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June 26th 2023 The role of additives in starch-based edible coatings. Edible films and coating are the effective method for preserving fresh food products. A current review focuses on the effects of additives on the physicochemical and bioactive properties of … Continue reading →

June 07th 2023 Native wheat starch Lory® Starch Saphir pure optimises coating stability. The clean-label, wheat-derived, native adhesion starch from food ingredients specialist Loryma stands out from other such products on the market because it is not modified and does … Continue reading →

May 11th 2023 AGRANA expands production capacity for technical starches and invests € 23 million at Gmünd site. This year, the fruit, starch and sugar group AGRANA is starting with the construction of an additional drum drying plant at the … Continue reading →

March 23rd 2023 Tapioca starch sweetener gets GRAS status from the FDA. Resistant dextrin derived from tapioca starch — which is a sweetener called FiberSmart made by Anderson Advanced Ingredients — received generally recognized as safe status from the FDA. … Continue reading →

March 16th 2023 Potato starch and Martian soil make ‘cosmic concrete’ for extra-terrestrial structures – just add astronaut tears. Simulated Martian soil, potato starch and salt have been combined into a new concrete-like material that could one day be used … Continue reading →

March 06th 2023 UA researchers patent water-soluble plastic material based on potato starch. It does not pollute the seas and is suitable for use as packaging. The University of Alicante Waste, Energy, Environment and Nanotechnology (REMAN) research group (in Spain) … Continue reading →

March 06th 2023 This starchy bioplastic could make soggy paper straws a thing of the past. These new bioplastic straws made using potato starch and lignin are strong in water but still biodegrade. In the fight against pollution, several regions … Continue reading →

February 20th 2023 Tate & Lyle’s facility in the Netherlands helps deliver progress on sustainability. Tate & Lyle PLC (Tate & Lyle), a world leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, is working to deliver on its environmental … Continue reading →

January 27th 2023 Scientists have produced a system that produces protein from starch using AI. Scientists have created an AI system, called ProGen, that generates artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as … Continue reading →

January 16th 2023 Chinese researchers find new way to synthesize starch, proteins from corn stalk. Chinese researchers recently developed a method of high efficiency for synthesizing artificial starch and microbial proteins from corn stalk. This method can cut the production … Continue reading →