Apr 16, 2019

Leading companies present their latest products, at IFFA – The No. 1 for the meat industry. The focus is on solutions for the safe, efficient and economic production of meat and meat foodstuffs. Suppliers of all sizes present a comprehensive spectrum of products for companies from big to small, from industrial meat-processing operations to individual butchers.

More than 1,000 companies from around 50 countries, including all market leaders, are set to present innovations and future-oriented trends for the entire processing chain of the meat industry at IFFA from 4 to 9 May 2019. IFFA is a must for manufacturers of machines and equipment for processing and packaging meat and meat products. The timing of the fair and the exhibitors’ innovation rhythm go hand in hand with many products being launched onto the world market at IFFA. Altogether, trade visitors to the fair come to Frankfurt from around 140 different countries. The overview of developments throughout the entire sector helps butchers and the meat-processing industry make their investment decisions for new technologies and reveals new concepts and strategies for the future of their own companies.

Meat-processing innovations

In Halls 8, 9 and, for the first time, Hall 12.0, suppliers of machines and equipment for slaughtering, dismembering and processing, including boiling, smoking, roasting and baking, present their latest products and developments. Visitors can look forward to an extensive range for meat-industry companies of all sizes. The companies making presentations in the slaughtering and dismembering segment include, for example, Bettcher, EFA, Freund, Frontmatec, Haarslev, Jarvis. JWE Baumann, Marel and Renner. The processing segment is represented by many international market leaders including companies such as Fessmann, GEA Food Solutions, Grasselli, Handtmann, JBT, Metalquimia, Poly-clip System, Provisur, Risco, Schröter, Seydelmann, TREIF, VEMAG and Weber.

Smart packaging and weighing technology

The continuing popularity of convenience and take-away articles is stimulating the demand for packaged meat and sausage products and, at IFFA, the exhibitors show a cross section of relevant packaging technology, from the packing line, via labelling and packing materials, to weighing, measuring and testing technology. The market leaders, including Bizerba, Espera, Flexopack, Ishida, Krehalon, Mettler Toledo, MULTIVAC, OSC Wipotec, Schur Flexibles, SEALPAC, ULMA, Variovac and VC999, present their latest products in Hall 11.

Important companies from the automation and IT segments, such as CSB System, igus, JUMO, Rittal, Scott Automation & Robotics and Winweb, also exhibit at IFFA.

The finishing touch: spices and sales

Exhibitors of spices, additives and casings for making meat foodstuffs have moved to the new Hall 12, which opened last year. Specifically, they will be presenting their spectrum of products in Hall 12.1. Among the companies ready to take part are, for example, Almi, Devro, Frutarom, Hydrosol, Meat Cracks, Moguntia, Naturin Viscofan, PCF Atlantis-Pak, Peter Gelhard, RAPS and Viskase.

In Hall 12.0, visitors will find the ‘Sales – everything for the butcher’s shop’ with, in addition to the stands of the German Butchers’ Association (Deutscher Fleischer-Verband – DFV) and the Central Cooperative of the German Butchers’ Trade (Zentralgenossenschaft des deutschen Fleischergewerbes – Zentrag), the complete spectrum revolving around sales and shop fitting. The companies making presentations will include Aichinger, BFM Ladenbau, Kramer, Ladenbau Hanke and Schrutka-Peukert.

An overview of all exhibitors, their location and products can be found in the online exhibitor search engine at www.iffa.com/exhibitors.

For further information and tickets, please go to www.iffa.com.

Tel Aviv, Israel, 3 April 2019 – Anlit, Ltd., launches a delicious, “feminine probiotics” chew targeting women’s health. Anlit will present the new supplement and other functional chews at VitaFoods Europe in Geneva on May 7-9, 2018, booth No. L81.

Feminine Probiotics contains a powerful blend of beneficial live probiotic bacteria and cranberry extract working in synergy to support genitourinary tract health. The supplement contains a blend of six different strains of live bacteria plus cranberry extract. This all-encompassing formula is delivered in a tasty vanilla-cranberry flavored chew that melts in the mouth.

“Anlit is constantly seeking innovative system delivery formats that consumers will love,” says Shai Karlinski, VP of sales and marketing for Anlit. “For Feminine Probiotics, we created a synergistic combination of natural ingredients that are beneficial for women’s personal health and packed it into a tasty chew.”

