All posts related to food and consumer goods manufacture.
Khalpi
Khalpi is a snack based on pickled cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) which comes from Nepal. It is a food that is processed with added salt, […]
Food Processing
Understanding Cakes and Cake Batters (Dough)
Batters or dough as we often call it are manufactured for creating cakes, muffins or other food items as well as coating pieces of fish […]
Gundruk
Gundruk is a fermented green vegetable that started its story in Nepal and the Himalayan regions of India and Bhutan. It has an acidic flavour. […]
Manufacturing Process of Edible Shortening Flakes from Palm Oil
The demand for edible oils and fats has been steadily rising due to their versatile applications in the food industry. One prominent source of edible […]
Furan
The level of furan has been a food safety concern for many years and is now listed by the US Dept. of Health and Human […]
What is Water Soluble Soybean Polysaccharide (SSPS)?
Water soluble soybean polysaccharide (SSPS) is a useful dietary fiber extracted from the cell walls of soybean cotyledons (Cui, 2001). A commercially useful source is […]
Cooking Up the Perfect Poached Eggs
Perfect poached eggs are delicious with their perfect yellow yolks nestled amongst a white lake of protein. We like them in a full English breakfast […]
Why You Need Trap Filters For Brewing
Introduction To Trap Filters Trap filters, like your draught beer and cider line might not be what gets you excited about brewing but they are […]
Brewing Series: Sorting Out The Dirt On Your Draught Beer Lines
Draught beer lines are not glamorous in the world of brewing. They are however one of the most important pieces of kit for both home […]
Food-Grade Lubricants
Food-grade lubricants and greases play a crucial role in the food processing industry, ensuring the safety and efficiency of machinery and equipment involved in the […]
How Pasta Is Manufactured!
Pasta is an important cereal-based food that has global appeal. It is cheap to make and generally not expensive to buy having been a staple […]
Membrane Processing in the Dairy Industry
Milk is a complex material which can be separated into a number of important components. To help with this had led to great strides with […]
The Manufacture Of Glucose Syrup
Glucose syrup is manufactured from starches usually derived from maize (corn) or rice. There are seven process steps which include:- mixing process, liquefaction, deproteinization, saccharification, […]
The Wet-Milling Of Corn
Introduction The wet-milling of corn is a carefully controlled process. It relies on breaking corn kernels into their constituent parts which are corn oil, corn […]
Isochoric Freezing
Isochoric freezing, also known as constant-volume freezing or pressure-shift freezing, is a process used in the food industry to preserve food products by rapidly reducing […]
Artificial Neural Networks In The Food Industry
Artificial neural networks (ANN) have found their way as an application into food manufacture, food safety, microbiology and the the supply chain. In fact they […]
The Future of Cultured Meat
Cultured meat is one of the latest innovative alternatives hitting the food industry with the primary aim of replacing the slaughtering of animals. Such a […]
The Role Of Cleaning-In-Place (CIP) In Food Manufacturing
Cleaning your equipment for food manufacturing is a vital component in giving the consumer confidence that the food being produced is safe to eat. It […]
Ice Cream Anyone?
Ice cream is one of the great delights of summer especially its warmer days. It is consumed throughout the world and is viewed as a […]
Leveraging IoT Technology In the Food Industry
Many of us have heard terms like IoT technology or the ‘Internet of Things’ at work and wondered what on earth it meant. IoT though […]