Acrylamide is naturally formed when starchy foods, such as biscuits, crackers, snacks, French fries, and crisp bread are baked or fried at high temperatures.
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Australia’s first no oxygen mill
Organic industry stakeholders are proving they can think ahead when it comes to incorporating cutting-edge food technology innovations into their systems.
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Foodtech Packtech 2008
New Zealand's only dedicated food technology and packaging trade event, Foodtech Packtech 2008, runs 21 to 23 October at Auckland's ASB Showgrounds.
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Increasing fibre and reducing sugar
With growing consumer awareness and demand for products with 'added fibre' and 'reduced sugar', fructose and Litesse are ideal ingredients for use in many culinary applications, without compromising on taste and flavour.
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Australia’s ready to eat
Time is of the essence. How to save it? Where to cut corners? What to spend the precious little on? Food manufacturers are tapping into these consumer concerns and the market is being flooded with ready to serve, ready to heat, and ready to eat, prepared meals.
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The case for GM food
Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has begun his WA tour with plans to discuss the future of GM food production in Australia with key members of the WA State Government.
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Pringles are not potato chips
A British judge has ruled that Pringles are not potato chips, even if they do look and taste like them.
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Launching new fruit flavours
Blue Pacific and HortResearch have finalised their license agreement for the development and commercialisation of natural fruit flavours, and the first two products under their new hortRealfruit brand are being launched this week.
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Gourmet on the run
A desire to retail ready-to-heat meals to busy commuters has turned into a rapidly growing business for 26 year old Brisbane entrepreneur, Alison Price.
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Alto hits the high spot
Take sunshine, bracing high country air, constant warm days and cool nights – add careful grove management and a dash of Australian ingenuity – and you have ALTO Olives.
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Salmonella poisonings
Salmonella cases like those in South Australia, which have been linked to food brought into an aged care facility may have been preventable if electrolysed water had been used in cleaning fresh ingredients, utensils, surfaces and hand washing.
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Dairy Award Finalists
The Dairy Award finalists include Dairy Farmers Thick & Creamy Yogurt, Ice Crème Caramels, New Kraft Singles and Pauls All Natural.
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Health & Wellness Award Finalists
The Health & Wellness Award finalists include Absolute Organic Chips, Certified Organic Balsamic and Caesar Dressings, Chocolistic Seed Bar, Dandaragan Estate Ultra Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Heinz Steam Fresh Mix & Match, Nutrient Secrets, Organic Bubs, Pitango Organic and Carbon Neutral Risotto Range and Fresh Curry Meals, Tick Approved Healthier Choice Pizzas and Wild Rocket, Baby Spinach and Salad Mix.
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Ready Meals Award Finalists
The Ready Meals Award finalists include ALDI Specially Selected Restaurant Meals, Birds Eye Lightly Seasoned Fish Fillets, I&J Fish Strips, Microwave Beef, Organic Bubs, Pitango Organic and Carbon Neutral Risotto Range and Fresh Curry Meals and Wild Rocket, Baby Spinach and Salad Mix.
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Non-Alcoholic Beverages Award Finalists
The Non-Alcoholic Beverages Award finalists include Bickford's Ice Tea Cordials, Bickford's Milkshake Mixes, Ice Break Loaded, Mandailing Estate single origin coffee and Mandailing Estate Kopi Luwak, Mango, Peach & More Nudie Crushie and Pauls All Natural and Phoenix Organic Drinks Range.
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Snack Foods Award Finalists
The Snack Foods Award finalists include Absolute Organic Chips, CrunchTime, Curios, John West Tuna to Go, Nutrient Secrets, Select Harvests Lucky Nut Range, SunRice Chicken and Barbecue Flavour Rice Cakes Snack Packs and Sultry Sally Potato Chips.
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Soups & Prepared Foods Award Finalists
The Soups & Prepared Foods Award finalists include Beerenberg Coopers Ale Barbeque Sauce, Bertolli Provincial Pasta Sauces, Continental Side Dish Macaroni Cheese, Coriander & Mint Relish, Dine, Heinz Cook At Home, McCormick Slow Cookers, Organic Bubs, Ozganics Curry Sauce Range, Pilpel Vegan Soups, Darikay Pesto, Pitango Organic and Carbon Neutral Risotto Range and Fresh Curry Meals and Darikay Curry Meal Solutions and Salads To Go.
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Lean powder processing – the key to survival
We are all citizens of the world, wanting to enjoy every style of food, wherever we may be. The result is that supermarket shelves are being filled with a huge variety of products, creating an ever-increasing demand for frequent product changes on manufacturers.
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A cookie monster celebrates
It's been twenty years since the first Mrs Fields cookie store opened in Australia, at Sydney's Wynyard station. Since then the freshly-baked, traditional cookie treats from Mrs Fields' stores have been cemented as a popular local indulgence.
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WorkSafe blitz on manual handling
A state-wide campaign targeting manual handling safety begins on 1 July when food manufacturers and processors will be visited by WorkSafe Victoria inspectors.
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