There is evidence that European potato starch suppliers are losing
out to Chinese competitors, as anti-dumping measures drive rampant
growth for leading Chinese starch maker.
Ulrick & Short's ready to use Eziglaze for bakery products
offers a clean label alternative to egg- and milk-based
ready-to-use glazes, and can help a baker's bottom line, according
to the company.
Puratos and Novozymes have teamed up to develop a bio-solution to
help industrial cake manufacturers increase the softness and
freshness of their products, the companies have announced.
A new study suggests that the relative size of starch granules used
in a blend could determine overall gelation behaviour and whether
or not the starch components add to each others' properties or
interact to deliver new ones.
Royal DSM and Avebe Food will jointly develop and market a natural
ingredient the two companies claim will act as a fat
replacer, adding creaminess and other texture
qualities to foods.
The European Commission has announced that it will approve BASF's
Amflora genetically modified potato to be grown in Europe, the
first authorisation for the growing of a GM crop in Europe since
1998.
Danish group Danisco has become the latest in a string of
ingredients firms to pass on increased raw material and energy
costs to the market, announcing today that it is to up the mark on
its glucoamylase for the US brewing and portable...
Danisco has extended its bakery enzyme range with a new amylase
enzyme that slows down the staling of industrial bakery products,
and extending the shelf life of bread.
MGP Ingredients is set to start full production of its fibre
enhancement product FiberRite RW, which has so far been available
in limited supply during a period of market testing, said the firm.
National Starch Food Innovation's appointment of Fiske as its new
distributor of nature-based ingredients to the Swedish, Danish,
Spanish and Portuguese markets extends a long-running relationship.
Wheat breeders in recent years have been increasingly working on
the development of waxy wheat varieties. Yet the commodity has not
yet hit the mainstream market as no one seems to know what to do
with it. FoodNavigator-USA speaks...
Job losses at the sweetener operations of ambitious ingredients
firm Cargill are imminent as the largest private firm in the US
appears to feel the squeeze of "market conditions".
A new potato starch launched on Friday by the Dutch starch company
Avebe could help lower costs and improve baking stability in bakery
creams and fruit filling products, writes Lorraine Heller.
German firm AB Enzymes has launched a new enzyme preparation which
claims to extend the shelf life of baked goods and significantly
reduce manufacturers' production costs, reports Lorraine
Heller.
ICI subsidiary National Starch is the latest ingredients firm to
drive into the soaring Chinese food market, unveiling a new
technical centre adjacent to its recently opened production plant,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Looking to boost growth in the sluggish caramel colour market, the
world's largest manufacturer, DD Williamson will extend its reach
in the burgeoning Chinese market with the extension of its liquid
product line for Asia,writes...
An improvement in the quality of flour ingredients is the focus of
new research by US government scientists who are taking a closer
look at hundreds of different proteins in the wheat kernels.
Russia has a long history of starch production, but the collapse of
the Soviet Union was a major blow to the industry, from which it is
only now beginning to recover. But with almost all of the growth
coming from corn starch, rather...
With Europe now enforcing some of the strictest rules in the world
on the traceability of genetically modified ingredients, companies
that can offer a tracked identity preservation system are likely to
gain from demand by food makers...
Faced with rising costs for starch ingredients sourced from
stock-squeezed wheat and corn the global food industry is on the
look out for better value alternatives. A recent report on the
modified starch market suggests that the tropical...
The bakery sector is keeping up the pace as the fastest growing
market in food enzymes in the US, although recent controversy over
genetically modified organisms is set to eat into market growth as
food makers think twice before investing...
French yeast giant Lesaffre is driving deeper into the US market,
announcing a link up this week with crop processing titan Archer
Daniels Midland to break ground on a new yeast plant in the US.
The Benelux operation of Fiske Food Ingredients has linked up with
starch ingredients company Avebe to distribute the co-operative's
full range of products.
Ingredient specialist Cargill-Cerestar is launching new cereal bar
systems at the upcoming Food Ingredients Europe in response to
increasing demand from food manufacturers and consumers.
Tackling the stable bakery market, Danish functional ingredients
supplier Danisco has launched the next generation of enzymes for
dough-strengthening and increased volume for the final baked
product.
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland yesterday announced it
will increase its capacity for the production of the sweetener
liquid sorbitol at its Decatur plant in the US by 60 per cent.
A tapioca-based speciality starch promises noodle manufacturers
increased cooking yields, improved processability, and better
control over end-product parameters, according to National Starch.
British manufacturer of carbohydrate ingredients Tate & Lyle is
to expand the capacity of its krystar crystalline fructose plant in
Lafayette, Indiana by 20 per cent. Due to be completed by August
2003, the company said that no...
During a symposium on Advanced Bioplastics held in Nuremberg,
Germany last month it became clear that biodegradable plasticshave
finally left the research stage. Supermarkets in Great Britain,
Franceand Italy are now using bioplastics...
Starch ingredients company Cerestar formally launched a bio-organic
sweetener at Health Ingredients Europe in Paris this week.
CBio-Sweet is derived from bio-organic wheat and hydrolysed with
non-GMO enzymes.
Australian company Plantic has solved the problem of packaging
waste by developing a 'plastic' packaging that is dissolvable. The
material could even provide a feasible alternative to
non-degradable plastic bags, a market...
Minnesota Corn Processors LLC has agreed to merge with a subsidiary
of agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland in a move that would
bolster ADM's market-leading ethanol production capacity.
