29-30 Jan, 2015 - Yangon, MYANMAR
Inya Lake Hotel
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Clean label products are increasingly finding popularity among consumers. Tate & Lyle (T&L) has launched its Claria functional 'cleanlabel' starch.
The new product line has qualities such as shear, heat and acid tolerance even under extreme conditions like ultra-high temperatures and homogenisation. With high thickening efficiency and texture consistency, Claria can be used in soups, sauces, dressings, prepared meals and yogurt.
Claria's neutral flavour and colour is very much comparable to modified starches.
A recent global survey by DSM has revealed that consumers are increasingly demanding dairy products made of simple and familiar cleanlabel ingredients or more natural ingredients. The survey concluded that consumers are demanding authentic food products with clean and lean labels.
There is an increasing number of consumers that are looking for additive-free foods and beverages. A clean label on the product is key in the purchasing decision making for consumers.
4th Starch World on 29-30 January, 2015 in Yangon has lined up a session on - Clean Label - Back to the Stone Age or the Standard of the Future? by Michael Gusko, Managing Director, GoodMills Group.
Contact Ms. Hafizah at hafizah@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9218 for more details.
16 Jan, 2015
Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has signed an MOU with the National Innovation Agency of Thailand to begin a demonstration project in Thailand, whereby it will use locally available cassava residue (generated from starch extraction) to produce ethanol.
The project is expected to extend through 2016. Initially the project will be a pilot with an annual production capacity of 80 kiloliters (21,133 gallons).
However, NEDO confirms that the plant has capacity to process 1,000 tons of cassava pulp per year. The plant will convert highly-concentrated and viscous unrefined starch residue of cassava pulp (sourced from Thailand's largest cassava starch manufacturing plant) into ethanol.
This demo project is aimed at utilizing the vast amount of cassava residue that is discarded in Thailand - the largest cassava starch exporter in the world.
The demo project will generate data that will be assessed and examined through Feb. 2016. The analyzed data is expected to provide useful guidance for companies to utilize the cassava pulp for commercial purposes.
NEDO is hopeful that the annual 1.9 million tons of cassava residue produced in Thailand can be converted into 620,000 kiloliters of ethanol per year.
Mr. Seiji Sawa, Project Coordinator at NEDO along with Dr. Yutaka Mitani, General Manager (Frontier Laboratories of Value Creation) at Sapporo Breweries Ltd. will be sharing an 'Update on the NEDO / Eiamburapa Co., Ltd Cassava pulp to bioethanol project' at CMT's 4th Starch World 2015 on 29-30 January, 2015 in Yangon.
Contact Ms. Hafizah at hafizah@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9218 for more details.
09 Dec, 2014
Du Pont Industrial Biosciences research has stated that the same enzyme technology (used for maize and wheat) can be used for cassava root starch producing sweeteners such as glucose, fructose and maltose.
Cassava production is slated to reach 275 million tons by 2020. In fact it can reach up to 300 million tons if there is a higher yield per hectare; thus the enzyme technology can be widely used.
Producers are already using enzymes on cassava starch to produce sweeteners, especially in countries like Thailand and Indonesia. Plus, its usage is expanding into China and other southeast Asian and African countries as well.
The research also concludes that yields could be even higher if starch is extracted from the cassava stems (which is up to 30% of starch in cassava). It can be used not only for food products but also as feedstock for ethanol production.
On 29-30 January, 2015 in Yangon, invited authorities in this field speaking at 4th Starch World 2015 will share more on cassava's potential as a major starch sweetener.
Contact Ms. Hafizah at hafizah@cmtsp.com.sg or call +65 6346 9218.
21 Nov, 2014
