Future foods facility to fast-track new product development in WAMurdoch University is the first Western Australian university to partner with the state government in a new commercial food factory that will help food and beverage businesses develop value-added food products for local consumption and global export. The Sustainable Innovative Food Technologies (SIFT) Centre – the result of a WA Government partnership with Future Food…
Delivering a new oil-based extract encapsulation process for taste solutionsSydney-based natural ingredients manufacturer Baker & Co is drawing on UNSW's expertise in spray-drying and encapsulation to turn liquid taste ingredients into equally flavourful, but more adaptable and easily exportable powdered equivalents.
As good as the real thing? Premium dairy proteins, zero cow emissionsNew CRC industry partner All G Foods is teaming with UNSW scientists in an exciting four-year project that seeks to precisely mimic the nutritional and functional attributes of dairy proteins using no dairy-cow inputs.
Thought for Food: Lab Notes podcastIn this half-hour podcast, UNSW Professor and the CRC's Research & Commercialisation Director Cordelia Selomulya talks about sustainable, STEM-enabled food systems and the role research-industry collaboration can play in realising these.
State-of-the-art food metabolomics library launched in Western AustraliaA just-commenced CRC project involving Murdoch University's ANPC, WA DPIRD, global scientific equipment firm Bruker and SMEs across WA will develop unique chemical fingerprints to validate health claims, expanding markets for premium WA products.
Five ways going vegan could change your social life – not just your healthWith veganism a growing trend, researchers are documenting its positive impacts. Notably, finds Cambridge research associate Catherine Oliver, veganism allows people to feel good – not just in their health, but in having made planet-friendly choices aligned with their ethics.
Food for thought: are organic foods really pesticide-free?When you buy organic food, you don’t always get food free from pesticides, says UNSW expert Associate Professor Jayashree Arcot.
Vicky Solah: food science and human nutrition expertMurdoch University Associate Professor Vicky Solah brings 36 years of expertise in food science and human nutrition to the CRC. Right now she's profiling artichokes for CRC partner Mt Lindesay. Next, she'll begin upcycled fruit-and-veg product trials at the new WA Food Innovation Precinct.
New discoveries pave the way for an algal boomIt's clean, green, and nutritionally potent. Murdoch University researchers have found a number of uses for microalgae, from animal feed to beta-carotene supplements.
Market opportunities abound across ASEAN for Australian food products and ag-techAustrade’s latest export market updates indicate significant potential for Australian food and ag-tech exports across the ASEAN region – and even some bright spots in China.
UNSW spray dryer produces perfectly dry, 99.8% pure magnesium citrateIn an initial trial in the UNSW-EcoMag project, chemical engineers at UNSW were able to produce very high-purity Mg citrate using their state-of-the-art spray dryer. It's a first, successful step towards EcoMag's goal of scaling up to commercial production using the new process.
Sanitarium Health Food Company launches Weet-Bix for Little Kids EssentialsIconic Australian health food brand Sanitarium has developed a new breakfast cereal designed specifically for toddlers and preschoolers: Weet-Bix Little Kids Essentials is high in fibre and essential micronutrients, low in sugar and has no artificial flavours, colours, preservatives or added salt.
Federal government launches $1.38m food & beverage grants initiative and industry-led sector road mapThe federal government has opened grant applications to food and beverage manufacturers under its $1.3b Modern Manufacturing Initiative. But act fast: the application window closes at COB 27 April.
WA lupin genome breakthrough paves the way to superior plant-based proteinsScientists from Murdoch University and WA DPIRD have published an improved reference genome for narrow-leafed lupins, paving the way to new high-performance varieties of the protein-rich pulse legume.
How Hort Innovation is helping get kids to eat their greens – happilyAustralia's leading horticultural-industry body has launched an initiative to teach kids the connection between fresh, healthy foods and better moods.
Sanitarium and UNSW breaking new ground in plant-based product segmentsAustralia’s iconic health-food brand is working with UNSW food-technology experts to optimise the formulations and protocols for its dairy- and additive-free Barista milks so that they're creamier, foamier, silkier and 'stretchier'.
Sanitarium named Woolworths Supplier of the YearSanitarium Health Food Company, the name behind iconic Australian food products such as Weet-Bix, netted two major awards including the top gong at Woolworths’ Supplier of the Year 2020 awards in December.
Putting pulse-rich products on the tableInnovative Brisbane-based company Austgrains is working with pulse-crop experts at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and food scientists from universities across Australia to develop tasty pulse-based products with proven nutritional and prebiotic credentials. It is hoped the research will benefit consumers’ health as well as producers’ bottom lines. With demand growing in the west for…