Food & Beverage News

Packaging, Ingredients in Action set to steal limelight
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, which has about 560 million consumers, offers great growth potential for the food sector and its sub-segments such as the food ingredients industry. The economic outlook for the Southeast Asian region is still positive, in spite of the recent crisis in some parts of the world and its impact.

Nutritionists share views on healthy eating in a seminar in Mumbai
As a roundup to the recently concluded Nutrition Week (September 1-7), the Protein Food & Nutrition Development Association of India (PFNDAI), jointly with Smt. P N Doshi Women’s College, Ghatkopar, organised Nutrition Week Activity on September 9, 2011, at Mumbai.

Food ingredients Asia Conference 2011
Health and safety have been the major focus areas for the new food products on the anvil. Extensive research in both public and private laboratories has connected food science and technology, on nutrition and health, to come up with healthy, tasty and palatable food.

India - booming market for ingredients
Each year India 25 million people join India’s urban middle class, and their tastes are evolving.

Enzymes as ingredients: Catalysts for growth of food processing industry
India’s food processing industry is galloping towards burgeoning progress, with spiralling demand for healthy and nutritious products both at the local and global levels.

Potato starches, flakes and granules for bakery industry
Rapid globalisation and industrialisation have given a boost to the baking industry through huge technological and engineering inputs. The market has evolved from artisan bakeries to large supermarkets and wholesale stores where bakery products are offered in mass quantities.

Sresta on aggressive path to promote organic ingredients
Sresta Natural Bioproducts, the organic food company, has carved out a niche for itself in the food ingredients space with its range of 200 products. These products have been grown after networking with over 10,000 farmers cultivating in over 30,000 acres in many states in the country.

Kerala’s Kudumbashree: A revolution in purity
Women’s groups in Kerala have been scripting a silent revolution, by manufacturing food products and marketing them to find a living for over a decade now. But what has placed them apart does not pertain to the numbers involved, but the ingredients involved.

Hydrolysed vegetable proteins – Food safety & quality
The consumption of various food additives has been growing steadily around the world since the mid-20th century. They have been always using to increase the visual, nutritional or functional properties of foodstuffs. Seasonings containing hydrolysed vegetable proteins (HVP) hold a very important place among widely used food additives.

International Dairy Show to display innovative dairy ingredients
From the latest in lower-calorie flavoured milk to reduced-sodium cheeses and frozen novelties, the Dairy and Beverage Bar at the 2011 International Dairy Show will showcase new and reformulated “good for you” products.