TEAVIGO green tea extract
16 February, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.teavigo.com/
DSM Nutritional Products has successful extracted the most important component from green tea leaves, Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), and concentrated it in a pure crystalline powder.
Creating entirely new enzymes
15 February, 2006
Ever since the advent of recombinant-DNA technology, scientists have conceived that it will be feasible to create entirely new enzymes for specific needs, including in the production of foodstuffs.
Echidna milk unlikely study tool
31 January, 2006
High tech analysis of milk from an echidna will assist Australian Dairy CRC scientists to discover new components, known as bioactives, which may have health and nutritional benefits for humans.
Dietary fibres
23 January, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.swiftco.com.au/
Sensus' Frutafit and Frutalose inulin/fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) are used as part of a balanced diet to help achieve and maintain a healthy weight. These prebiotic dietary fibres are slowly digestible carbs, have a low glycaemic index (GI) and a low calorific value. Added health benefits are that they improve ca-uptake in the body and promote a healthy micro-flora and immune function in the colon. Besides physiological benefits, Frutafit and Frutalose enhance mouth feel and taste through unique texturising properties.
Milk composition analysis
23 January, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.johnmorris.com.au/
Advanced Instruments' Combi-Scope Analyser is a reliable system that performs both milk composition analysis and somatic cell counting for rapid milk testing in dairy laboratories.
White whole wheat flour
20 January, 2006
Using new milling technology, ConAgra Food Ingredients (USA) has introduced Ultragrain White whole-wheat flour, a product the company describes as a 'revolutionary whole grain flour'.
Preservatives in food report
19 December, 2005
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released the results of its 21st Australian Total Diet Survey (ATDS) of preservatives in food.
Taking the darkness out of chicken meat
06 November, 2005 by Stephanie Schupska, University of Georgia
Poultry and food scientist Daniel Fletcher is turning dark chicken meat into something more valuable. Through centrifuge and other extraction methods, Fletcher is 'creating' white meat
Ice-cream for well-being
23 September, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.hcacolours.com.au/
The Frutarom Functional Ice-cream Product Range lets ice-cream manufacturers provide the public with the functional products that it increasingly demands. Low calorie ice-creams and ice-creams containing probiotics are just two examples of added value products. Until now, few ice-cream producers have investigated the benefits of including plant extracts in their products, a trend which the beverage and dairy industries are already taking full advantage of. Exciting products for well-being, combining good taste with a variety of functionalities, offer the manufacturer innumerable opportunities for novel products.
Potato starch
23 September, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.swiftco.com.au/
A potato starch launched by Avebe could help lower costs and improve baking stability in bakery creams and fruit filling products.
Salt, fat and sugar reduction
23 September, 2005 | Supplied by: http://www.questintl.com/
ImpaQ Taste Technology is a range of flavours enabling food processors to reduce levels of salt, fat and sugar in foods and beverages (for salt, by as much as 50%) without compromising the taste.
Phytosterols for dairy
13 September, 2005
Canadian biotech firm Forbes Medi-Tech has gained European approval to market its cholesterol-lowering ingredient Reducol in seven new food applications.
Genes for higher protein milk
09 September, 2005
Israeli scientists have discovered a gene that determines the concentration of protein found in cow's milk, and plan to use that finding to spur the production of higher-protein milk in dairy herds all over the world.
Removing lactose
30 August, 2005
A Finnish innovation has resulted in a patent for the first method for removing lactose from food without affecting flavour.
Benefits of antibiotics in turkey semen
09 August, 2005
The pathogen Campylobacter occurs naturally in turkeys' male and female reproductive tracts. To make things more complicated, it appears that artificial insemination procedures at turkey farms could expand the pathogen's prevalence. But another procedure used on the farm - placing antibiotics in turkey semen - could offer some hope for fighting Campylobacter there.
