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Food Business Gulf & ME | www.foodbusinessgulf.com2 37 Managing Editor Matt Matthews Associate Editors Jessie MeghaJorgeMary Matt Graphic Designer Aleena Susan John Contributors Neville J. Chandler P.K. ShakeebJamesKolakadan Registered Office Matt Media International Ltd. 12 Gateway Mews, London N11 2UT, www.foodbusinessgulf.cominfo@foodbusinessgulf.comUK US Office Matt Media (USA) LLC 1713 E. Morgan Court Gilbert, Arizona 85295 Middle East Office Al Saad Advertising & Publishing LLC P.O. Box 25694, Sharjah, UAE Tel: +971 656 Foodgulfag@emirates.net.ae39494BusinessGulf&Middle East is designed to serve the fast growing Food, Fresh Produce, Ingredients, Bakery, Hotel, Hypermarkets, Restaurants & Catering industries in the Gulf and Middle East region by providing the expert information to our readers in our four comprehensive issues in a year. It is circulated throughout Middle East region and worldwide in addition to the extra distribution at various food, catering & hotel events, fresh and perishable shows. The magazine provides editorial coverage on a wide range of topics which are of interest to industry professionals. Printed & published by Matt Media© Intl. Ltd. (U.K.) 2022 24CONTENTS Cover Photo Courtesy: Hydrosol GmbH & Co.KG 3226 48424027 Research continues to uncover the health benefits of ALA 33 Brave new world: A blueprint for a more resilient food system 41 Bühler launches Sortex H SpectraVision 46 Tanmiah Food company and Tyson Foods sign strategic partnership
Food Business Gulf & ME | www.foodbusinessgulf.com4 NEWS July-September 2022 AMERICANA RESTAURANTS ENTERS FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH PEET’S COFFEE Americana Restaurants, the leading F&B platform and one of the largest multi-brand restaurant operators in the Middle East & North Africa (“MENA”) region, has announced an exclusive master franchise agreement (the “Master Franchise Agreement”) with Peet’s Coffee (“Peet’s”), the U.S. subsidiary of JDE Peet’s (EURONEXT: JDEP), the world’s leading pure-play coffee and tea company by revenue. The agreement will see Americana Restaurants launch the Peet’s brand in its Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”) markets, providing a powerful new opportunity for both partners to tap into the region’s booming coffee market. The collaboration Enhanced user convenience, climate friendliness, weight and material reductions are the key to success for future closure systems. BERICAP is exhibiting solutions that already satisfy those requirements at Drinktec (booth 375 in hall C5). The world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry opens its doors in Munich from is built to cater to rising demand for premium coffee experiences across Americana Restaurants’ regional markets. Peet’s is one of the leading coffee brands in the U.S., responsible for introducing premium coffee to North America in 1966, with more than 370 coffee bar locations across the U.S. and China. Peet’s dedication to crafting the perfect cup of coffee is steeped in every step of their process, from partnering with more than 59,000 small coffee farms around the globe to roasting by hand. Peet’s sources coffee beans from the world’s best growing regions in a way that honors farmers, respects the environment, and recognizes the role of communities.Theexclusive Master Franchise Agreement is designed to leverage Americana Restaurants’ deep understanding of the MENA consumer ecosystem, coupled with Peet’s coffee expertise, to provide customers with superior experiences.EricLauterbach, President of Peet’s, commented: “We are excited to have Americana Restaurants as our trusted operating partner in our quest to bring better coffee to more coffee lovers in the fast-growing GCC markets.”Americana Restaurants will launch Peet’s first Middle East store in the UAE in Q4 2022.
BERICAP PRESENTS SUSTAINABLE AND USER-FRIENDLY CLOSURES AT DRINKTEC 2022 12 to 16 September 2022, providing a platform to showcase the latest trends and innovations. BERICAP committed long ago to ‘ECOnvenience’, i.e. eco-friendly convenience, and customisation. It particularly focuses on userfriendly and resource-conserving closure systems such as tethered caps for all relevant neck finishes and sport closures, all of which are customisable to customer requirements.ThisyearBERICAP is presenting a fully comprehensive range of closures for the beverage industry to Drinktec visitors. It was completed in 2021 by aluminium roll-on closures when MALA Verschluss-Systeme GmbH of Bad Liebenstein, Thuringia, became part of the BERICAP Group, uniting plastic and aluminium closures under one roof. Today BERICAP has a uniquely comprehensive range of closures, enabling it to cater to individual customer requirements and preferences with even greater precision and efficiency. BERICAP also offers numerous individual decoration and design solutions for all of its closures to improve shelf visibility or communicate marketing activities. They are available on a mass-produced basis or in small production batches for promotions and other special projects.
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Baker & Baker has signed an exclusive agreement with La Marquise International as its food service distributor for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Maartje Hendrickx, Market Development Manager at GNT, said: “With health and environmental concerns becoming increasingly important to shoppers, global demand for organic food and drink is on the rise. EXBERRY® Organics are clean-label color concentrates that enable brands to create products that are both organic and visually appealing. With the launch of our new powders, it’s now possible to use EXBERRY® Organics to achieve vibrant shades in almost any food and beverage application.”
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BAKER & BAKER SIGNS DEAL WITH UAE DISTRIBUTOR
GNT has expanded its selection of EXBERRY® Organics Coloring Foods with a new range of powder products for dry applications. Based on the concept of coloring food with food, EXBERRY® Organics are created from edible fruit, vegetables, and plants using traditional physical processing methods. They are certified organic in accordance with EU regulations and qualify for clean and clear label declarations. The new EXBERRY® Organics powders include yellow, red, pink, purple, and blue shades and have been specifically developed to deliver optimal performance in dry applications such as instant beverages, seasonings, and cake mixes.They are available in addition to the existing EXBERRY® Organics liquid-based range, which features yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, and green options. EXBERRY® liquids typically provide the ideal solution for applications including beverages, confectionery, and dairy.
Ryan Perera, International Sales Director at Baker & Baker, commented: “We’re excited to share our range of fresh bakery products with consumers in the UAE, and we believe La Marquise International is the perfect partner for us, given their track record with similar food manufacturers. “This agreement represents the latest stage of our international growth plans, which have delivered aggressive growth during the first six months of 2022. We already possess strong growth and product recognition throughout Europe, and there is significant untapped potential for premium bakery products within key Middle East markets.”
