dsm-firmenich, a global leader in nutrition, health and beauty, today launches Maxilact®Next – the latest addition to its highly-valued range of efficient and pure Maxilact® lactase enzymes. With the new Maxilact®Next, dsm-firmenich introduces a lactase that produces lactose-free milk even faster, allowing its customers to achieve an additional 25% reduction in hydrolysis time. Maxilact®Next is the fastest pure lactase now available on the market which empowers lactose-free milk producers to optimize production, increase capacity and use raw materials more efficiently – all without a ..read more

Metabolomic research suggests that SAMe may play a more critical role in infant development than previously thought while offering encouraging support for supplemental use in new mothers. Gnosis by Lesaffre (Gnosis) is excited to share that Nutrients recently published a new metabolomic analysis investigating the presence of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) in human breast milk. In addition to utilizing a new method of study, which uncovered considerable concentrations, it adds to the evidence that SAMe supplementation can continue to be an effective option for breastfeeding mothers. Healthy human ..read more

The South Tyrolean food processing company VOG Products is offering the food and drink industry fermented bases for producing cider and apple cider vinegar – high-quality and individually tailored to customers’ needs.  With their standardised, consistent quality, VOG Products’ pre-fermented raw materials are an ideal source product for high-quality cider or apple cider vinegar. “For over a year now, fermented bases have been adding to our wide-ranging product portfolio. We’re seeing a growing market, with a great deal of interest from customers,” reports Christoph Tappeiner, Director of V ..read more

100% sustainable Spark system offers low lifetime cost of ownership and features aimed at improved performance and reduced set up and maintenance Macsa id UK (https://www.macsa.com/en-uk/) – leading manufacturer of advanced coding and marking equipment – continues to open up the benefits of laser technology to the global food, beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, toiletry and homecare markets with the launch of its SPARK small character laser coder. The affordable new system offers a winning combination of low lifetime cost of ownership and 100% sustainability with strengthened performance, max ..read more

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, has further strengthened its stronghold within Asia with the opening of BITEPod, its center of excellence for its food technologies business, at The Rutherford in Singapore Science Park. The innovative application-and-experience center, complete with advanced kitchen facilities and a research-and-development (R&D) laboratory, focuses on developing prototypes and improving formulations for the food and be ..read more

Key technologies for breeding the black soldier fly The German world market leader in liquid feeding, WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp, has sold a liquid feeding system for the larvae of the black soldier fly to the Viennese company Livin Farms AgriFood GmbH. Livin Farms is a developer and manufacturer of technologies for breeding sustainable, alternative proteins in the form of insects. The Austrians’ modular systems for industrial insect breeding serve as key technologies for the food and animal feed industries, enabling them to convert low-value residues into high-quality ingredients. WEDA sys ..read more

Terra Alegre, dairy factory of the international retail and consumer goods Jerónimo Martins Group (based in Portugal with operations in Poland and Colombia), continues its close partnership with SIG to become the first company to introduce tethered SIG MaxxCap Linked on SIG’s carton packs. The company offers whole milk, semi-skimmed milk, and skimmed milk in SIG SlimlineBloc carton packs with SIG MaxxCap Linked. This is another step forward on Terra Alegre’s sustainability roadmap as, together with SIG, the company leads the way in adding key sustainable solutions to its portfolio. As consumer ..read more

Consumers demanding more from brands Environmentalists are calling for a worldwide blanket ban on Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) due to the detrimental effect it has on human health as well as wildlife and aquatic environments. As such, consumers are increasingly expecting the brands they buy from to use sustainable alternatives to lessen their impact on the planet. Environmentally aware businesses such as Sutherlands of Portsoy are turning to packaging experts like Smurfit Kappa to help remove their use of EPS and transform their packaging into more planet-friendly solutions. More than a century ..read more

Kerry, a world leader in taste and nutrition, has announced the launch of its next generation Tastesense Advanced range of solutions, aimed at transforming the low and zero-sugar product market with an exceptional ability to deliver unparalleled sweetness and full-bodied mouthfeel, as well as sustainability benefits. Tastesense Advanced is an affordable alternative to sugar and stevia, supporting the development of sweetness closer to sugar and well beyond 3⁰ Brix sucrose sweetness equivalence, with optimised flavour, better mouthfeel and reduced off-notes. The solution contains plan ..read more

Market leader for tea standardizes its maintenance management with the Enterprise Asset Management solution from IFS Ultimo / Additional sites to be connected Innovation is a tradition at TEEKANNE GmbH & Co. KG: For more than 140 years, the company has been known for inventions such as the tea bag packing machine and double chamber bags, for the highest product quality, and for always introducing new flavors of its teas. Today, the market leader with over 1,300 employees and an international sales network has production sites and branches in seven countries worldwide. In addition to furthe ..read more