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Hot Dog Cannons and Bomb Scares

I guess this article, originally in Slashfood.com, could be filed under new packaging, warehousing and distribution or just fast food.

American Football team the Phillies wanted to do something other than throwing t-shirt and other memorabilia to the crowds of fans at their matches.

They came up with a hot dog canon which allows them [...]

African Food Processors – Local Competitive Advantage?

I have often heard the sensible sounding goal of “adding value to local resources” as a base for enterprise development. However, some of my own experiences with small enterprise and the recent story below from Uganda seem to contradict this.

 

from: New Vision (click image for full story online)

 

The first product [...]

Shaka Pasteurisation Technology – Evaluation

In a previous post I described the Shaka Technology based on the company’s literature.

A recent post in Food Production Daily confirms the benefits of the technology.

 

from: Food Production Daily (click image for full story online)

 

An October report by The French national food conservation research centre (CTCPA) stated that the [...]

A New Fad in Diets?

We had the low carbohydrate, the low protein and the low calorie diet and the pineapple and drinking man’s diet and many others. Now we have the low Carbon (Footprint) Diet which considers the well being of the world rather than the individual.

 

from: Wikipedia (click image for full story online)

 

Wikipedia [...]

Oil Extraction – Detailed Information

Returning to the GATE system I blogged about previously (http://www.digivu.co.za/2008/05/solar-dryer-detailed-design-link/) this manual on edible oil extraction is outstanding.

The manual focusses on three case studies of the small scale expelling of sunflower, shea and palm oil, It also presents general in depth information on the world market, oil science, descriptions of all oilseed and plants, [...]

Nanotechnology in the Food Industry

This short and broad review with many references may be a starting point in understanding the technology.

 

from: Food Science Central (click image for full story online)

 

The review briefly describes several applications applications in Food processing, Packaging, Nutraceutical delivery and Safety & sensing.

I identifies the issues around safety that [...]