Industrial cooking technology has come a long way since GEA, one of the largest food system suppliers, introduced the world’s first two-zone spiral oven in 1992. This method is developed further by the company into a three-zone cooking concept with the launch of its CookStar 1000 spiral oven, powerful new…
Biospringer Reveals Dedicated Yeast Extract Solutions To The Meat Analogue Challenge In Asia Pacific
Biospringer established an integrated portfolio of yeast extract solutions dedicated to the booming plant-based meat trend in the Asia Pacific (APAC). Despite being in an infancy stage, the meat substitute segment is gaining acceptance amongst consumers because of their perceived healthier, safer, and sustainable appeals. According to Innova Category Insider,…
Why Does Texture, Mouthfeel And Prolonged Shelf-Life Matter?
Consumers expect food products with a superior sensorial profile, better functional and nutritional properties with extended product shelf-life that are convenient to prepare—without compromising the food safety perspective. By Dr Cheah Han Sern, Technology Manager, Futura Ingredients. Shelf-life is defined as the suggested maximum duration a food product can be…
Rich, Indulgent Bakery Products Are Possible With Carabuta NH
Fats are an important component of bakery products. They provide tenderness, texture, flakiness, lubrication and most importantly, the indulgent mouthfeel and richness that consumers crave. They interact with other ingredients in the recipe to influence the texture and overall mouthfeel of a product, so choosing the right fat is essential…
Global Flavours For Alluring Nut Snacks
Trending: Mass Appeal For Coatings & Regional Tastes. By Heat And Control. Crispy, coated nuts with explosive flavour and crunch are timeless favourites for snacking. Popular around the world for centuries, nuts have maintained their popularity, catering to flavour preferences and consumer demand. Global snack trend reports have highlighted the…
Kerry Trendspotter Enables Food & Beverage Brands To Develop Faster Consumer-Preferred Products To Market With IBM
Kerry Group and IBM have launched a predictive artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Kerry Trendspotter, hosted on IBM public cloud, to forecast future trends in food and beverage and guide the development of winning consumer-preferred products. According to Nielsen, rapidly shifting consumer preferences contribute to the failure of 85 percent…
Savouring Life With Biospringer’s Yeast Extract
With consumers’ increasing awareness of healthier choice products, food manufacturers should consider using better-for-you ingredient alternatives like Biospringer’s yeast extract—an ingredient containing a unique mix of proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals—to balance taste and flavour as well as create healthier recipes. In the era of empowered consumer choices,…
Capitalising On Malt For Beer Brewing
Malt is essential in beer brewing, but the flavour it provides is often forgotten as manufacturers use the hops or yeast to tailor flavour instead. How can they capitalise on malt better? By Dr Nigel Davies, manufacturing and sustainability director, Muntons, and Jonathan Lau, sales & marketing director, Muntons Ingredients…
Symrise: Sustaining Vanillin Sources
Lionel Flutto, president, flavour, Symrise Asia Pacific, and Romy Weytens, Taste Competence Manager, spoke with APFI at length about the vanilla industry and what the company has been doing to help smallholder vanilla farmers in the past 10 years. The second of our two-part vanilla feature, they share about the…