The City of Lancaster Approves 2.8 Million Square Foot High-Tech Sustainable Glass Farm

Website Link (Article by City of Lancaster) The City of Lancaster is excited to announce that Bluehouse Greenhouse, Inc. (BHGH) is coming to the City to build a 62-acre greenhouse production facility that uses leading-edge technology to sustainably grow fruits and vegetables. “The BHGH facility will use an advanced closed loop sustainable ecosystem design to create the

Bovine and ovine meat co-products valorisation opportunities: A systematic literature review

Website Link (Journal by Shirsath et. al. 2021) Highlights Meat co-products can be a valuable source of biomass. They can be used to produce food, feed, fibre, fuel and fertilizer. They also have many high value applications, e.g. bio-medical and oleo-chemical. Valorisation will require changes to industry operational and business practices. The industry can address

What does the future hold for advanced recycling?

Website Link (Article by Hannah Cole) A recent report from RaboResearch suggests that the advanced recycling industry continues to expand, with a high volume of collaborations and projects being announced in 2021, and new players emerging in regions including East Asia. However, criticisms of advanced recycling are also mounting, impacting the outlook of some of the

How Kingdom Supercultures is Using AI to Create a New Generation of Novel Ingredients

Website Link (Article by Michael Wolf) Last week, Kingdom Supercultures, a company that assembles new novel combinations of naturally-occurring microbes into a new class of ingredients called supercultures, announced a $25 million funding round. The new funding round comes after a $3.5 million round the company raised in 2020. Unlike many computational biology startups that have

Consumers demand more choice and innovation in low and no alcohol drinks

Website Link (Article by Rachel Arthur) Despite the growth of the low and no alcohol category, only a third of consumers say they are satisfied with current products on the market, according to a new survey. So what can be done to improve them? Research carried out by flavour and fragrance company Givaudan across 6,000

‘Potatoes with purpose’: First carbon neutral spud produced for UK market

Website Link (Article by Flora Southey) Grown using sustainable farming practices and packaged in plastic-free bags, the carbon neutral spuds will be the first of many products to tackle the food industry’s ‘huge impact’ on climate change, hopes Puffin Produce CEO Huw Thomas. Grown by Puffin Produce in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Root Zero potatoes have achieved

Stability and stabilization of omega-3 oils: A review

Website Link (Article by Wang et. al. 2021) Highlights Traditional technologies provide significant stabilization approaches to omega-3 oils Blending, randomization and enzyme-catalyzed conversion have been used to produce omega-3 phenolipids Omega-3 phenolic antioxidant produced from structural modifications can be promoted as nutraceuticals Emulsion and encapsulation, especially those involving micro/nano-technologies should be promoted to protect omega-3

The five post-pandemic consumer trends that are impacting the bakery space

Website Link (Article by Gill Hyslop) COVID-10 has changed the way the world works and in particular, brought forth a seismic change in consumer habits and preferences. This, says Puratos, has implications for all players in the bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors. Drawing on insights from the company’s Taste Tomorrow platform – which monitors advanced

Japanese knotweed may lower cancer risk of processed meat, find researchers

Website Link (Article by Flora Southey) Replacing carcinogenic compound nitrite in processed meat with an extract taken from Japanese knotweed could reduce cancer risk, according to an EU co-funded research project. Whether eating red meat, and in particular processed meat, is associated with cancer risk is a hotly debated topic. Some argue that meat and

How Indoor Farming Reduces Food Waste

Website Link (Article by Ashlen Wilder) When The Spoon last wrote about Crop One in 2018, the company had just announced that they were building the largest indoor hydroponic farm in the world. The farm, based in Dubai, is set to be 300,000 square feet, three stories high, and capable of producing up to 6,000 pounds of food a