A partnership and collaboration among three suppliers in the food and beverage space have resulted in the world’s first frozen food packaging solution that utilises packaging from recovered ocean bound plastic. This high quality food packaging, made of certified circular polyolefins, is expected to be launched during World Oceans Day 2022, which falls on June 8. The process begins with post-consumer plastic waste that’s recovered from waterways. These are then converted to alternative … [Read more...] about SABIC, Polivouga, Nueva Pescanova roll out certified circular PE packaging
Anuga FoodTec 2022 to return as in-person event
After cancelling the original schedule in 2021, Anuga FoodTec is coming back to Cologne, Germany as a physical and online trade fair. To be held on April 26 to 29, the International Suppliers Fair for the Food and Beverage Industry is set to take stage at Koelnmesse. This is one of the major international industry physical events that will take place after the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be a special edition event, as this year, the digital platform AnugaFoodTec @home will run alongside the … [Read more...] about Anuga FoodTec 2022 to return as in-person event
Conagen scales up production of thaumatin protein natural sweeteners
To heed the worldwide campaigns for further sugar reduction in food and beverage items, Conagen will be increasing the manufacturing scale of its high-intensity sweeteners. The thaumatin I and thaumatin II are cost-effective solutions that will meet the growing demand for fruit and plant-based sweeteners. Thaumatin are proteins present in fruits of the Thaumatococcus danielli, a tropical plant. It was found to be 100,000 times sweeter than table sugar on a molar basis, while 3,000 times … [Read more...] about Conagen scales up production of thaumatin protein natural sweeteners