Baker & Baker announced its entry into the Middle East with the opening of an office in Dubai and the recruitment of a dedicated sales team last year, and this partnership marks a first step in building a customer base in the country. Baker & Baker also supplies products to Saudi Arabia and Israel in the Middle East region via its distributor network.
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La Marquise International is an established food service distributor across the HORECA category, and supports a broad range of food and beverage brands and manufacturers throughout the region. La Marquise International carries a complementary range of products, and the agreement with Baker & Baker will further strengthen their offering in the country.Initially, Baker & Baker will be launching its American Sweet Bakery range including donuts and muffins from its core portfolio into the UAE, with further product lines expected to be introduced in due course.Following the appointment of its UAE distributor, Baker & Baker will focus on leveraging its relationship with global QSR chains in the EU to supply into their outlets in the UAE.Baker & Baker will also be exploring potential retail distribution partners for the UAE market, as well as targeting further Middle East market expansion during the next 18 months via specific retail and food service distributors in those territories.
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AZELIS EXPANDS FOOD & NUTRITION PRESENCE IN NEW ZEALAND
Jens Helmer Larsen, Director KMC Asia Pacific, comments: “We are delighted to expand our business relationship with Azelis, building upon our successful partnership in India. As sustainability is essential to our business, we are very much aligned with Azelis’ goal of developing healthier solutions that incorporate plant-based ingredients for the Asia Pacific region. With Azelis’ market knowledge, strong sales capabilities and dedication to sustainability, we are confident that together we can look forward to continued growth in New Zealand’s food & nutrition industry.”
Kimberly Chung, Azelis Asia Pacific Business Development Director, adds: “This distribution extension is a testament to KMC’s belief in our ability to further develop their business and create new opportunities through our deep knowledge of the food industry, and the innovative solutions we can provide thanks to our technical and formulation expertise. KMC’s comprehensive range of highquality, sustainably-farmed, potatobased ingredients attractively complement both our portfolio of products and our core values of providing sustainable ingredients to our partners.”
Azelis, a leading innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, is pleased to announce the extension of its partnership with KMC, a specialist in providing potato-based ingredients. Effective August 1st, 2022, this mandate strengthens Azelis’ lateral value chain in New Zealand with the addition of KMC’s portfolio of potato starches and proteins, broadening its comprehensive food & nutrition offering and building on an existing partnership in India. KMC is a cooperative owned by Danish starch-potato farmers that grows, develops and produces potato-based ingredients. Their innovative product portfolio is used in a wide variety of applications, from plant-based alternatives, nutrition & protein fortification, dairy alternatives, to bakery and sugar confectionery. This partnership allows Azelis to offer further solutions and formulations that are sustainable and plant-derived, meeting current market trends and consumer demands.
Food Business Gulf & ME | www.foodbusinessgulf.com8 NEWS July-September 2022 UAE-BASED FOODLINK LUXURY CATERING FORAYS INTO EUROPE
The installation of an Ishida multihead weigher at Roldrob SA, one of Poland’s leading poultry processors, has enabled the company to greatly increase production throughput and efficiency, reduce giveaway and improve the quality of the finished product. the F&B industry. The catering company had raised USD 8 million in its latest funding round, which was used for further expansions across the UAE. Foodlink launched in the UAE with the opening of China Bistro in Al Karama in April 2019 and further expanded with cloud kitchen Art of Dum in January 2021. Currently, Foodlink has been operating 5 outlets of China Bistro, 4 gourmet delivery kitchens of Art of Dum, and 2 outlets of India Bistro across the UAE.Inrecent times, Europe is gaining prominence in the destination weddings market and has become a preferred choice, especially amongst Indians from UK and USA to conduct luxury weddings. To capitalize on such new opportunities and expand its global network, Foodlink has strategically established its head office in UAE. With more than two decades of culinary expertise, Foodlink Luxury Catering will offer the European market an exemplary range of authentic and exotic delicacies from India in addition to specially-curated global cuisine. The company also collaborates with Michelin Star Chefs and Food design & Impact companies from across the world to provide specially curated and personalized culinary spreads in Europe. The Ishida 14-headmultiheadRV-214W-1S-30-WPCCW-weigher,amodelswith 3 litre hoppers, at Roldrob’s plant in MazowieckiTomaszówishandling a range of fresh, chilled and frozen products, including breaded items such as chicken nuggets. The weigher has replaced a manual weighing process and, as the company’s production manager Sławomir confirmed,Kołodziejektheresulthas been“Althoughemphatic.we had a very committed and competent team, manual weighing is extremely difficult and time-consuming, and the probability of weighing errors is very high,” he explained. “Such inconsistencies mean increased costs and lower productivity. “By comparison, the capabilities of the Ishida weigher, with its enormous capacity and impressive weight consistency, areTheunrivalled.”weigher is currently handling a variety of pack sizes from 120 grams to 10 kilograms, delivering consistent accuracy across all sizes. The most common pack size are 400g tray which are filled at up to 35 trays perEquallyminute.important, automation has further improved the overall quality and consistency of the packaging and reduced the amount of waste generated, as there is no manual interference during the packing process. This also ensures that Roldrob’s high standards of hygiene are not compromised in any way to ensure the quality of the finished product.
