Archives for November 15, 2005

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Scientists search milk for new functional proteins

By  Chris Mercer

Australia's dairy industry will spend $850,000 on research to find novel milk proteins that could be used in functional foods to improve nutrition and combat major diseases.

APV dough moulding head improves quality, cuts costs

By  Lorraine Heller

Bakers can significantly improve bread quality and volume and also reduce levels of bread improver ingredients by fitting a special moulding head onto their existing dough moulders, say manufacturers APV Baker.

Cheesemakers proposal on ultrafiltered milk gets hearing

By  Ahmed ElAmin

A proposal to alter the recipe for cheesemaking to include the use of ultrafiltered milk got a step closer to becoming a reality with its initial publication for comment by the Food and DrugAdministration (FDA).

Parmalat board meets to discuss future strategy

By  Anthony Fletcher

Today's board meeting at Parmalat, the first since Enrico Bondi was appointed as chief executive last week, will help to determine which direction the Italian dairy giant goes from here.