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Fig extract for healthy blood sugar levels

A recently published human study from the University of Sydney, Australia, evaluated the efficacy of ABAlife on glucose metabolism blood parameters. The abscisic acid (ABA) standardized fig extract has been shown to improve glucose tolerance, assist insulin release and may help to lower post-prandial blood glucose levels, besides having anti-inflammatory and adaptogen properties too.

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Chr. Hansen gears up for a sustainable future

Global bioscience company Chr. Hansen to expand and strengthen its research & development facilities north of Copenhagen to meet the increasing demand for natural and sustainable products.

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Coca-Cola launches new energy drink to tap Vietnamese market, says GlobalData

Coca-Cola has rolled out a new energy drink – Coca-Cola Energy – in Vietnam as part of the company’s larger focus to evolve into a complete beverage company and offer the Vietnamese consumers a wide range of drinks to cater the different lifestyles and occasions, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

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Brazilian FCOJ: 2018/19 season ends with fading inventories, which should bounce back in 2019/20

In June 2019, the inventories of Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice (FCOJ) equivalent at Brazilian processing plants closed at 253.18 thousand tons, 26.2 % smaller than that in the 2017/18 season, according to data from CitrusBR.

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30.08.2019

FRUIT PROCESSING 8/2019 is available!

The current issue FRUIT PROCESSING 8/2019 is available in your account with your individual login data. Furthermore this issue is available in our online shop.

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Novozymes makes organizational changes to deliver on the strategy

Novozymes announced organizational changes to drive stronger growth and deliver on its updated corporate strategy, Better business with biology. The strategy, as announced on June 16, will drive higher sales and earnings growth over the three-year period 2020-2022, and beyond.

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Bottoms up! Brits falling out of love with beer in favour of juice drinks

The manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice was the fastest growing sub sector in the UK food industry, growing 17 % from £654 million in 2017 to £768 million in 2018 – according to analysis of the latest ONS PRODCOM data by Santander.

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Absolut gets juicy this summer with new Absolut Juice

Made with superb Absolut Vodka and natural flavors from your favorite seasonal fruits – Absolut Juice offers a brand-new way to sip-with-a-spritz in two delicious favors, Strawberry and Apple.

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GAIN report: Turkey stone fruit annual 2019

The total cherry production forecast in Turkey in Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 is 865,000 metric tons (MT), which is 41,000 MT more than MY 2018/19. The peach and nectarine production forecast for MY 2019/20 is 830,000 MT, 40,000 MT more than MY 2018/19.

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22.08.2019

Brazilian FCOJ exports start the 2019/20 season on the rise

After decreasing last season, the Brazilian exports of Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice (FCOJ) equivalent started the 2019/20 crop (July/19 – June/20) on the rise. In July/19, Brazil exported 96.3 thousand tons of FCOJ equivalent, 3 % more than that in the same period last year, according to data from Secex.

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22.08.2019

Maspex chooses SIG’s innovative carton bottle to refresh popular Tymbark brand

Maspex Wadowice Group, one of the biggest food manufacturers in Central and Eastern Europe, continues its close partnership with SIG, as it rejuvenates its popular juice brand Tymbark, using the innovative combidome carton pack. This is the first time the unique carton bottle has been launched in Poland.

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22.08.2019

Smoothie King launches new Keto Champ Smoothies to help carb-conscious guests rule the day

The keto diet trend doesn’t appear to be slowing down – in fact, it’s projected to grow even more over the next five years. Smoothie King – the world’s leading smoothie brand inspiring guests to live a healthy and active lifestyle – is the first smoothie chain to answer the need of carb-conscious guests who are seeking a keto-friendly blend with the launch of new Keto Champ smoothies.

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15.08.2019

Diageo acquires majority shareholding in Seedlip, the world’s first distilled non-alcoholic spirit

Diageo announced the acquisition of a significant majority shareholding in Seedlip, the world’s first distilled non-alcoholic spirits brand. Seedlip was launched by Ben Branson in 2015 to solve the dilemma of ‘what to drink when you’re not drinking’.

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15.08.2019

The Future of Beverages

The industry is being disrupted by significant trends with consumers, products, brands, and distribution. As niche players eat up more of the market share, established companies must evolve to stay competitive.

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15.08.2019

Interpreting the Flavour of Time

Sensient Flavours presents a new collection of ‘Trends to Taste’ flavours. The range of six state-of-the-art flavours is based on the company’s latest insights into consumer interpretations of the past, present and future. The flavours not only give final applications a new aromatic kick; but also inspire insight and achievable innovations that can help narrow the gap between a brand and its consumers.

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14.08.2019

Donaldson breaks ground for new material research center at its corporate headquaters in Bloomington, Minnesota

Donaldson Company, Inc., a leading worldwide manufacturer of innovative filtration products and solutions, broke ground on a $15 million Material Research Center at its corporate headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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14.08.2019

Sex lives of flies could be key tackling to food waste

This National Science Week, Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has revealed how a secret recipe to get Black Soldier Flies in the mood could help tackle local food waste crisis.

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12.08.2019

The Hamburg-based start-up BIO-LUTIONS successfully concludes its Series-A-financing round with €8.3M

Delivery Hero SE and DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH are partnering with BIO-LUTIONS International AG by investing in the international expansion of the company.

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09.08.2019

IFU Best Practice Guidance #2

Cloudy apple juice is one of the most popular juices consumed. As the nature and stability of the cloud particles are an important quality feature for the consumer this review considers the composition of those particles and the various factors that influence the cloudy nature of the juice…

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Prognosfruit releases apple and pear crop forecast for Europe

The 2019 European apple and pear crop forecast estimates that most European countries are expecting a rather low apple and pear crop for the coming season.