Anlit is well-known for its focus on children’s health, but in the recent years the company has recognized that adults do not want to compromise on flavor or swallow unpleasant tablets. “The big potential of the adult market led us to offer new ways to enjoy supplements at home and on-the-go,” explains Karlinski.

One of Anlit’s main challenges was to create a tasty supplement with high stability. The company developed an innovative technology called “LLP, Long-Life Probiotic” which enables the incorporation of live bacteria in fun flavorful chewy formats and at the same time ensures its high stability even under ambient conditions. For Feminine Probiotics, Anlit’s experts also had to assess the required level of the active cranberry ingredient and select a specific cranberry extract that contains the effective dosage of this ingredient.

“Another important parameter was the cranberry taste,” adds Karlinski. “While cranberry supplements have a bland or sour taste, we were uncompromising when it came to creating a flavorful chew that women would love.”

Feminine Probiotics contains six beneficial bacteria strains that support maintain a balanced pH level and prevent personal discomfort. The combination of these six strains with cranberry extract is the ideal formulations for a woman’s genitourinary health. The new product is vegetarian, GMO-free, nut-free, gluten-free, and certified kosher and halal.

Feminine Probiotics is a member of Anlit’s new line of chews for women’s health. The company also will present its high-DHA omega-3 supplement at VitaFoods this year. It is a single fish-shaped chew supplement with ingredients designed to specifically benefit women during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

Orange, NJ, 3 April 2019) – Lycored, an international wellness company at the forefront of the ingestible skincare market, announced today the publication of its newest paper in the peer-reviewed medical journal, Skin Pharmacology and Physiology (Skin Pharmacol Physiol). Within the paper, researchers confirm supplementation of LycodermTM, a carotenoid-rich tomato nutrient complex, allows for the proper nourishment of body and skin and also balances skin’s response to UV rays.

This new research supports increasing evidence that skin wellness can be enhanced at the cellular level. By oral supplementation of Lycoderm™, which blends standardized levels of tomato phytonutrients and carnosic acid (rosemary extract) inspired by the Mediterranean diet, skin cells are better able to cope with environmental challenges by appearing visibly less red and increasing skin’s resilience against UV. This research is significant as UV damage is identified as the primary preventable cause of skin aging, responsible for up to 90 percent of premature damage.

An important milestone in Lycored’s journey, this large, 149-person 2018 study is a continuation of Lycored’s award-winning 2016 study, which uncovered how the LycodermTM tomato nutrient complex nourishes our bodies and skin with carotenoids. This new study builds upon that discovery; with 12 weeks of supplementation, UV-exposed skin appeared calmer on both molecular and physiological levels. Internally, participants experienced reduced secretion of pro-inflammatory mediators and externally, that balance was reflected in reduced skin redness.

“This study supports the notion that true beauty starts from within,” says Dr.Karin Hermoni, Head of Science & Nutrition at Lycored. “All people should strive for a healthier relationship with the sun and be mindful of their exposure to UV. Complementing traditional topical skin care and sun care with proper nourishment of body and skin can help balance our skin’s response to environmental challenges and build a better foundation for beautiful skin and long-term skin wellness.”

The concept was tested in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter study, where a synergistic carotenoid-rich tomato nutrient complex (Lycoderm™) was analyzed to show whether it can protect from UV-induced erythema formation; assessed as an increase in the intensity of erythema formation (redness of the irradiated spot), and the upregulation of molecular markers associated with inflammation, and whether this correlates with carotenoid blood levels. One hundred forty-nine healthy volunteers were selected at random and placed two treatment groups, where they were subjected to a five-week wash-out phase, followed by a twelve-week supplementation phase. Subjects were exposed to controlled local UV radiation both at baseline and at the end of supplementation. Chromametry analysis to evaluate erythema intensity as well as biopsies collection to evaluate cytokine mRNA levels were performed following the UV exposure.

Results from this study revealed that Lycoderm™ helps boost skins resilience to UV-induced erythema formation, and helps reduce the local inflammatory process in the skin by attenuating mRNA levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNFα and IL-6.

Committed to #rethinkbeautiful, the current study is joining Lycored’s multi-layer program of pharmacokinetic, cell model, and human intervention trials and the educational initiative designed to spread the word on the role ingestible skincare plays in promoting beauty from within.

