All posts related to food and consumer goods manufacture.
Steam Cooking is So Versatile
Steam cooking comes in many guises. As one of the top thermo-mechanical processes open to us is steam jet-cooking which has been used in a […]
Food Processing
The Value of Pulsed Electric Field Processing
Pulsed Electric Field Processing (PEF) is no longer an ’emerging technology’, it has emerged! The technology is used for a number of purposes. Primarily, the […]
Making Chewing Gum
Of all the confectionary products, chewing gum rivals chocolate and candies as one of the most consumed products in the world. Chewing gum is a […]
The Degradation Of Chlorophyll Caused By Processing Of Green Fruits And Vegetables
The demand for higher quality foods, especially fruits and vegetables has meant increased interest in preserving as many of the qualities of these foods as […]
Blanching Fruit And Vegetables
Blanching is an important aspect of cooking, especially when vegetables are to be used for further processing or storage. It is a pretreatment essential to […]
Why Would You Crust Freeze Your Food Products ?
Crust freezing is a process of creating a hard surface on a food. It involves creating a very thin frozen layer on the outer surface. […]
Managing Dusty Environments In The Food And Pharmaceutical Industry
Introduction On Basic Air Quality In A Food and Pharmaceutical Environment Air quality is of paramount importance to the food, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. This […]
The Process of Manufacture of Fish Oil
Fish oil is a valuable dietary supplement known for its rich omega-3 fatty acids, which are essential for human health. The manufacturing process of food-grade […]
The Benefits Of Dry Ice
Dry ice is carbon dioxide in a solid form. It is used rather like ice from water to rapidly cool all sorts of materials including […]
Barbecue: Top Tips For Cooking Food Safely
The UK’s Food Standard’s Authority (FSA) has published guide lines on its web-site for all those using the barbecue on the Bank Holiday Monday. Frankly, […]
Canned Vegetables: What Quality Parameters To Consider When Processing
Canned vegetables are probably one of those grocery goods which always seem second best to raw, fresh produce. Nowadays, we are doing more home preservation […]
Drying Chilli For Powder
Red chili peppers are one of the most widely used spices in the world and an essential requirement in ethnic cuisine. The powder is a […]
The Health Benefits Of Yogurt
Yogurt is an ancient method of using milk to produce a delicious fermented foodstuff for both savoury use and desserts. How many of us have […]
Chlorine Washing Of Chickens – What’s All The Fuss ?
Washing chicken carcasses with chlorinated water is an accepted practice in the USA but is not allowed in the European Union. It sounds a straightforward […]
Manufacture Of Softgel Capsules
Introduction Softgel capsules are now leading the way in oral delivery of drugs, nutritional supplements, sports nutrition and other types of food. They are so […]
Removing Carbon Dioxide For Food Stability
Carbon dioxide production during food storage remains a safety and a quality issue. If a food or beverage in a glass container or other rigid […]
The Manufacture Of Jelly Beans
If you’ve ever wondered how jelly beans are made then this might be the place to start. We saw Harry Potter in ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’ […]
The Process Of Cheese Manufacture
The making of cheese is one of the great delights coming from the dairy industry and let’s face it there are hundreds of varieties to […]
The Emergence Of Cold Plasma Technology
Cold Plasma Technology: An Introduction An emerging technology in recent years is cold plasma technology as a process for killing microorganisms (Niemira, 2012a) especially pathogens […]
The Manufacture Of Peanut Butter
If you’ve ever wondered how peanut butter is made then this article describes how and frankly it’s quite straightforward (Woodroof, 1983). It’s quite a common […]