This Practical Action technical brief is a good quick introduction to small scale juice production. It discusses the type of juice product (pure, nectars, squashes & cordials) and sketches the process of moving from hand squeezing, through kitchen type equipment to small scale plant. It also has a good list of possible suppliers [...]
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 Following on the previous entry that identified the valuable compounds normally left in juice wastes, this article on Food Navigator.com reports on work done by researchers from Cameroon and Belgium. While citrus is probably the most used source of pectin, this research indicates the potential of tailoring pectin properties through control of the [...] Today I had to fill in a form to allow some blood to be drawn for blood tests. The form was first of all designed in A4 and then printed onto A5. Being a busy form on A4 it was almost impossible on A5 epecially without 20/20 eyesight, which many of their clients are – [...] Food Safety is of course a critical issue which we will be looking at often. As a start I am providing a link to a review of web resources in Food Safety published by Food Science Central. This will really provide a strong background of what’s going on. [...] Whats that?
Looks like its a Rolls – but it can’t be, they never breakdown!
or maybe is a marketing gimick! [...] Scientists in Taiwan have persued the potential of the bright crimsom colour of hibiscus and developed a feeze dried, stabilised product that shows promise. In this time of a growing demand (although from a small part of the world’s population) for natural food ingredients, could this develop into a market for West Africa’s experience in [...] This interesting article from Food Science Central discusses the fact that many of the components of fruit that are looked for in higher value and healthy fruit juices are actually removed in the juice making process and end up in the waste. Examples are antioxidants that are concentrated in the skin and fibre and [...] The co-operative was “changing projects into business enterprises, make more profits so people can get more money and change there living”. This was, this morning as I was watching Ulimo, a magazine for emerging farmers in South Africa. The statement was by Sandile Adam the Project Leader of the Uitenhage & Dispatch Development Initiative. This [...] The once common tree butchery of Maputaland have all but vanished for non technical reasons. I plan to investigate it a bit and see if there is a basis for new business. I would appreciate any feedback or ideas from anyone interested. At the time that I was working on palm wine preservation in [...] |
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