Roasted Pumpkin Gratinated with Almond Butter & Eggplant ‘Caviar’ Foodlink Luxury Catering, one of the leading luxury catering companies, and the flagship division of Sanjay Vazirani’s Foodlink F&B Holdings India Pvt. Ltd., announced the expansion of its operations in Milan to cater to the booming destination wedding industry of the European region. Considering the growing restaurant market and business potential of the F&B industry in the European region, Foodlink Luxury Catering also plans to open restaurants in this geography. With this, Foodlink Luxury Catering aims to strengthen its global positioning in
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BIDFOOD OMAN AS AN EXCLUSIVE FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTOR
A PET complete bottling line at leading water company Mai Dubai LLC has been hailed as the fastest single line in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Sidel’s Super Combi solution, adapted to optimise space and increase efficiency, is helping the UAE-based company deliver high-quality water and take another step towards becoming the region’s number one water brand. Sidel has provided what Mai Dubai’s Director of Operations Mohamad Usman called the “perfect fit.” Water makes up nearly oneBidfood Middle East, a leading multi-channel foodservice provider of international Food and Beverage brands and part of the Bidcorp Group, has secured a sole distributorship agreement to supply Nestlé’s S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna water products to the foodservice channel in Oman. This new distribution agreement builds upon a long-standing partnership between Nestlé Waters and Bidfood Middle East – which dates to 2004. The agreement (DEWA). Mai Dubai represents Dubai, a global brand which stands for high quality, high standards and an impressive consumer experience. Aside from the UAE market, the company has also been supplying its products internationally and since 2015, it has supplied Emirates Airlines. Mai Dubai recently benefitted from Sidel’s expertise with the installation of a new complete packaging line. The line fills 86,000 bottles per hour (bph) in three different formats (200ml, 330ml and 500ml). But speed was just one consideration when it came to selecting Sidel. third of soft drinks sales in the UAE and sales are forecast to grow by 436m litres, more than any other category, by 2026. In addition, buying habits in the UAE are changing, with consumers becoming more concerned about shopping responsibly and demanding climate-friendly packaging and larger pack sizes in response to spending more time at home with family during theMaipandemic.Dubaiwas established in 2012 and is one of the leading bottled water companies in the UAE. It is fully owned by Dubai Electricity and Water Authority will enable both companies to further grow their distribution and partnership with the premium operators in the foodservice sector.
Andrea Jacomelli, Area Manager MEA, added: “Sanpellegrino Group over the past decades has experienced an incredible success in the Middle East, delighting its consumers with Acqua Panna, S.Pellegrino waters and the Italian sparkling drinks. A decisive contributor to this accomplishment has been the long-term partnership between Sanpellegrino and Bidfood Middle East. Expanding the geographical scope to Oman will enable Bidfood Oman to leverage its expertise and help us bring our amazing brands to the Sultanate of Oman with its Hospitality sector in focus.”
Commenting on the success, Mr. Hisham Al Jamil, Bidfood Middle East CEO said, “We are proud of the long-term relationship we have developed with Nestle Waters, and extremely delighted to further expand our services for Nestlé’s S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna products to Oman, following the success of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Both brands have earned a strong reputation worldwide as fine dining waters and are widely appreciated by the leading figures of the culinary scene in the region. Equipped with a vast sales force and a solid distribution network, Bidfood Oman will offer S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna unparalleled market penetration and further increase its presence in the region.
SIDEL PROVES “THE PERFECT FIT” FOR MAI DUBAI INSTALLING THE FASTEST WATER LINE IN MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND ASIA
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www.foodbusinessgulf.com | Food Business Gulf & ME 11 NEWS July-September 2022 NEXONSTAR AND SNOWBELL AGREE TO USE WAVY, AI TECHNOLOGY IN UAE RESTAURANTS
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NexonStar and Snowbell Restaurant Management Co. celebrated a momentous occasion as they both signed an agreement to start using NexonStar’s new Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology program, WAVY, throughout all of Snowbell’s in AI technology will now be used in some of the UAE’s most prominent restaurants to enhance the level of efficiency for operations and business management. WAVY is a new form of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for franchise and individual owner restaurants that aims to improve productivity and profits based on the analysis of an AI engine that collects data from all parts of a restaurants ﻥﻣ CLASS VEGETABLES operation. The two companies have signed an agreement to start implementing the WAVY program in the UAE, to continue sharing their expertise together for better optimization of the WAVY program, and to cooperate in enhancing the overall efficiency of Snowbell’s management of their various restaurants that include Peppermill, Sugar Factory, and Ming’s Chamber. The signing ceremony was attended Nexonstar’s CEO, Mr. Deok Won Lee, who was accompanied by Mr. Daniel Kim, UAE Branch Manager. For Snowbell, CEO Mr. Deepak Bhatia was in attendance, accompanied by Mr. Nazeer Ellath Parambil, Director of Snowbell; Mr. Sunil Kolukulangara, Legal Head Advisor; Dr. Badruddin Ahammad, Helpline Group MD; and Mr. Nizar Ahmed, Helpline Director. Artificial Intelligence is the theory and development of computer programs that are able to do tasks and solve problems that usually require human intelligence. Through AI, WAVY collects and analyzes data through an interactive platform for restaurant owners and managers to ensure that they are operating at the highest level possible, from regular day-to-day activities such as staffing, scheduling, cost effective maneuvers and procedures, to even the most acute details such as finding and using the freshest ingredients in the market due to WAVY’s stock and sourcing system.
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LORYMA INGREDIENTS HALAL CERTIFIED
NUTRITIONAL GROWTH SOLUTIONS’ HEALTHY HEIGHTS® ENTERS SOUTH KOREA
According to the European Institute of Halal Certification (EHZ), all Loryma ingredients comply with their Halal standard, with the corresponding confirmation issued after an audit. These include, for example, the wheat texturates (Lory ® Tex), the binding components of the Lory ® Bind range, various coatings and breadings, starch mixtures, stabilising systems and Lory ® Protein. These products are used as texturisers for plant-based meat alternatives and to optimise a wide range of applications. Loryma initiated the certification process as a result of increased demand for such products. The Halal certificate confirms that the functional blends do not contain any substances forbidden under Islamic law. Latest analysis by the Imarc Group puts the global market for halal products at close to two billion US dollars in 2021, and forecasts average annual growth of more than eleven per cent over the period 2022-2027. “The halal certificate has been in high demand from customers from Muslim countries and is of great importance. We are therefore pleased that our products meet the requirements,” says Henrik Hetzer, Managing Director of Loryma. Nutritional Growth Solutions, Ltd, global provider of clinically studied pediatric nutritional solutions, announces the launch of its Healthy Heights ® products in South Korea through cross-border ecommerce following a supply agreement with South Korea’s largest online retailer, Coupang Co., Ltd.
KidzProtein products are offered in a whey-based formula and in a vegan format designed to meet the nutritional needs of children with dairy allergies and lactose intolerances, or for families vying for a more plant-based lifestyle. The vegan product is powered by pea and fava bean proteins.TheNGS Healthy Heights portfolio was rolled out on Coupang’s online channel in July.
