Food Ingredients are assuming greater significance as nutritional support solutions, but the challenge is to up-scale many of these processed products that are known for high nutritional value. There are many projects focusing on the nutritive value of food ingredients taking place at research institutes like the Mysore-based Central Food Technology Research Institute(CFTRI) and Defence Food Research Laboratory(DFRL) besides the Bangalore-based University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS).
The food ingredients constitute cereals, pulses, oil seeds, jaggery, spices and condiments.
India hardly imports food ingredients. Current value of food ingredients market globally …

Maybe you have noticed organic food in the supermarket and wondered what was so special about it. Organic health food is more expensive than conventional food but why is this? Does it taste different and is it better for you?
A Guide to Organic Health Food
Organic produce is not grown or processed in the same way as conventional food. It is never exposed to artificial fertilizers, conventional pesticides, industrial waste, human waste, and ionizing radiation or food additives. Conventional chickens are sometimes given tiny quantities of arsenic in their feed to …

Shopping was easy when most food came from farms. Now, factory-made foods have made chemical additives a significant part of our diet. Most people may not be able to pronounce the names of many of these chemicals, but they still want to know what the chemicals do and which ones are safe and which are poorly tested or possibly dangerous.
A simple general rule about additives is to avoid sodium nitrite, saccharin, caffeine, olestra, acesulfame K, and artificial coloring. Not only are they among the most questionable additives, but they are …

Many food and agricultural products, particularly imported ones, do not meet quality standards, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) at a conference on March 18.
Of 500 fertilizer producers in Vietnam, 60-70% use manual production method.
LookAtVietnam – Many food and agricultural products, particularly imported ones, do not meet quality standards, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) at a conference on March 18.
According to the Ministry, around 71% of imported and 25-33% of locally produced veterinary medicines used in aquaculture failed to meet quality criteria. Up …

Picture a rocket rising into the heavens.
Now you’ve got a mental image of what Pearse Lyons expects to happen to Alltech’s sales as a result of the agreement to make food flavorings in partnership with Mitsui and Asahi Breweries.
Lyons, founder and chief executive of Nicholasville-based Alltech, tells Feedinfo News Service that Alltech’s annual sales could double to $1 billion in five years.
Production of the yeast extracts is expected to total 3,000 tons in the first year and 10,000 tons annually in five years, Lyons told the European biotech news service.
The …

The word “additive” can seem daunting, especially when it refers to your foods. The question always is, Why not eat foods from a natural and unadulterated source? But the truth is that food additives are used to help keep our foods fresh and make them even safer to eat. With a little bit of food education, you will soon find that additives are a lot less scary than you might think.
During the food manufacturing process, food is often exposed to all types of external conditions and can spoil due to …

Did you know that about 80 per cent of the foods we eat today are refined and chemically altered?
The average American consumes 10-15 pounds of salt and additives per year. Food additives make foods more pleasing to the eye and prevent foods from spoiling so quickly.
Here are some quick “nasties” on your grocery shelf:
•Aspartame (aka: Equal, NutraSweet): enhances the taste of artificial sweeteners and is about 200 times sweeter then sucrose. Consists of two amino acids linked by methanol (alcohol found in antifreeze). In your body, these components break …

In some cases you may find it desirable to stop the fermentation process before it comes to a stop on its own.
The most common reason for wishing to stop the fermentation process is that you have found the wine already has the exact amount of sweetness that you prefer and you do not want it to progress any further.
By stopping the fermentation at that point, many winemakers believe that they can preserve the amount of sweetness that the wine has already produced.
If you want a really sweet wine, such as …

Danisco has reported a slowdown in food ingredient volume sales in Q3 as the economic downturn kicks in; sweeteners and enablers are worst hit, but growth rates in cultures ‘satisfactory’.
In revenue terms the Danish firm actually reported growth in ingredients compared to the same period of last year, from DKK2065m (c €277.13m at today’s exchange rates) to DKK2113m (€283.6m). But in EBIT terms (before special items) the result was DKK160m (€21.47m), down from DKK211m (€28.32m).
Enablers
In enablers, organic growth was described as “flat” year-on-year as volume growth slowed …

3. Focusing on solving the problems affecting people’s well-being
Putting people first and promoting the resolution of problems affecting people’s well-being are another focus of the work of the Standing Committee. We combined legislation with oversight in our work. While improving our work, we also strived to enact and improve laws and while working on legislation, we also strived to more effectively investigate compliance with laws and carry out work oversight, thus strengthening the connection between the work of the NPC and people’s well-being and making the NPC’s work even …