The food industry is continuously looking for new, natural ingredients that improve the quality of food products and promote consumers' health. [ + ]

Continuous cooking and chilling systems are being used by ready meal processors to increase production volumes and efficiencies. [ + ]

New Zealand's foremost food and packaging technology exhibition, Foodtech Packtech (FTPT), is being held from 11–13 October 2016, in Auckland — and everyone in the food and beverage processing and packaging industries is welcome to attend. [ + ]

In Australia and New Zealand, close to 100% of our diets and agricultural systems are based on 'non-native' crops. In fact, 'foreign' crops dominate national food consumption and farming practices worldwide with nearly 70% of the crops contributing calories, fat and protein in a country's diet historically originating elsewhere. [ + ]

Huge recalls cause huge damage to brands, profitability and even viability — and 4500 million kg of flour is a huge recall. [ + ]

Hyperspectral imaging will help determine the readiness of individual cauliflowers for harvesting as automation revolutionises vegetable harvesting. [ + ]

Having just enjoyed the AIP's annual conference, I got to wondering what makes an association worthwhile to its members. [ + ]

Nowadays, beverages have to deliver health benefits, make us more efficient at work or better at sport, or offer some kind of feel-good factor. Not only that, they should also be sustainably produced and exotic, and still taste as good as home-made. [ + ]

It seems that dining in well-lit rooms makes us more likely to order healthy foods — not because we are worried that others will see what we eat but because we are more alert in well-lit environments. [ + ]

A trillion film packaged articles are packed each year and now a thin-film temperature sensor will allow fast and reliable inline detection and rejection of poorly sealed products. [ + ]

Thinking of substituting one ingredient for another on the sly? Maybe you should think again. The days when no one could tell if it was horse meat or beef in that burger are well and truly over. [ + ]

Oil and grease residues in exhaust systems and ducting pose huge fire risks to commercial kitchen operators. [ + ]

At an estimated value of $15 billion per year, the global therapeutic/medical foods market is moving into the first world. [ + ]

Hand washing is one of the absolute basics of hygiene in food and beverage processing, but how do you ensure compliance? [ + ]

The increased uptake of 'ready to go' breakfast solutions is partly behind the changes in Western world's perception that milk is no longer a diet staple. [ + ]