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Informative articles, news, and trends across various food ingredients and equipment supplier categories.

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Cell Cultured Products

Beyond cell-cultured meat to other useful products--without the cow

Once the technology was in place to produce steak, Aleph Farms extended its development process to produce collagen

Aleph Farms, purveyor of cultivated beef steaks, hasn’t stopped at just producing steak without the cow. Now the company is expanding its product line to include a platform for manufacturing cell-cultured collagen. 


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Alternative Protein Report

Top 10 plant-based trends for 2022

From food and beauty to fashion, trends show where the market is heading.

The global plant-based market will grow from US $30 billion in 2021 to a staggering US$160 billion by 2030, making up to 7.7% of the global protein market by 2030, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.


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Saving energy: Steam generators and retorts

Steam generators are efficient by design, but today’s retorts have improved efficiency, thanks to intelligent controls and ancillary equipment

An article discussing both steam generators and retorts may seem a little odd, but the connection is one of saving energy and sustainability, especially when fuel prices are rising. 


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Field Report

The doughnut store that is a shop floor

Krispy Kreme uses Siemens drives and controls integrated by Think PLC automation consultants, making each store a high-tech doughnut manufacturing facility.

From its early beginnings, the Krispy Kreme company has designed and built the proprietary machines that have given “rise” to their equally safeguarded doughnut recipe. 


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New Approaches to Crafting Foods & Beverages with Appealing Texture

When the texture of a product is finalized developers can begin to fine-tune flavor

According to the International Taste Institute, taste drives 88% of F&B consumer purchase intent, making it the most important attribute for food and beverage products’ success and overshadowing other considerations like price, health and convenience. Yet taste, as the palate perceives it, is not merely a combination of aroma and flavor.


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