NZMP, the global dairy ingredients brand of Fonterra, has refreshed its market-leading risk and commercial solutions. During volatile and uncertain market conditions, these solutions help customers gain confidence through improved price and supply certainty.

Eric Morrison, Head of Risk & Commercial Solutions at NZMP says the refreshed solutions are designed to remove complexity and reduce supply risk for NZMP’s dairy ingredients which are sold in more than 130 countries and are at the heart of some of the world’s most famous food and nutrition brands.

“External and often difficult to predict factors such as weather events, supply chain disruptions, and geopolitical events can impact supply, demand and pricing. We wanted to provide our broad customer base with options to reduce complexity and take back some control. Over a number of years, and with plenty of customer feedback, we have developed a range of market-leading solutions. Each is intended to reduce the distraction and noise which volatile markets can bring, and that’s what we’re hearing. Our solutions are supporting many of our customers achieve their priorities and focus on what they do best.”

NZMP recently showcased its four hero Risk and Commercial solutions at Gulfood in Dubai and Food Ingredients China (FIC) in Shanghai receiving plenty of interest and positive feedback from the industry.

Mr.Morrison explains, “At these world-leading events we received a lot of interest in our refreshed NZMP solutions. The continued market volatility and uncertainty is driving a growing awareness of the potential benefits of price and supply risk management and we are excited to be able to provide options to our customers to help support their business operations and planning.”

Mr.Morrison says NZMP’s local sales teams work closely with customers to understand their objectives and how NZMP’s solutions can best support them “We also have a specialised Risk and Commercial Solutions team who are based out of Singapore, the Netherlands and New Zealand and who are available to discuss options with customers.

“A good example is a customer’s leading consumer brand in the repack milk powder segment, operating in the Middle East and Africa market. The repack market in general is price sensitive and significant increases in commodity prices can put pressure on margins and market share. They’ve also experienced challenging supply conditions on occasion due to adverse weather events in supply regions. Our NZMP PriceLock solution for a 12-month period allowed them to lock in their supply and eliminate volatility from their milk powder pricing,” he explains.

“Another customer is a well-established nutrition company in the South and East Asia region. They were seeking to secure supply for the next nine months while also protecting their margins in the event ingredient prices increased significantly. They chose our NZMP PriceCollar solution which allowed them to secure their ingredient supply with the pricing linked to a market index but constrained to an agreed range, providing the customer comfort that their ingredient pricing could only increase to a certain pre-agreed limit.”

Sant’Antonino, Switzerland, 3 April 2019 – Interroll received a large follow-up order from Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) for the delivery of five crossbelt sorters. The fully automated, high-performance sorting system will be installed in the existing system infrastructure of a Swiss reference customer.

The increasing demand in e-commerce is driving a steady increase in mail volumes around the world and presenting many postal companies with new challenges. This particularly applies to processing and sorting the rapidly increasing numbers of smaller parcels with different packaging, sizes and weights.

To flexibly and efficiently meet this challenge as a general contractor, Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) was called upon to deliver the latest conveyor and sorting technology, as well as software solutions for a mail center in the Zurich area.

“The new order is now building on the many years of successful collaboration between Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics and Interroll in Switzerland”, says Martin Resch, CEO of Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics AG in Switzerland.

“We are looking forward to continuing our contribution to the performance and flexibility of postal companies in the future, thanks to our reliable and flexible sorter solutions in collaboration with Siemens,” says Jörg Mandelatz, Managing Director at Interroll Fördertechnik GmbH.

For fully automated sorting processes in the market of courier, parcel and express postal service providers, Interroll offers horizontal and vertical sorters. With a curve radius that can be reduced to as little as 2.5 meters, Interroll’s range also includes particularly space-saving sorter solutions. The new infeed modules from Interroll, which offer a substantial potential increase in goods flow from automatic sorting systems thanks to optimal configurable infeed speeds, also stand out thanks to their low space requirements.

BENEO, one of the leading manufacturers in functional ingredients, participated in FIC 2019 in Shanghai to demonstrate how the industry can create innovative sportified food and drink products that are relevant and appealing to mainstream consumers.

Driven by growing national health awareness and the advancement of national fitness activities, China’s sports nutrition market continues to expand. In 2018, the overall size of China’s sports nutrition market amounted to 329 million US dollars. In the past five years, the compound annual growth rate of industrial retail sales reached up to 40%, a figure higher than that of the global and US market. Sports nutrition is expected to be a segment that will see high demand growth in the future. In addition to athletes and bodybuilders, consumers pursuing a high quality of life will also be the target group of sports nutrition.

