On 23 August 2018, Brenntag with support from its European Suppliers, Breko and Asiros, held a Seminar on the health benefits of phytonutrients. Phytonutrients are natural compounds produced by plants that could provide significant benefits to humans. The speakers highlighted phytonutrients from premium grape and olive extracts, organic plant proteins and grass powders, berries and mito actives, emphasizing its individual and unique functionalities. Attendees showed much interest in trying the prototypes of Drinking yogurts and RTD beverages containing phytonutrients prepared by Brenntag Service Application centre.
For more information – please contact Brenntag Ingredients (Thailand)
สภาส่งเสริมการค้าและการส่งออกไต้หวัน (The Taiwan External Trade Development Council – TAITRA) สมาคมการค้าไทย-ไต้หวัน (Thai-Taiwan Business Association) กรมการค้าต่างประเทศ กระทรวงเศรษฐกิจไต้หวัน (Bureau of Foreign Trade – MOEA) และสำนักงานเศรษฐกิจและวัฒนธรรมไทเปในประเทศไทย (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand – TECO) ร่วมมือกับสำนักงานการค้าและเศรษฐกิจไทย (Thailand Trade and Economic Office) กระทรวงพาณิชย์ สำนักงานคณะกรรมการส่งเสริมการลงทุน (Board of Investment – BOI) และสำนักงานส่งเสริมการจัดการประชุมและนิทรรศการ (Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau – TCEB) ร่วมเปิดงาน Taiwan Expo 2018 ครั้งแรกในประเทศไทยภายใต้แนวคิด “Let’s Tie Together” จัดแสดงนวัตกรรมและเทคโนโลยีชั้นนำควบคู่ไปกับการแลกเปลี่ยนศิลปะและวัฒนธรรมเพื่อส่งเสริมความร่วมมือด้านการค้าระหว่างไทยและไต้หวัน
Strengthened Organization Will Focus on R&D Project Pipeline Growth
in Ingredient and Process Development
Brabrand, DENMARK, August 29, 2018
DuPont Nutrition & Health today announced it is expanding its R&D team by creating a “clean label hub” at the Brabrand facility. Intending to boost its project pipeline in healthy nutrition and clean label texturant offerings, six new employees will join the existing team to focus on both ingredient and process development.
The hub will feature experts with backgrounds in clean label and sustainability – two fields that often work together and serve related purposes. Working closely with existing project teams, the hub will bring products to market quickly and help grow the existing project pipeline.
“Clean label is about creating foods and beverages with ingredients that consumers recognize, feel good about putting into their bodies, and that respect the Earth and its resources,” said Gerard Lynch, R&D Leader, Systems & Texturants, Emulsifiers & Sweeteners. “Our ingredients are already used in many applications that consumers consider clean label, but there are tremendous opportunities to innovate – creating ingredients that are even more sustainable, using a larger part of the natural raw materials, while providing health benefits to consumers. Committing to this innovation is critical for our ongoing success and growth.”
With the ability to utilize the broadest capabilities in terms of natural raw materials access, processing, across fruits, vegetables, seaweeds and nutritional science, DuPont Nutrition & Health has huge potential to develop functional ingredients that meet consumer expectations.
The hub will help customers continue to navigate clean label trends in a proactive and sustainable way. DuPont Nutrition & Health is seeking creative scientists and engineers to identify ways to convert sustainable and natural raw materials into clean label solutions that meet consumer demands for simplicity and authenticity, all without compromising taste, texture and nutritional qualities.
Planned to be in place by early 2019, the clean label texturants team will have the opportunity to tackle exciting projects to provide texture and stability for multiple food applications.
“We are excited to launch this hub and put additional team members into place that will help us advance our innovation strategy to support our customers,” said Mikkel Thrane, Global Sustainability Lead, DuPont Nutrition & Health. “This hub will enable us to continue integrating sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into our work, and the investment we are making will help us develop healthier, more nutritious and sustainable ingredients for our food supply.”
To learn more about DuPont Nutrition & Health, visit www.food.dupont.com.
Switzerland, August 2018 – SIG is the first in the industry to produce all its packs using 100% renewable energy – electricity and gas – at production sites worldwide. By effectively eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from production, this represents a major milestone on SIG’s journey to go Way Beyond Good by contributing more to society and the environment than it takes out.
SIG has met its 2020 goal to source 100% renewable energy and Gold Standard CO2 offset for all non-renewable energy at production plants two years early. The company made the switch to 100% renewable electricity in 2017 and is now sourcing renewable alternatives for the remaining energy used in production that comes from natural gas.
