NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd was founded by the labour movement in 1973, with a social mission to moderate the cost of living in Singapore. As the largest supermarket chain in Singapore with over 370 outlets island-wide, serving over half a million shoppers daily, FairPrice recognises the importance and is committed…
APFI Magazine Speaks To Neils Arbjerg, President Of Asia Pacific Region, Danfoss.
Globally, about 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year. Knowing this, how can companies ensure that its production line does not contribute to this number? To ensure perishable food items are maintained at their optimum freshness, it is critical to ensure the right temperature is met to keep…
Automation: Ensuring Quality, Reducing Food Waste & Emissions
Producing large quantities of popular fast-food items such as chicken nuggets with consistent, repeatable results, every time is a highly sensitive process. Imagine: you’ve popped out to shops and decided to pick up some chicken nuggets—a quick and easy lunch option that everyone enjoys. These days, with the increasing awareness…
Toward Sustainable Packaging: Addressing Solid & Food Waste Management Issues
Aspiring towards a circular economy, product innovations and a surge in demand will be expected for different sustainable packaging solutions such as plant-based polymer packaging. Contributed by Diego Shimizu, Chemicals, Materials & Food at Frost & Sullivan. The world generates more than 200 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. The…
Digitising The Supply Chain To Reduce Food Waste
A commentary by Dr Felix Flemming from TOMRA Food The scale of the global food waste problem is staggering. According to reports*, 1.6 billion tons of food are lost or wasted every year, equating to a total value of USD$1.2 trillion being wiped from the supply chain. With one-third of…
Would You Like A Side Of Mould, Sir?
When former British Prime Minister, Teresa May, proclaimed that she wasn’t opposed to scraping off mould from the top of a jar of jam and eating the product underneath, it sparked a conversation about what mouldy foods were safe to eat. Here, group vice president food & beverage at ABB,…
Combating The Curse Of Food Wastage With Digitisation
The F&B industry is in the throes of a ‘food-tech’ revolution, which is already posing some tough questions on business sustainability for many operators. Food presents one of the greatest ironies of our times. On one hand, humankind is faced with a grave threat of severe food shortage and hunger…
HRS Heat Exchangers Helps Nutripeople Combat Global Hunger And Food Waste Crises
It’s an uncomfortable truth that while a third of the world’s food is wasted, one in nine people do not have enough to eat. In a bid to redress this balance, a socially conscious Spanish food producer is turning Europe’s surplus fruit and vegetables into a nutritionally enriched, easy-to-digest and…
Market Outlook 2020: 3D Printing—A New Frontier Of Food
Sci-fi fans will probably recall Star Trek’s Replicator machine, capable of turning any molecule into a meal. While synthesising meals on demand may seem like something out of a futuristic movie, 3D printing could soon become a regular way of processing food. The ability to 3D print food isn’t a…
Inspection Technology: Food For Thought
Concerted efforts are being made to reduce food waste throughout the entire supply chain. Mettler-Toledo explains how product inspection technology can be used to support these endeavours, with technology able to maximise yield from raw ingredients, reduce false rejects and ensure correct weight and fill. Food waste is a global…
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