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February 19th 2021 Tate & Lyle completes acquisition of tapioca business in Thailand. Tate & Lyle has completed the acquisition of an 85% shareholding in Chaodee Modified Starch, a tapioca modified food starch manufacturer located in Thailand. The signing of … Continue reading →

February 04th 2021 Gigantic Tummers washing line for Danish potato starch producer. The results of a Tummers starch production line at a Danish starch factory are right to be called astonishing! Between September and December last year, this process line … Continue reading →

February 01st 2021 Cargill is expanding its portfolio of label-friendly SimPure starches, adding tapioca starches to its existing lines of corn- and potato-sourced starches. The new tapioca starches enable brands to create process-tolerant textures, while appealing to consumer preferences for … Continue reading →

January 20th 2021 cph Deutschland Chemie, has developed a new labeling adhesive based on wastewater potato starch. cph Deutschland Chemie, in partnership with Novidon, has developed Regain, a new labeling adhesive based on wastewater potato starch ideal for the food, … Continue reading →

January 18th 2021 Modified starch ‘ink’ developed for 3D printing: ‘They’re simple, cheap and easy to implement on an industrial scale’. ‘Ink’ used to make foods and novel materials by additive manufacturing have been developed by food engineers from modified … Continue reading →

December 31st 2020

December 10th 2020 Rising food consumption drives Cargill’s expansion of cold-water swelling starch production in Indonesia. Expansion will double production capacity to better serve food manufacturers, particularly in the convenience and foodservice categories. Food manufacturers across the world today are … Continue reading →

December 09th 2020 S.Africa’s Tongaat sells starch business to Barloworld unit for $353 million. South Africa’s Tongaat Hulett said on Wednesday it had sold its starch business to a subsidiary of Barloworld for 5.260 billion rand ($353 million) based on … Continue reading →

Novermber 25th 2020 Cargill invests US $100 million in facility in Pandaan, Indonesia. Investment in new corn wet mill and starch dryer increases production of starches and sweeteners to meet growing demand in food, industrial and feed markets across region. … Continue reading →

December 07th 2020 Dry heating treatment: A potential tool to improve the wheat starch properties for 3D food printing application. Brazilian and French scientists working out of the University of São Paulo and the Atlantic National College of Veterinary Medicine, … Continue reading →