SIG is purchasing biogas certificates that are certified to the recognised GoldPower® standard to offset 100% of the natural gas used at its production sites as of 1 January 2018.
Arnold Schuhwerk, SIG’s Global Category Manager for energy procurement, said: “We achieved a big milestone last year by securing 100% renewable electricity for production. Sourcing renewable alternatives for gas was even more challenging because the market for renewable biogas is not yet well established.”
With no viable option to source renewable biogas directly, SIG is sourcing it indirectly instead by supporting projects to construct and operate waste-to-energy systems in China, Thailand and Turkey that capture gas generated at landfill sites and use it to produce renewable energy.
Landfill gas from decomposing waste includes large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Preventing this gas from escaping into the atmosphere helps to avoid harmful climate impacts.
The projects are certified to the GoldPower® standard which verifies that they will not only deliver measurable greenhouse gas emissions reductions, but also create benefits for local communities, such as air or water quality improvements or job opportunities.
“We are supporting projects that capture harmful greenhouse gases from landfill and convert these into energy,” said Schuhwerk. “We chose the projects because they are certified to a recognised standard to make sure they have a positive social impact as well as supporting environmental savings.”
All other remaining greenhouse gas emissions from production sites, such as small amounts released in the printing process, are also being offset to completely eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from production.
The switch to renewable gas will save an estimated 28,600 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions per year. This will make an important contribution towards SIG’s science-based targets to cut Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 – and by 60% by 2040 – from the 2016 base-year.
By reducing the climate impact of SIG’s solutions, this latest step to go Way Beyond Good will also help customers cut the lifecycle impacts of their products and meet their own sustainability goals.
France, August 2018 – As consumer interest in protein continues to grow, their new expectations in terms of sustainability, transparency, animal welfare and the like, are transforming the market and urging food, beverage and nutrition manufacturers to continuously innovate. To support them, Epi Ingredients is now launching its first ever protein concentrate, EPIPROT 60 UL.
“As a major food producer, we have a responsibility to contribute to people’s quality of life through our products. This is why we are fully committed to assist our customers by supplying sustainable, high-quality ingredients designed to tackle their current challenges as well as to meet consumers ever evolving requirements”, explains Mathieu Lucot, Marketing Manager at Epi Ingredients.
This innovative native ingredient fits into the company’s new protein range, EPIPROT, which also includes caseinates and acid caseins and will soon feature additional offerings of milk protein concentrates and isolates. EPIPROT 60 UL is a milk protein concentrate containing 60% total native protein. It is produced directly from fresh milk using a unique ultra-low heat process which allows for minimal denaturation and optimal functional & nutritional properties. It also preserves the 80/20 casein/native whey protein ratio unadulterated.
EPIPROT Dairy proteins are considered high-quality proteins as they provide adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids as well as excellent digestibility and bioavailability, allowing the body to perform its countless functions flawlessly. “And Epi Ingredients takes it a step further with full control over the entire value chain from field to fork as well as the implementation of its very comprehensive CSR initiative, Passion du Lait®; ultimately allowing us to offer the highest quality, most natural and safest ingredients possible”, adds Mathieu Lucot. This commitment to quality and sustainability goes a long way in today’s landscape, especially as consumer demand for familiar ingredients and recognizable protein sources is rising, per Katy Askew, editor at FoodNavigator.com. The article also suggests that milk protein remains the most popular source of protein, according to a new consumer survey.
In this context, native protein EPIPROT 60 UL is the ideal solution for product developers seeking a highly functional quality protein source with outstanding nutritional properties. Not only does the ingredient offer superior gelling, emulsifying and water retention capabilities, but it also features the unique ability to provide enhanced creaminess and a rich mouthfeel in low-fat, high-protein applications. EPIPROT 60 UL also presents a superior nutritional profile high in native calcium and low-lactose. This new ingredient is easy to use and can be incorporated into a wide range of applications such as cheese, yogurt, quark, beverages, nutritional products and more!
“At Epi Ingredients, we take our mission to drive innovation very seriously and the best way for us to feature what our ingredients can do is to develop finish product concepts with them”, explains Mathieu Lucot. After the massive success of SoFlexi, first concept of the SoUnik range, last year, the company has decided to repeat the experience and will soon be launching a new concept using EPIPROT 60 UL. It will be available to sample at the company’s upcoming trade show appearances: Gulfood Manufacturing and HIE. Stay tune for the big announcement in September!