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New EXBERRY reds offer greater intensity at lower dosages and contain no added sugar

GNT Group has developed a new and improved range of EXBERRY liquid and powdered red Coloring Foods that are free of added sugar.

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Kreider Farms launches Chiques Creek Hemp Tea and ChiquesCreek.com

Kreider Farms, Central Pennsylvania’s (US) favorite producer of farm fresh milk, ice cream, premium eggs and more, announced the launch of their new line of unique hemp iced tea drinks – Chiques Creek Hemp Tea.

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Brazil: Murcott Tangor harvesting steps up in SP

The harvesting of murcott tangor, which started at a slow pace in the second fortnight of June, is now stepping up in São Paulo State. According to Cepea collaborators, despite the good quality of the fruits, sales in July were below the expected…

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06.08.2019

Europhyt – Interceptions

The European Commission’s latest EUROPHYT – Interceptions annual report provides an overview of interception notifications received in 2018 and evaluates the main trends over the period 2013-2018.

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Better Juice to build pilot plant for low-sugar orange juice

Better Juice, Ltd., the first foodTech startup to develop innovative technology to reduce all types of sugars in orange juice, and Citrosuco S.A, Brazil, one of the largest orange juice producers worldwide, are teaming up!

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Caldic and Cargill agree on an exclusive distribution partnership for starches, sweeteners and texturizers in Germany and Austria

Caldic and Cargill have reached an agreement making Caldic Ingredients Deutschland GmbH the exclusive distribution partner for Cargill’s starches, sweeteners…

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Hydrosol develops stabilising systems for an international growth market

Demand for flavoured milk beverages is seeing steady growth worldwide, and the product variety in the markets is correspondingly large. There are trendy flavours like cappuccino, coconut and walnut that also appeal to adults, plus the classic cocoa beverages and milk drinks with vanilla, strawberry or banana flavour.

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Research shows black plastics could create renewable energy

Research from Swansea University has found how plastics commonly found in food packaging can be recycled to create new materials like wires for electricity – and could help to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the future.

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31.07.2019

SIG announces further Asia-Pacific expansion

As the Asia-Pacific region continues to be one of the major growth engines for aseptic carton packaging, SIG has announced investment in the region with the construction of a second production plant in Suzhou, China.

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29.07.2019

FRUIT PROCESSING 7/2019 is available!

The current issue FRUIT PROCESSING 7/2019 is available in your account with your individual login data.

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29.07.2019

New IFU Method # 85: The net volume determination of consumer packaged juices, nectars and related products

The compliance of the declared filling volume is an important topic for all bottlers. On one hand the legal minimum values must be met and on the other hand overfilling means considerable economical loss.

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High costs and unfavourable product mix impact profitability at Krones in first half of 2019

The difficult economic conditions and uncertainties such as the unresolved trade conflict between China and the USA increasingly affected Krones’ business in the first half of 2019. After strong growth in the first quarter (by 10.3 %), revenue from April to June increased by 0.7 % year-on-year.

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Detection of Alicyclobacillus within 96 hours

Currently, the method No. 12 – revision 2019 of the International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association (IFU) is the accepted worldwide reference method for the detection of Alicyclobacillus spp. However, the verification of Alicyclobacillus in the lab is relatively time-consuming.

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Kayco launches cold pressed watermelon juice line

Kayco introduced Wonder Melon, a watermelon juice it said builds on consumer demand for the summer staple. Wonder Melon is made from 100 % organic cold-pressed juice with no added sugar, artificial ingredients or artificial colorings.

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CFO Michael Andersen leaves Krones AG

CFO Michael Andersen leaves the Executive Board of Krones AG with immediate effect by mutual agreement.

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24.07.2019

Functional food goes organic: Huge market potential in bars and shakes

Sales revenues of organic foods in Europe continue to rise. In addition to traditional drivers like the dry foods category, which includes cereals, trend categories like protein bars and shakes are also growing. “The growing demand for organic products is becoming more and more obvious in health and fitness-related categories,” reports Marc van Essen, Sales Director at SternLife.

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23.07.2019

Beviale Mexico 2020: Latin America’s first comprehensive beverage exhibition

The Beviale Family, the NürnbergMesse Group’s global network for the beverage industry, is adding another event to its portfolio. Beviale Mexico will open its doors in Mexico City’s Centro Citibanamex for the first time from 29 to 31 July 2020.

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22.07.2019

Giulio Mengoli is the new General Manager of the SACMI Group

With great international experience, Mengoli spent 5 years with General Electric and was at the top levels of Tetra Pak for 15 years.

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19.07.2019

Brazil: 18/19 orange crop ends with the 2nd smallest volume exported in 20 years

Brazilian exports of Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice (FCOJ) Equivalent decreased 19 % in the 2018/19 crop – compared to the previous season), as expected. Between July/18 and June/19, shipments totaled only 982.24 thousand tons, according to Secex. As for the revenue, it totaled 1.8 billion USD, 19 % down in the same comparison.

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A Question of balance for clean and clear label

Clean and clear labeling concerns are now well established in the food and beverage industry, having featured as a key and running theme through all Innova Market Insights’ Top Trends forecasts in recent years.

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BillerudKorsnäs and The Paper Straw Co to launch the first U-Bend paper straw

Together with the Paper Straw Co, BillerudKorsnäs has developed the first functional 180° U-Bend straw, made out of paper. The straw is made to be used for individual drink cartons such as juice, milk and water. The long term market potential as well as positive sustainability impact is extensive.

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Enter now: Startup Innovation Challenge for food and beverage ingredients open

At this year’s Food ingredients Europe & Ni, trade show organiser Fi Global will highlight the most exciting new F&B startups in the Startup Innovation Challenge.

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