answer. [ + ]
How to reduce gasketed plate heat exchanger downtime
Getting the best plate heat exchanger performance requires preventive maintenance, especially for hygienic applications within the food, dairy, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. [ + ]
Smart manufacturing in the food and beverage industry
Most of the smart factory discussion has centred around discrete manufacturing, but modern smart sensing technologies can also be applied to improve many aspects of the food and beverage industry, particularly for food safety and track and trace, improved packaging and new product opportunities. [ + ]
Six beverage trends worth knowing
The Australian beverage market has changed, with some clear winners and losers over the past couple of years. Here are six trends worth knowing in 2017, along with the 'business takeaway'. [ + ]
Alternative to evaporation for food and beverage processors
With applications in beverages such as fruit juices, dairy products, proteins, water treatment and any application where water is removed, forward osmosis (FO) has lots of potential in the food and beverage industry. [ + ]
