All posts related to food and consumer goods manufacture.
Warmed-Over Flavour Is Just Not Nice
It is quite often that we have plenty of roasted meat left over after Sunday lunch. Most of this is kept in the fridge for sandwiches […]
Food Processing
Computational Fluid Dynamics In Food Processing: A Short Review
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is now a well established modelling method for assessing heating regimes, especially in the thermal treatment of food products. It is […]
Supercritical Fluid Extraction With Carbon Dioxide (SC-CO2)
Supercritical fluid extraction or pressurized fluid extraction as it is sometimes referred to is a technology that compares extremely favourable with more traditional and conventional […]
The Effectiveness Of Ohmic Heating Especially In Destroying Spores
Not being able to destroy bacterial spores has been one of the major issues for food processing. If they remain in the processed food and conditions […]
Aspartame Losses in Products
For the product developer involved in the beverage industry, aspartame is still a respected high intensity sweetener, to be used to replace bulk sweeteners to […]
The Large-Scale Manufacture of Casein From Milk
The large-scale manufacture of casein from milk involves several steps, from sourcing raw milk to processing it into various forms of casein for industrial use. […]
Home Composting
The effective handling of food wastes at home can prove tricky especially if one is hoping to be responsible by returning nutrients to the soil and […]
Drying of Fruit for Culinary Purposes – The Art and Science
Drying fruit is a traditional and widely-used method to preserve fruit for culinary purposes. It has been practiced for thousands of years, allowing for the […]
Membrane Concentration Of Pomegranate Juice
Membrane concentration of pomegranate juice has proved quite a challenge. The idea of using membrane techniques to concentrate food stuffs has been available for many […]
Removing Bitterness From Citrus Juice With Naringinase
Naringin (4,5,7,-Trihydroxy flavonone-7-rhamnoglucoside) is one of the key bitterness compounds in citrus juices, mainly orange and grapefruit juice. Even though naringin has a number of […]
Ultrasound Improves Microfiltration Of Difficult Food Fluids Such as Milk
The microfiltration of foodstuffs to pasteurise them is limited by the build up of fouling materials on the surface of the filtration membrane as well […]
Microwave Drying And Microwave Vacuum Drying For Excellent Retention Of Nutrients
Microwave drying of food materials is now an attractive technique for drying foods, mainly raw produce such as fruit, herbs and vegetables. Drying is essentially […]
Developments in Food Powder Agglomeration
Agglomeration of food powders can be defined as a size enlargement process in which the starting material is fine particles of powder joined or bound […]
The Dry Milling Of Corn
Corn or maize is used for the production of starch flour and starch. Thee are two processes commonly used on an industrial scale, wet-milling and […]
The Manufacture Of Starch From Potato, Wheat And Tapioca
The manufacture of starch is a very traditional process and can only be sourced from plants. It is a key component of the food supply […]
Methods For Extracting Essential Oils
The essential oils are volatile aromatic compounds and hydrophobic secondary metabolites which are produced by plant species. They are important as flavourings and perfumes as […]
How Does Hot Fill Packaging Work ?
If you have ever needed to stabilise a beverage or sauce, then hot-fill is one processing method that you must have thought about. The technique […]
Commercial Processing of Milk: From Farm to Table
Milk is one of the most consumed and versatile food products globally, rich in essential nutrients such as protein, calcium, vitamins, and minerals. The commercial […]