More recently, NGS introduced the KidzProtein line in order to broaden the scope of its holistic nutritional solutions to nurture growing children. These quick-fix, nutrient-dense products contain protein isolates, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals in a powdered fruit and veggie blend. They were formulated as a means to fill the nutrition gaps in children caused by an unbalanced and often incomplete diet, largely the result of picky eating.
The non-exclusive agreement will see NGS’ versatile portfolio of Healthy Heights products stocked through the popular online retailer, including the recently launched KidzProtein and KidzProtein Vegan lines all designed to address the complex spectrum of children's nutritional needs. Coupang currently engages 18 million active customers and collected an annual revenue exceeding USD 18 billion in 2021. The NGS product line includes its flagship Healthy Heights Grow Daily 3+. With a base of whey protein and select minerals, this scientifically formulated and clinically tested nutritional shake is designed to help kids reach their maximum height. Grow Daily has been specifically tailored to support the unique growth and developmental needs of very young children ages 3 to 9.
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FUTTAIM PARTNERSHIP Fine Solutions, the away-fromhome division of Fine Hygienic Holding (FHH) – a leading wellness group and manufacturer of hygienic paper products and germ protection solutions, has once again been recognized for its industry-leading practices, products and services that provide businesses with a clean and hygienic environment, through a prestigious award for its partnership with the mall, communities, retail GEA has developed the new PRE2FUEL process for the pretreatment of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) that no longer requires bleaching. This eliminates the need to purchase, handle and dispose of bleaching earth and avoids oil losses in the spent material. Overall, the new process saves up to more than 50 percent of OPEX for HVO pretreatment. In addition, savings of 12 percent in CO 2 emissions can be achieved.Extensive tests provided clear results for the success of GEA PRE2FUEL compared to the conventional degumming and bleaching process. Analyses of the residual phosphorus and metal contents of all different feedstocks –from (used) cooking oil to animal fats of cat. and leisure pioneer Majid Al Futtaim.The‘Best Supplier-End User Partnership’ award was given at the fourth edition of the Middle East Cleaning, Hygiene and Facilities Awards (MECHF 2022) for work which ensured heightened consumer safety and community protection across all properties and businesses in MAF’s UAE portfolio including 16 shopping malls, 11 cinemas and 4 entertainment parks including Ski Dubai and Magic Planet.James Michael Lafferty, FHH’s CEO, said: “We are proud to receive recognition for the efforts made at Fine as we help businesses across a broad range of sectors to adapt to the new era. By offering complete solutions, we are helping our partners protect their customers and thus the wider community while also reducing running costs and improving sustainability factors. GEA PROCESS FOR HVO
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Fabio Campanile, Global Head of Science & Technology Taste & Wellbeing, said, “We are thrilled to be able to offer this key ingredient to the market, giving our customers the peace of mind that comes from a sustainable product with a consistent and reliable supply. BioNootkatone will allow our customers to focus on what matters: creating delightful and refreshing citrus flavour experiences for their consumers with a clean label.”
“Partnering with Brenntag’s global presence is a natural next step in our growth journey,” comments Fahad Al-Azzaz, CEO of Al-Azzaz Holding, owner of Al- Azzaz Chemicals. “We look forward to joining our experience and specialty expertise with Brenntag to deliver a better and tailored service to our customers.”Al-AzzazChemicals Company, established in 1984, is a distributor of specialty chemicals in Saudi Arabia. The company’s key markets are the Food and the Pharmaceutical industries, Plastics and Material Science additives and Petrochemicals.
Chief Executive Officer of Manus Bio, Dr. Ajikumar Parayil added, “Climate effects and agricultural diseases such as citrus greening have established a clear need for natural and sustainable citrus ingredients that are not reliant on agricultural citrus extracts. The launch of BioNootkatone is a major achievement in our successful, long-standing collaboration with Givaudan.”
BRENNTAG GREATLY EXPANDS ITS FOOTPRINT IN THE SPECIALTIES CHEMICALS DISTRIBUTION MARKET IN SAUDI ARABIA
Givaudan, a global leader in taste and wellbeing, and Manus Bio, a leading biomanufacturer of natural products, announced the launch of BioNootkatone, a breakthrough ingredient that answers market demand for sustainable, natural, clean-label citrus flavour without the cost and supply volatility of traditional citrus extracts. In addition to these benefits, BioNootkatone offers a refreshing, natural citrus taste that can be used in a variety of food and BioNootkatonebeverages.isthe result of Givaudan’s analytical, flavour, and processing expertise combined with the successful application of Manus Bio’s BioAssemblyLineTM Cell Factory engineering platform. BioNootkatone uses a non-GMO sugar source as the starting material and is made without using any citrus ingredients. It is the most cost-effective and sustainable natural nootkatone available on the market.
Anthony Gerace, Managing Director Mergers & Acquisitions at Brenntag Group, highlights the strategic opportunities of the deal: “This joint venture greatly expands our specialties chemical distribution footprint in the most important economic hubs in Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Khobar Dammam. We look forward to bringing Brenntag’s global footprint and expertise to customers in the region.
GIVAUDAN AND MANUS BIO LAUNCH BIONOOTKATONE, A SUSTAINABLE, CLEAN-LABEL CITRUS INGREDIENT WITH A WINNING TASTE PROFILE
Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, announces the partnership with the Al-Azzaz Chemicals Company via a 75/25 joint venture. While Brenntag has been active in Saudi Arabia, this joint venture greatly expands the company’s presence and footprint with one of the largest speciality chemicals distributors on the Arabian Peninsula.HenriNejade, Member of the Management Board of Brenntag Group and COO Brenntag Specialties: “Saudi Arabia is by far the largest market in the Middle East and a key market for Brenntag with a very attractive specialties chemical distribution market size and favorable geographic position in the region. Therefore, I am excited to partner with Al-Azzaz Chemicals. This joint venture will further strengthen our position in the entire Middle East region.”
