Weekly Comment
Ingredients for cheap?
As recent incidents of food contamination demonstrate, the cheapest source for ingredients may not turn out to be so cheap after all.
Archives for May 6, 2007
Spining potato peeler improves yield and quality, manufacturer claims
A new potato peeler uses a centrifugal chamber to improve product control, which helps processors increase yield and reduce cleaning costs, its manufacturer claims.
Rank consolidates ownership of SIG
Switzerland-based SIG gets a new board of directors today, as New Zealand investment group Rank Group Holdings consolidates its ownership of the company.
Tara gum may turn milk protein into locust bean gum alternative
Using the sugar tara gum to improve the gelling of the whey protein beta-lactoglobulin may offer industry with a more cost effective alternative to locust bean gum, suggests new research from Portugal.