Articles
Indulgent desserts might be a good idea
If you want to eat a healthy diet and also dessert, you will consume 30% fewer calories if your choose your high-calorie dessert first. [ + ]
Choosing safe flooring
How to avoid slips, trips and falls in foodservice and food processing environments. [ + ]
Avoiding another 'needles in strawberries' crisis
Investigating the 'needles in strawberries' food tampering crisis highlights what can be done to prevent similar incidents in the future. [ + ]
Minimise spore counts in milk powder
A process that minimises the typically exponential spore count increase during spray-dried milk processing has been patented. [ + ]
Optimising anaerobic digestion in waste food treatment
Removal of water from biogas increases an anaerobic digestor plant's overall energy efficiency in waste food treatment facilities. [ + ]
Computer program tells you where to look for pathogens
A computer program developed at Cornell University could help food safety professionals keep production facilities free of foodborne pathogens. [ + ]
Unhealthy food production is killing us
Forget obesity, malnutrition or car accidents — industrial food production could be our leading cause of preventable deaths. [ + ]
Label confusion for UK 'free-fromers'
For UK consumers wanting 'free-from' foods the labels are simply not good enough. [ + ]
Let's eat pork — but only if the pigs are healthy
Pork consumption has risen 25% in Australia since 2010 and now the fight is on to ensure the Australian pig population is healthy and pork fit for consumption. [ + ]
Using compliance to restore consumer trust in food
Food recalls erode consumer trust in the food industry — but managing compliance effectively can reverse this. [ + ]
Using beer production leftovers
The leftovers from beer production — spent grains — contain a high amount of fibres and protein, and could be the basis of new foods. [ + ]
Emerging food trends that will take a bite out of 2019
The Head of Insights and Innovation at Kraft Heinz Australia reveals what trends are driving Kraft Heinz this year. [ + ]
Is glove juice contaminating your product?
Anyone who thinks simply supplying disposable gloves ensures safe food is kidding themselves. [ + ]
Keep road/rail containers cold for 120 h without power
In a world first, engineers have built a shipping container using materials that store and release cold energy. It can keep the contents cold for 120 hours. [ + ]
Is it bad or isn't it?
Every year millions of tons of food are thrown into the garbage even though the food is still absolutely edible. However, a solution may be in sight. [ + ]