PANASONIC INTRODUCES SMART TOUCHLESS WATER DISPENSER IN THE REGION
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As of July 1st JBT, a global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food and beverage industry, announced it has acquired Alcofood-machines GmbH & Co. KG (alco), a leading provider of further food processing solutions and production lines. “alco has been a family business for generations, and has over time built an excellent reputation in the market for providing innovative and leading further processing technology solutions. They are a great addition to JBT, and I’m convinced we are stronger together,” said Anders Lassing, President, Protein EMEA. “The acquisition of alco Panasonic, the leader in providing innovative technologies for everyday convenience and wellbeing, launched its smart water dispenser SDM-WD3531 in the region. With unique features that ensure hygiene, purity of drinking water, and convenient use, the bottom load water dispenser comes with touchless hot and cold water dispensation. complements and expands our product offering in further processing, in particular, expanding our offering in convenience meal lines as well as alternative and plant-based protein technology,” said Bob Petrie, EVP and President, Protein. “Bringing our companies and technologies together supports our vision to be the preferred solutions partner for our customers, backed by unparalleled application expertise and best-in-class local service support. alco also further strengthens our presence and capabilities in the important German market,” added Petrie. alco was founded in Bad Iburg, Germany in 1977 based on the idea from Heinz and Gertrud Algra to make the best machines in the industry, which today, produce everything from noodle sauces, and pizza to convenience and snack foods.
JBT GROWS STRONGER TOGETHER WITH ALCO
“JBT has always been viewed as a leader in food processing, and its approach to preserving the alco brand and continuing the family legacy of technology and service was of the utmost importance in finding the right partner to acquire the business,” said Isabelle Kleine-Ausberg, former shareholder of alco. “We are excited about the possibilities in the next phase of growth for alco,” added Thomas KleineAusberg, Managing Director.
A far cry from the water dispensers of old, the sleek, modern fully stainless steel finish cabinet complements contemporary spaces and comes with an anti-fingerprint premium finish. The SDM-WD3531 boasts smart features, including a digital control panel that displays time and temperature and offers visibility in the dark with the night light option. It also comes with a child lock and a lack of water reminder.ThePanasonic Water Dispenser offers ultimate convenience with cold, hot, and room-temperature water available immediately with just one touch with the three-in-one spout. Besides, the dispenser allows a temperature setting option to avoid too-hot or too-cold water dispensation.“Thetouchless dispensing system promotes hygiene, making the Water Dispenser ideal for big families and offices, helping eliminate crosscontamination from hands-on contact. As with all our products, the SDM-WD3531 too is designed to make everyday life more convenient for our customers. It has loads of features that make it ideal for families in the region who depend heavily on bottled drinking water,” said Mr. Takashi Sasaki, Director – Consumer Marketing Division, PMMAF. “By providing innovative drinking water solutions, we want to help our customers forgo reliance on disposable bottled water and do our bit to reduce plastic waste,” he added.
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Food Business Gulf & ME | www.foodbusinessgulf.com18 NEWS July-September 2022 THE FIRST EDITION OF THE ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL FOOD EXHIBITION (ADIFE) WILL LAUNCH IN DECEMBER 2022
Syntegon is launching the Distribution Continuous Slide (DCS), a new highly flexible discharge station for round cookies, crackers and biscuits. The modular discharge system consists of one or more stations arranged one behind the other. These are equipped with belt slides for
optimumloss.breakagereducingstressmechanicalminimizinggentleparticularlyhandling,andthusproductandProvidingpack style flexibility, the legscookiesDCSSyntegondistributesontobeltforpacking them flat or onedge into pile, slug or tray packs. Furthermore, the system’s guardfree design provides operators with unrestricted process visibility, safe accessibility and easy cleaning. Cookies, biscuits and crackers are taken from the cooling conveyor and are continuously distributed to the leg belts. They are neither pushed nor dropped but slide over the belts and are thereby protected from any mechanical stress. This reduces product loss significantly and leads to efficiency gains, especially when handling particularly sensitive products.Thehigher the speed of the belt slide, the more cookies are transfered to downstream leg belts by the DCS. On the individual legs, a further belt slide, arranges the straight product stream into an S-shape. This arrangement ensures the cookies’ and crackers’ are evenly dstributed across the entire width of the belt, preventing them from wedging or overlapping. A homogeneous product stream is created, ensuring a constant feed to the packaging machine.
NEW DISCHARGE STATION DCS FROM SYNTEGON ENSURES EFFICIENT AND GENTLE HANDLING OF COOKIES AND CRACKERS
Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), the first edition of the Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition (ADIFE) is scheduled to be launched on 6 to 8 December 2022 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.TheExhibition is organised by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) and is expected to witness wide-scale local and international participation by major companies specialising in the food, beverage and hospitality sectors, in addition to many experts, specialists, and decision-makers in this vital industries. His Excellency Saeed Al Bahri Al Ameri, Director-General of ADAFSA, said: “The launch of the first edition of the Abu Dhabi International Food Exhibition reflects the growing importance of this sector on local and international levels, and it will provide a real opportunity for major global companies to showcase the latest technologies in the food manufacturing and production, as well as exploring investment opportunities that should help consolidate food security and ensure the better future of coming generations. It will serve as a platform to network with important buyers in a supportive and encouraging business atmosphere that drives partnerships and sales.”
FUNCTIONAL GUMMIES
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TOPGUM GAINS ORGANIC CERTIFICATION FOR ITS CLEAN, SUGAR-FREE
TopGum Industries Ltd., a leading producer of functional gummies; announces its new designation as a USDA-certified organic manufacturer of gummies. Following a strict audit of its facility and production systems by an authorized international Organic Certifier, the new seal confirms the company’s commitment to sourcing, processing, and manufacturing certified organic, non-GMO products that conform to the rigid standards established by the USDA’s National Organic Program.“Receiving formal organic certification entails a lengthy and complex process and marks an important milestone for us,” explains Doron Delouya, VP of Product at TopGum. “Globally, consumers are becoming increasingly attuned to the wellness qualities, the source of the ingredients and the environmental footprint of the foods and supplements they consume. At Top Gum, through constant, cutting-edge innovation, we have developed a unique formula that enables dietary supplement brands to deliver functional gummies that meet all organic standards, yet— most importantly—still have strong flavor appeal and great organoleptic attributes.”
