Can computational fluid dynamics improve the food processing industry?
Tetra Pak have been using computational fluid dynamics within the food sector for over 15 years, but to most CFD is a term usually reserved for the automotive and aerospace...
Focus:
-
![]()
Fear the fall: the armyworm that threatens food growers everywhere
The fall armyworm has been ravaging South America for years. Now the pest has arrived in southern Africa and in only two years has wrought devastation across the subcontinent. Elliot...
-
![]()
The City of Toronto is helping support new food processing SMEs
Setting up a new food processing business is tough, and many get bogged down by complicated procedure and significant start-up costs. Could the City of Toronto have found the answer?...
-
![]()
Mars-ready potatoes could help fight famine on Earth
Researchers at the University of Engineering and Technology in Peru believe they’ve proven that potato crops could be grown on the surface of Mars. Elliot Gardner looks into this research...
-
![]()
Kidulthood: the twenty-somethings using whimsical food to escape from life’s problems
The 'kidult' trend is rapidly expanding within the food sector. At IFE 2017 Dr Morgaine Gaye discussed the generation using fun and whimsy to escape from the terrors of today....
-
![]()
Unlocking a genome: how quinoa could change the world for the better
A team at King Abdullah University in Saudi Arabia have produced the first high-quality gene sequence for quinoa. But is the focus of the west’s latest diet fad truly the...
-
![]()
Will artificial intelligence revolutionise the food manufacturing industry?
With the Davos 2017 World Economic Forum again raising the issue of the impact of artificial intelligence in the workplace, Elliot Gardner looks at the ways in which the technology...
-
![]()
Inside Food: Issue 18
In the latest issue of Inside Food magazine we take a look at robotic technology, cross contamination in vacuum packaging, the impact of Brexit on the UK food landscape and...
-
![]()
Safe grains: preventing the spread of mycotoxins
Grain processors from across the world continue to redouble their efforts to ensure safe food and animal feed. Matthias Graeber discusses how advanced separation and optical sorting solutions can be...
-
![]()
Out of date: the role of shelf life markings in food waste
The European Union appears to being moving away from the use of ‘best before’ and ‘use by’ dates on food products to prevent unnecessary food waste. Eloise McLennan takes a...