Christian Philippsen, Managing Director at BENEO Asia Pacific, comments: “The particular challenge is that sportified products should be for everybody, not just for athletes. Our focus on sportified products for mainstream consumers has shone the light on the growth potential available to manufacturers who are prepared to be innovative. It is estimated that the Chinese market will have a scale of 859 million US dollars by 2023, making China the world’s fastest growing market for sports nutrition products.”

Active consumers want products that help them to look and feel good, manage their busy day and maintain a healthier weight. This means that blood sugar management, sustained energy and fat burning impact are of great importance to them. However, a lot of sports and fitness-related products in the market contain ‘fast carbohydrates’ such as maltodextrin, glucose syrup and sucrose, which release glucose into the bloodstream very quickly and generally suppress fat oxidation. While suitable for those in need of instant energy, high-glycaemic carbohydrates are not ideal for consumers looking for endurance in their training, for day-to-day sports activities, or for achieving balanced energy levels throughout the day.
www.BENEO.com

Givat Haim, Israel, April 1, 2019

Gat Foods launches Fruitlift, a real-fruit-based ingredient that can replace refined sugars in RTE cereals. The innovative formulation consists of natural fruity goodness, including fibers, and offers a wide range of fruits. The base can give a fruity flavor or can be easily blended into a cereal brand’s signature flavor.

Since the advent of the modern hectic lifestyle decades ago, breakfast cereals have presented both adults and children around the world with a convenient, fast, and tasty means of fueling up in the morning. Recently, however, RTE cereal has come under fire as a commodity that is perceived as overly high in sugar, artificial stabilizers, and other less-desired ingredients, and is increasingly being rebuffed by health-concerned consumers.
Food companies are aware that they can no longer “sugar coat” the fact that many cereals are heavily laden with refined sugars. This is especially pronounced regarding children — the key target market for this sector. While the industry is harnessing efforts to bridge the “sugar gap” and make cereals more nutritive, simple sugar reduction is a tall order that incurs costs and carries technological challenges.

“The cereals market has been stagnant for some time,” says Michal Katzir Emek, International Marketing Director for Gat Foods. “Refined sugars can make up anywhere from 15% to a whopping 40% of a typical box of cereals. We decided to face the challenge head-on and give manufacturers the option of offering consumers the next generation of cereals — cereals that are more nutritious, with cleaner labels, and infused with more natural ingredients, yet without sacrificing the organoleptic qualities. And, most importantly, attaining a delicate sweetness with zero refined sugar.”
“Consumers reluctant to give up the convenience of RTE breakfast cereals are voicing a desire to see more healthful attributes attached to these products to fit their busy lifestyles,” says Hila Bentman, International Brand Manager for Gat Foods. “There are numerous cereals on the market with a fruit coating, however they still contain relatively high amounts of refined sugar. Our fruit base is designed to permeate the entire expanded cereal as a complete substitute for the refined sugars that have historically been an inseparable part of RTE cereals.”

Fruitlift is composed of 90% fruit components in a liquid base that can be injected into any flour mixture in the extrusion line, or applied via the coating drum in the production of cereals. The fruit base delivers a mild sweetness, with or without a fruity flavor.

Gat Foods’ patent-pending technology overcomes the challenge of integrating a wet solution into a dry product, ensuring flavor and sweetness without losing any of a cereal’s crispy texture. Moreover, anti-caking agents are not necessary. Gat Foods applies a built-to-fit approach, allowing the fruit base to be customized to fit any type of manufacturing or extrusion procedure. The right solution can also be formulated to fit any type of flour mixture.

Fruitlift offers food companies a wide choice of fruits to choose from, including apple, banana, mango, citrus fruits, and pineapple. In addition, sweetness levels can be adjusted to anywhere from just a hint of sweetness up to a more full robust flavor, in line with the desires of the client. (Gat Foods recommends adding the fruit base at 15% volume to endow a pleasantly mild sweetness.) The base already has undergone a successful round of initial trials in a UK extrusion pilot lab.