THE PORTUGUESE MEAT PROJECT IN DUBAI
During the 8th and 9th of June, the Portuguese Meat project team, was in Dubai to meet with potential businessPromotedpartners.bythe National Federation of Associations of Autochthonous Breeds (FERA), the Portuguese Meat project aims to achieve international recognition and increase exports of meat from autochthonous Portuguese breeds of bovine (breeds Arouquesa, Barrosã, Cachena, Marinhoa, Maronesa, Mertolenga, Minhota and Mirandesa breeds), goat (Serrana breed), sheep (Churra Galega Mirandesa breed) and pork (Bísara breed), promoting the demand for products of recognised quality.ThePortuguese Meat project focuses mainly on producer groups of the North region, extending equally to the Center and Alentejo and aims to promote the quality and safety of meat and Portuguese meat-based from animals that are fed on natural pastures, from rural areas, raised in extensive regimes and without production stress, which provides unique characteristics and flavor to the meat. This deserves special attention, since it makes our meat, healthy, with an extraordinary tenderness and succulence. In this prospection visit, the project team, represented by the groups of producers of the Barrosã (Cooperativa Agro Rural de Boticas - CAPOLIB) and Mirandesa (Cooperativa Agro-Pecuária Mirandesa, CRL) bovine breeds, met with several leading companies in the agri-food sector, to present the project and collect information on business opportunities and partnerships with the aim of boosting the increase in exports of meat of excellence from the indigenous Portuguese breeds. Dubai presents itself as a very attractive market, with a strong strategic potential for the internationalisation of the meat of excellence of Portuguese indigenous breeds and is therefore expected to obtain very positive and promising results. The Portuguese Meat project is co-financed by COMPETE 2020, PORTUGAL 2020 and the European Union, through the System of Incentives for Qualification and Internationalization - SMEs - Joint Projects, involving a total investment of 614,705.88 euros, co-financed in 55.25% of the eligible expenses by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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WORLD FOOD SYSTEM,’ SAY ATTENDEES
The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) Conference 2022, which will be held in the Middle East for the first time in October, offers an important opportunity to reshape global food systems, according to organisers and attendees. The conference will take place at a time when the UN General Assembly has warned of rising hunger and malnutrition in the world, with factors including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and international conflicts resulting in nearly a billion people going hungry in 2021. As the world’s largest network of wholesale markets, WUWM represents the industry’s most significant suppliers of fresh food. Attendees at the conference are set to include leading fresh food producers, wholesale markets, RECAPP, the UAE’s first freeof-charge door-to-door recycling service developed by Veolia and Coca-Cola Middle East renew partnership with the common goal to close the loop on various retailers, fresh food logistics companies, air and maritime freight providers as well as local, national and regional government representatives and policymakers and food systems experts. With the theme, “Global food security in the XXIs: Risks, challenges and solutions to ensure resilient and sustainable fresh food supply chains”, WUWM Abu Dhabi 2022 will bring together key stakeholders to discuss the mechanisms required to secure global food supplies. It will review pathways to ensure the transition of food systems into sustainability, opportunities to reduce food loss, increase resilience of the fresh food supply chain and promote innovation and digital tools to ensure long term foodThesecurity.eventis being hosted by AD Ports Group, the leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, which is playing a central role in building infrastructure and encouraging new market entrants in support of food security. In February 2022, AD Ports Group announced the launch of the ‘Regional Food Hub –Abu Dhabi’ in partnership with Ghassan Aboud Group and in collaboration with Rungis. The hub will cover a total land area of 3.3 million sqm and feature market areas, complementary activity zones, industrial cold storage, logistics, waste management and water treatment amenities.WUWM Abu Dhabi 2022 will take place on 19-20 October 2022 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. packaging waste materials through an innovative recyclable collection scheme that enables segregation at source and diversion away from landfills. This collaboration follows Coca-Cola supporting the launch of RECAPP, a recycling service developed by Veolia, the global benchmark company for ecological transformation, as a pilot in 2021 as Circle Coalition partners. To mark the renewed partnership, recycling bins have also been deployed at the CocaCola Middle East offices in Dubai to encourage the recycling reflex at the workplace. Plastic and aluminium waste collection is a new step for RECAPP that aims to collect more recyclable waste generated into business areas and Coca-Cola Middle East is the first company to pave the way in thisThearea.celebration of this partnership marked an important milestone in the RECAPP journey to celebrate 27,000 downloads of the app and the collection of 280 tonnes of recyclables since its launch in November 2020.
MAJOR ABU DHABI CONFERENCE OFFERS ‘OPPORTUNITY TO RESHAPE
RECAPP AND COCA-COLA MIDDLE EAST RENEW PARTNERSHIP, A COLLABORATIVE JOURNEY TO DIVERT PACKAGING WASTE FROM LANDFILLS IN THE UAE
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THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE NEXT EDITION OF FRUIT ATTRACTION 2022 Fruit Attraction, the International Fruit and Vegetable Trade Fair, confirms that its next edition, organised by IFEMA MADRID and FEPEX, will be held from 4th to 6th October. With more than two months to go, 85% of the contracted space is already confirmed. All in all, the forecasts for 2022 are optimistic, with participation figures similar to those of 2019, with 90,000 professionals and around 1,800 companies. For both organisers of the event, IFEMA MADRID and FEPEX, these parameters demonstrate the interest and support of the fruit and vegetable sector in promoting the fair as a fundamental instrument for the internationalisation of the sector and a meeting point for all the professionals involved in the entire supply chain. At the moment, the Fair has confirmed the participation of practically all the production areas and CommunitiesAutonomousofSpain, as well as the international participation of 42 countries, which demonstrates the firm commitment of the whole sector to the project in this edition.FruitAttraction 2022 will occupy eight halls at the IFEMA MADRID exhibition centre - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 - making the city the world epicentre for the marketing of fresh produce, with innovation, quality and diversity as the main attributes recognised by operators and retailers from all over the world as essential for planning their campaigns at a key time such as October. Specific areas On this occasion, in addition to the already recognised Fresh Produce and Auxiliary Industry areas, there will be a new monographic area, startups hub, dedicated to newly created companies. It will also promote Fresh Food Logistics, the industry platform for logistics, transport and cold chain
FRUIT ATTRACTION PREVIEW
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Ecorganic Market, the exclusive space for the marketing and export of organic products, continues to gain momentum. Strawberries will play a leading role at this edition with the Fresh&Star area. As usual, the Innovation Hub space, which will be joined by the Innova Forum, will bring together innovation and cuttingedge developments in the sector. In this area, the fair will host the Innovation Hub Awards for innovation and entrepreneurship, and, in this way, form part of the LIVEConnect platform, the largest community and professional social network in the fruit and vegetable sector; a space for knowledge and business available 365 days a year.All professionals interested in attending Fruit Attraction 2022 can register by clicking on the www.ifema.es/en/fruit-attractionwebsite:
FRUIT ATTRACTION PREVIEW which have become a fundamental event for supporting the entrepreneurial commitment of companies. International Buyers Programme Fruit Attraction offers participants a platform for international promotion and expansion. In this sense, IFEMA MADRID will once again make a significant investment in the International Buyers Programme, which attracts hundreds of buyers, retail purchasing managers, importers and wholesalers from all over the world to Madrid, supported by ICEX and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. This programme is joined by the Guest Importing Country, featuring the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Canada. Fruit Attraction will therefore promote relations with these two markets, backed by a full programme of round tables, guided tours of the fair and B2B sessions. Professional visitor registration open for Fruit Attraction 2022 Professionals from the fruit and vegetable sector can now acquire their visitor passes for Fruit Attraction 2022. To access the fair in the most convenient way, Fruit Attraction offers the possibility of downloading the professional pass for just one day (daily) or for all three days (permanent). Professionals can choose the option that best suits their visit to the fair, purchase it and print the accreditation.Likewise,this same registration will give access, free of charge, to the Fruit Attraction Community management for fresh food. It is also once again committed to transformation solutions through innovation, sustainability and digitalisation with the Smart Agro Area, innovative products that apply information technologies to the fruit and vegetable sector, and Biotech Attraction, research and technological development in agrobiology/plant biotechnology.
