News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Market analysts say the organic market trend is here to stay, despite rising food prices. In fact, issues surrounding these price hikes - the globalization of food and environmental factors - may actually bolster this market.
Accucaps Industries, an encapsulation firm, has converted its Strathroy, Ontario facility to focus on health and nutritional (H&N) products, a move the firm says will double its total production capacity.
Hydroxytyrosol, a natural polyphenol from olives, may extend the shelf-life of fish products to the same extent as synthetic preservatives, suggests new research.
National Starch Food Innovation has developed a flexible heat-resistant starch for adding texture to cold applications mayonnaise and dressings and heated products like soups.
A new range of softer wholegrains do not need pre-soaking and so the 'hard bite' texture often associated with grain products is eliminated, the manufacturer claims.