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Fonterra makes waves in the animal-free ingredients space
Dairy co-operative Fonterra has forged a partnership with biomass fermentation company Superbrewed Food and precision fermentation firm Nourish Ingredients to develop animal-free protein, fats and lipids. This makes Fonterra the latest major dairy company to explore fermentation-derived protein production following similar commitments made by Danoneโ and Leprino Foodsโ, respectively. Superbrewed Food manufactures a biomass fermentation-derived…
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Study from Canada challenges assumptions about organic and inorganic selenium in dairy cow diets
It is crucial to provide enough selenium in the diets of dairy cows to keep them healthy and productive. The paper, published in the Journal of Dairy Scienceโโ, has found that regardless of whether selenium came from organic or inorganic sources it did not affect the cows’ absorption of the mineral, their selenium levels, or…
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Meet the finalists for Food Manufactureโs Innovation Award
Foodify In the UK we waste over 13 million tonnes of food every year โ but imagine a world where no one calls it waste, we just call it food. Foodify is a smart technology platform for automatically re-distributing food surplus, wherever and whenever it needs to be. Most food waste occurs in the home…
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Coffee grounds could hold key to creating new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
While research is still in the early stages, scientists from The University of Texas at El Paso envision that caffeic-acid based Carbon Quantum Dots – which can be easily obtained from coffee grounds –ย could beย ‘transformative’ in treating increasingly common neurodegenerative disorders.ย ย They hope the substance could ultimately be used to create medication that could…