Food Business Gulf & ME | www.foodbusinessgulf.com24 July-September 2022 GROW YOUR BUSINESS BY PRODUCING PREMIUM SET YOGURT AT A LOWER COST W hile taste and texture are important motivators for consumers when selecting yogurt, value for money remains a major factor driving ultimate purchasing decisions. In order to offer consumers premium yogurts at an affordable price, the dairy industry is under growing pressure to capture hidden pockets of value in their operations.“Valuefor money is the most important purchase motivator for consumers buying yogurt and other fermented milk products, followed by texture,” says Jehad Abuzahedeh, Business Manager for Food Cultures & Enzymes Middle East. “To help producers meet consumer demand for affordable, high-textured yogurt products, we have developed the next-generation YoFlex ® Express cultures. These cultures are unique because they yield exceptionally high texture, naturally, reducing the Chr. Hansen’s next-generation YoFlex® Express cultures create high texture naturally, making them The Perfect Partner™ for excellent set yogurt and higher margins FOOD CULTURES
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1 Global Dairy Trade in 2022 For more information, visit www.chr-hansen.com need for expensive skim milk powder.” Paving the way for premium set yogurt with less milk powder “Set yogurt is a staple food used throughout the Middle East,” Jehad Abuzahedeh explains. “Since yogurt is used as an ingredient in many traditional dishes and served alongside meals, Middle Eastern consumers demand authentic taste and consistently high texture. This is exactly what we have optimized the next generation YoFlex ® Express cultures to deliver.”
The launch of this newest generation of YoFlex ® Express cultures marks the beginning of a new chapter in Chr. Hansen’s ongoing collaboration with dairy producers. Chr. Hansen looks forward to illustrating for the dairy producers why the nextgeneration Express cultures are The Perfect Partner™ for transforming milk into set yogurt. With this launch, the company hopes that producers continue to see Chr. Hansen as the ‘perfect partner’ in a more holistic sense.
texture naturally, combining high mouth thickness and gel firmness. This even enables fresh dairy producers to improve margins by reducing the need for skim milk powder. “We know that the fresh dairy industry is under constant pressure to remain profitable amid a landscape of increasing costs,” Jehad continues, referring to the 116% increase in skim milk powder prices over the last six years.1 “Players in the fresh dairy industry must continuously improve productivity in order to remain competitive. Adopting our new culture can help with this, enabling them to reduce the protein levels, while maintaining the high level of texture consumers crave.”
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• Vaccinium corymbosum is a blueberry cultivated in Latin America. Its intense dark purple color offers an interesting visual contrast and allows fruit recognition, particularly appreciated in food applications. They taste sweet and offer low acidity. As a cultivated crop, this species offers the most cost competitive solution of the three varieties.Manufacturers can use the solutions from the three blueberry species in many applications, from RTD drinks and smoothies to breakfast cereals, bars, dessert toppings, baby and toddler snacks, sports nutrition products, and dietary supplements. With more than twenty distinct product references, Symrise offers solutions ranging from powders over flakes to crunchies. For more information, visit www.symrise.com
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SYMRISE RANGE OF NATURAL BLUEBERRY INGREDIENTS FOOD, BEVERAGE, AND CONSUMER HEALTH
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S ymrise is presenting its broad range of diana foodTM blueberry ingredients and active compounds. Like other products from the portfolio of natural ingredients, it features various characteristics and performance benefits. They include competitiveness, various organoleptic properties, application-specific high-quality standards as for baby food, distinct certification like organic, and the option to claim health benefits. Consumers around the world like blueberries for their indulgent properties and healthy image. These berries come with a delicious taste profile of fruity, sweet, and acidic notes. Also, they can contribute to maintaining health thanks to their content in antioxidants and phenolic compounds. To always meet consumers’ expectations, Symrise leverages on its worldwide network of selection, sourcing, and processing facilities. For blueberry, the company responsibly sources three different species, from three distinct geographical regions, and processes the fresh fruits at locations close to the growing sources.Symrise processes blueberry ingredients in France, Canada, and Chile. The production preserves the fruit’s inherent beneficial properties by using different technologies: concentration, to obtain juice concentrate; spray drying and roller drying technologies, to obtain various product formats (powders, flakes, and crunchies); and extraction, to concentrate the actives compounds. Three blueberry species with distinct properties • Vaccinium myrtillus, also known as bilberry, grows in Eastern & Northern Europe. It has become popular for its distinctive blueberry taste and goes predominantly into sweet goods applications. Bilberry often goes into eye health products, thanks to its anthocyanins content.
