Category: Technology
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New research reviews cold plasma use across plant-based food processing. The technology shows potential for microbial control and quality modification, while scale-up and treatment uniformity remain substantial challenges.
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Jiangnan University links alternative proteins with future food manufacturing priorities. Professor Li Zhaofeng’s framework also covers synthetic biology, artificial intelligence, precision nutrition, and greater industrial automation.
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Offbeast has developed hybrid beef tips combining meat and plants. The 50:50 product uses a continuous process designed to work with existing meat-processing equipment.
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FDA has accepted GNT’s safflower colour petition for formal review. Approval could widen plant-based yellow options across beverages, confectionery, dairy, frozen desserts, and other foods.
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Macpac reports rising horticultural demand for Plantpac transit packaging products. The company is using integrated punch-and-die capability installed on its Illig RD74 thermoformer in 2022.
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Polytag has added Crayford MRF to its UK Ecotrace network. The addition takes the packaging detection programme to 14 facilities and increases coverage of household recycling flows.
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Innovia has expanded regional manufacturing capability for advanced label films. Zacapu now combines coating, metallising, slitting, and laboratory infrastructure for customers across the Americas.
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Quanjiang is investing CNY200m in high-speed can-end manufacturing capacity expansion. The programme includes commissioning a coil-fed endmaking line, although detailed output and equipment specifications have not been disclosed publicly.
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SISTERS has taken compostable food packaging onto industrial processing lines. Trials covered fresh-cut produce, cheese, and sensor-equipped reusable transport containers.
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Aston researchers found mānuka antimicrobial activity exceeds sugar-MGO controls alone. Laboratory testing indicates methylglyoxal contributes to antibacterial performance but does not fully explain the activity measured in whole mānuka honey.