Recent research has shown that the colors of plateware, glassware, cups, packaging, and even of the ambient and its lighting are able to influence consumers' preferences, expectations, and perceptions of taste, aroma, texture, and liking of food and beverages. A Brazilian study contributes t...

  Plastic packaging used for dairy products challenges researchers and producers. Therefore, polylactic acid (PLA) was analysed by German Researchers as a sustainable packaging material for plain stirred yoghurt. The results were published in the International Dairy Journal. PLA and polystyre...

  The experience of the global pandemic and the ongoing threat of future outbreaks has raised levels of consumer anxiety while accelerating a more proactive and holistic approach to health. Immune health has been a key area of consumer concern and seems set to continue as an important priority...

  Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/2202 of 9 December 2021 amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for acequinocyl, Bacillus subtilis strain IAB/BS03, emamectin, flutolanil and imaza...

  B&R's compact new PLC family makes room in the control cabinet   B&R introduces a new PLC family: X20 Embedded. The PLCs combine high performance and numerous integrated interfaces in a housing only 55 mm wide. That makes them only half the width of comparable devices.  ...

  NORD DRIVESYSTEMS has developed a powerful combination for use in mixing and agitation processes: The MAXXDRIVE® industrial gear units with the new SAFOMI-IEC adapter is specifically developed for mixers to improve operational reliability and reduce the need for the replacement of wearing pa...

  The land of taste When you speak about taste, especially for good food and wine, it is inevitable to think of Piedmont (Italy), a land of wines and spirits, with unique characteristics and ancient traditions, like those of Perlino, a company based in Asti, that produces a wide range of pres...

  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1465 of 6 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition of allusions to legal names of spirit drinks or geographical indications for spirit drinks and their use in the descrip...