www.fruitliftsolution.com

29 มีนาคม 2562 – นายสุเทพ สุวรรณรัตน์ นายกสมาคมผู้เลี้ยงไก่ไข่ภาคใต้ เปิดเผยว่า ราคาไข่ไก่คละหน้าฟาร์มเกษตรกรจากการสำรวจทั่วประเทศในปัจจุบันพบว่า ราคาปรับเพิ่มขึ้นมาอยู่ที่ 2.50 บาทต่อฟอง หลังจากเกษตรกรแบกรับภาวะขาดทุนมานานกว่า 1 ปี เป็นผลมาจากความร่วมมือของทุกภาคส่วน ทั้งภาครัฐ เอกชน ผู้ประกอบการรายใหญ่ รายกลาง และรายย่อย ที่ขานรับมาตรการแก้ปัญหาราคาไข่ไก่ของกรมปศุสัตว์ กระทรวงเกษตรและสหกรณ์ ตั้งแต่ผู้ประกอบการภาคเอกชนผู้นำเข้าปู่ย่าพันธุ์ (GP) และพ่อแม่พันธุ์ไก่ไข่ (PS) รวม 16 บริษัท ที่ร่วมกันลด GP ให้เหลือ 3,800 ตัว และลด PS ให้เหลือ 460,000 ตัว พร้อมทั้งเร่งรวบรวมไข่ไก่สดส่งออกไปจำหน่ายต่างประเทศมากกว่า 138 ล้านฟอง ควบคู่กับการลดจำนวนแม่ไก่ไข่ยืนกรง 4,000,000ตัว

“ราคาไข่ไก่เริ่มปรับเพิ่มขึ้น เกิดจากจำนวนแม่ไก่ยืนกรงและพ่อแม่พันธุ์ไก่ไข่ลดลง ขณะเดียวกันปริมาณไข่ไก่ส่วนเกินจากการบริโภคก็ถูกผลักดันออกไปจำหน่ายในตลาดต่างประเทศ ทำให้ราคาไข่มีเสถียรภาพมากขึ้น และมีแนวโน้มจะปรับสูงขึ้นได้อีก หากทุกคนยังให้ความร่วมมือกับมาตรการของภาครัฐ แม้ว่าราคาจะไม่สูงถึงขนาดที่เกษตรกรจะมีกำไรมากมาย แต่ก็ถือว่าใกล้เคียงกับต้นทุนการผลิต ทำให้เกษตรกรพอมีรายได้ในการทำอาชีพนี้ได้ต่อไป การปรับตัวของราคาเช่นนี้เกษตรกรพึงพอใจและขอขอบคุณทุกฝ่ายที่เกี่ยวข้องที่ได้ร่วมกันเดินหน้าแก้ปัญหา และสร้างความยั่งยืนให้กับอุตสาหกรรมไก่ไข่ของไทย” นายสุเทพ กล่าว

นายสุเทพ กล่าวอีกว่า อยากขอความร่วมมือจากทุกส่วนให้มองผลประโยชน์ของส่วนรวม และร่วมมือกันบริหารจัดการตั้งแต่ต้นน้ำคือ การจัดการปริมาณพ่อแม่พันธุ์ไก่ไข่ PS ให้เหมาะสม โดยส่วนตัวมองว่าบริษัทผู้ประกอบการที่นำเข้าพ่อแม่พันธุ์ไก่ไข่ PS ควรหันมาเลี้ยงปู่ย่าพันธุ์ GP เอง เพื่อสร้างเสถียรภาพให้อุตสาหกรรมไก่ไข่ของประเทศ รวมถึงต้องควบคุมอายุการปลดของแม่พันธุ์ ไม่ให้ยืดอายุออกไปอย่างไม่มีการควบคุม สำหรับด้านกลางน้ำ ผู้เลี้ยงไก่ไข่ควรเลี้ยงไก่ให้สอดคล้องกับตลาดของตนเอง และไม่ควรยืดอายุการปลดไก่ยืนกรงออกซึ่งจะทำให้วงจรการผลิตผิดเพี้ยน ส่วนปลายน้ำคือ ผู้บริโภค ที่ต้องมีทัศนคติที่ถูกต้องเกี่ยวกับไข่ซึ่งเป็นอาหารที่ปรุงง่าย เมนูหลากหลาย สะดวก มีประโยชน์ และเป็นแหล่งโปรตีนคุณภาพดี ราคาถูก สามารถบริโภคได้ทุกคน ทุกวัย และทุกวัน ดังที่มีผลวิจัยเผยแพร่กันมากมายจากทั้งในประเทศและต่างประเทศ