The Innovation Corner
Imaging Technology for Safe, Efficient Food Production
Have you heard about Hyperspectral Imaging Technology? It combines NIR spectroscopy with imaging ability. And it helps food processing companies improve operational efficiency and reduce product recall risk through automated food analysis. The BakerGo from ImagoAI offers this technology in the form of a portable benchtop camera. Just put a sample of food on [...]
A Sustainable Plant Protein that’s the Complete Package
Looking for an innovative, sustainable way to add more protein to your baked goods and food products? Meet Lemnaceae, or water lentils. It’s commercially produced and sold as LENTEIN® by Parabel. Water Lentils are considered to be the world’s smallest flowering plant. The scientific name is Lemnaceae and it is not a legume. As [...]
A New Mediterranean Species of Cereal
There’s a new cereal in town, and it brings some interesting points to the table. It’s called Tritordeum, and it’s an inter-species cross between durum wheat (Triticum durum) and wild barley (Hordeum chilense). The result is: Great nutritional, agronomic and organoleptic properties A more sustainable cereal than wheat Highly-digestible gluten, due to lower amounts [...]
A Bread-baking Robot
The baking industry is looking for ways to incorporate the latest technology into favorite products, so customers can get familiar foods fresher, easier and simpler—the blend of tradition and innovation. So a bread-baking robot set up in the middle of store floors could check a lot of boxes for consumers and bakers. Have you [...]
A Heat Stable Frosting That’s Label Friendly
There are plenty of decorative icings/frostings on the market, but it’s hard to find one that can stand up to the heat. However, here is an emulsifying dietary fiber that creates a heat stable frosting or icing, while enabling the integration of healthy vegetable oils instead of hard fats, at the same time! CAVAMAX® W6 [...]
A Proof Tolerant Yeast to Control Your Dough
Have you thrown away or remixed doughs because they are spent or over proofed? What if we told you that is a thing of the past? Yeast is the key ingredient to dough development and fermentation. It’s also a process that needs to be precise. Let it work too long and doughs are ruined. But [...]
How to Get a Longer Shelf Life for Cakes, Naturally!
More clean label alternatives are coming out, which is great news for those of you looking to get ahead of the trend. What's the latest solution? A clean-label preservative specifically for cakes and sweet goods! It's SOR-Mate, which is: A fruit and plant extract that has high levels of naturally occurring sorbic acid A [...]
An Organic, Non-thermal Kill Step for Seeds, Grains and Nuts
If you work with organic seeds, grains and nuts, you know the problems that arise when it comes to food safety. Heat-based pasteurization can influence sensory attributes and germination. Chemical fumigation isn’t organic, and irradiation means a stigma on the label. Is there an organic, non-thermal way to treat them that won’t impact the [...]
Catch Foodborne Illness with a Scan at the Start
The dangers of foodborne illness in the food industry are real. One virus or bacteria can spark a recall, endanger customers, hurt your brand and cost you greatly. While proper hygiene and cleaning is important with every aspect of food production, it starts with employees. In fact, almost half of the time, the bacteria [...]
Could This Ingredient Make People Eat Bread Again?
Bakers now have an easier way into the growing market of low-FODMAP baking, with a natural way to lower fructan levels in bread products. Baked goods that promote gut well-being are becoming more and more popular. And while gluten-free foods may be getting most of the spotlight, low-FODMAP food is making a name for [...]