What is Reliability-Centered Maintenance?
Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a structured approach to maintenance planning and decision-making that aims to ensure the reliability and functionality of physical assets while optimizing […]
FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The Planned Maintenance Percentage
The term “planned maintenance percentage” refers to the proportion of time that a system or equipment is intentionally taken offline for scheduled maintenance activities as […]
What Is Tyrosinase?
Tyrosinase is an enzyme that catalyses the rate-limiting step in melanin synthesis in animals. It helps converts the amino acid tyrosine to DOPA in particular […]
Electron Beam Technology: An Acceptable Route For Food Safety
Food safety is paramount throughout the world. Without it we can have no confidence in what we eat if we think it might harm us. […]
The Manufacture of Tortilla Chips
Tortilla chips are a popular snack made from corn tortillas. The manufacture of tortilla chips typically involves several key steps. Ingredients Preparation: Corn: The primary […]
An Overview Of Industrial Membrane Processes
Membrane processes are commonly used in the food processing industry and there are a vast range of applications in the biological processing industry. Most high-value […]
Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs)
Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) are a complex group of compounds formed through the non-enzymatic reaction between reducing sugars and proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids. This […]
Poultry Meat Quality: Pinking
Meat is still one of the main products of the food industry but it is slowly being overtaken by a rise in vegetarianism and veganism […]
The Importance Of Starch Gelatinization
Starch is the major storage carbohydrate in plants. It’s also perhaps the most important agricultural commodity in food and is a basic source of energy […]
Why FoodWrite Ltd?
Why FoodWrite Ltd ? Do you have a novel product you want to bring to market? Are you experiencing technical difficulties manufacturing your product? Do […]
What is Syneresis?
Syneresis in food science occurs when a liquid such as water is expelled or extracted from a gel. It is highly undesirable. When you open […]
Why Does My Pasta Turn Brown?
A blessing and a curse to be honest when it comes to pasta! If it’s about preserving colour over shelf-life or ensuring the consumer enjoys […]
What’s Up With Mechanically Separated Meat?
Mechanically separated meat (MSM) has courted controversy for nearly 50 years now but it still remains a food material that is often used in patties, […]
How Nanoscale Iron Powder is Used in Food and Beverage Packaging
Nanoscale iron powder, also known as iron nanoparticles or nano-iron, is a form of iron powder composed of tiny particles with diameters on the nanoscale […]
Controlling A Dairy Fermentation
The quality of yogurt depends on two key factors – texture and flavour. These are sensory parameters which relate to the acceptance of all fermented […]
New Dietary Fiber Labelling Laws In The USA To Improve Consumption
In 2018 we reported on the dietary fiber labelling laws that existed at that time. New dietary fiber labelling laws in the USA mean that […]
Measuring Carbon Dioxide Gas In Fermentation
Carbon dioxide is a gas that is produced during wine and beer fermentation. It is the result of a series of metabolic processes where yeasts […]
What Is Acrylamide And How Is It Produced?
Acrylamide is one of the nastiest chemicals to be found in food. For a start it is odourless and forms a colourless crystalline monomer but […]
Getting to Grips with Quality Assurance
Quality assurance (QA) is a key element to improving customer trust in the manufacture of goods and services. It is primarily about ways to prevent […]
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is a thermal analysis technique widely used in material science, chemistry, biology, and pharmaceuticals to study the thermal properties of materials. […]