• Vaccinium angustifolium, wild blueberry (lowbush) is one of the oldest native berries in North America. It successfully grows in the harshest climatic conditions, which results in fruit with three times the phenolic compounds and twice the antioxidant power of blueberry (highbush). Wild blueberry (lowbush) stands out for varied health benefits. Findings from several clinical studies indicate that wild blueberry may provide benefits for delayed memory, mood, learning performance, and executive functions. With its range of wild blueberry (lowbush) extracts, highly concentrated in polyphenols, Symrise brings these health benefits into convenient formats for dietary supplement applications.
RESEARCH CONTINUES TO UNCOVER THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF ALA
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Investigators continue to uncover the unique health benefits of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), separate and apart from the more widely known attributes from marine sources. Given the evidence of the health benefits of plant-based diets there is keen interest in better understanding the role of ALA, the plant-derived omega-3 fatty acid, on cardio-metabolic diseases and cognition. The increasing scientific evidence for ALA consumption is largely based on its major food sources like walnuts. A new review, published in Advances in Nutrition, found that consuming ALA was associated with a 10% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and a 20% reduced risk of fatal coronary heart disease. One of the primary authors of the recent review, Penny M. KrisEtherton, PhD, RD, FAHA, FNLA, FASN, CLS, Evan Pugh University Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, shares “Our knowledge of the cardiovascular benefits of ALA has improved markedly over the past decade. Given the available data, ALA reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. Importantly, there are heart health benefits of ALA for individuals who do not consume marine-derived omega-3 fatty acids, but also extra benefits for those who do. Because of this, it is recommended that everybody consume adequate amounts of ALA.” Besides, Professor Bas said; “ALA has stand-alone health benefits that decrease risk for heart disease. Foods that are rich in ALA like walnuts, flax or chia seeds are easy ways to increase intake of this essential nutrient. Adding walnuts to breads, salads or soup increase dietThequality.”publication reveals that randomized controlled trials show that dietary ALA may reduce total cholesterol, low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure. Epidemiological studies also have shown an anti-inflammatory effect of ALA; which collectively account for the cardiovascular benefits of ALA. A meta-analysis reported a trend toward diabetes risk reduction with both dietary and biomarker ALA. Interestingly and more importantly, timely, a recent paper concludes that there is a lack of knowledge regarding omega-3s, its food sources and its health benefits in Saudi Arabia. It is estimated that 54% of deaths from non-communicable diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region are due to cardiovascular diseases. Deaths attributed to cardiovascular diseases (of total deaths) range from 49% in Oman to 13% in Somalia. Walnuts Are a Rich Source of ALA Walnuts are the only tree nut to contain an important amount of plant-based omega-3 ALA(2.7g/30g ). There are three major forms of omega3s in the diet, including EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), two fatty acids that are commonly found in marine sources such as fish and algae. The third form of omega-3, ALA, is an essential plant-based fatty acid that is abundant in walnuts, flax and chia seeds. According to the research, the role of ALA in cognition is in the early stages but shows promising evidence of counteracting cognitive impairment.
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N espresso UAE has launched AMAHA awe UGANDA so the UAE’s coffee lovers can enjoy a rich new coffee blend while helping revive the Uganda’s coffee industry and restoring the exquisite coffee Uganda was once known for. The AMAHA awe UGANDA – which translates to “hope of Uganda” in the country’s local language – is a rich, clean espresso with a wild character that Nespresso introduced as part of its Reviving Origins Program in a commitment to revive Uganda’s declining coffee practice whilst also revealing the true quality potential of natural Arabica.Anintensity 8 espresso grown in a unique terroir, where shade and nutrients provided by banana trees create a true Arabica dreamland, resulting in the blend’s rare sandalwood and elegant floral notes. When served as a Latte Macchiato, the biscuit and discrete fruity notes come alive in a balanced and sweetEachcup.cup of Nespresso coffee from Uganda contributes to restoring of the country’s coffee regions, with the Reviving Origins program providing support to rebuild sustainable livelihoods for Uganda’s farmers and their communities. Coffee enthusiast can enjoy this exceptional Ugandan coffee blend while at the same time helping to preserve the future of some of the world’s finest and most unique coffees.
Stretching 120km across western Uganda, the altitude and fertile soils of Rwenzori Mountains have provided ideal conditions for coffee farming
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July-September 2022 for centuries. The snow-capped peaks and glaciers of the ‘mountains of the moon’ offer steady water sources and complement abundant rainfall and nourish fertile soils, while above the 1200m mark in the peaks of the hills, leafy banana trees provide plentiful shade and nutrients, creating a true Arabica dreamland where one of the world’s finest coffees grows. Despite these great conditions, the art of coffee farming in the region had become a dying practice until recently, with ageing trees and poor cultivation, compounded by drought and climate change, playing a major role in poor harvests, leading to diminished quality and yields. As part of the Reviving Origins program, Nespresso is investing AED 37.1m (CHF10M) over a period of five years until 2023 to revive coffee industries in selected countries, including Uganda, with the aim of encouraging rural economic development. In partnership with Agri Evolve, a young agribusiness dedicated to improving farmer productivity, Nespresso agronomists have provided training to more than 2,000 farmers in the region in 2019, educating local farmers on sustainable agricultural practices, boosting their expertise and skillset while allowing them to enhance the quality of their coffee.
The program’s objective is to turn natural unwashed Arabica known as DRUGAR (Dried Uganda Arabica), which has traditionally been a coffee with the lowest quality, into a high quality and more profitable coffee. By working closely with farmers in this way, Nespresso aims to revive the true quality potential of natural Arabica in the region and increase production while simultaneously boosting social and economic welfare.Ugandan coffee farmer from the Rwenzori Mountains, Joseph Kirimbwa explains: “We’d stopped producing coffee before because it didn’t bring in enough revenue. So coffee was neglected, bit by bit. Until we were shown how it could once again be profitable. When I hear that people around the world are drinking my coffee it makes me very proud. It gives me the motivation to carry on.” “After receiving training from Nespresso, I have changed the way I pick my coffee, meaning I get a better quality coffee and more money. This better way of working my coffee crop means I was able to earn enough money to start building my house,” addedSinceKirimbwa.itslaunch in 2019, the Reviving Origins program has enabled the production of exceptional coffees from challenged areas of Zimbabwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia and now, Uganda, to become available as seasonal coffees for Nespresso coffee lovers in the UAE and across the globe. The AAA Sustainable Quality™ Program, Nespresso’s unique sustainable sourcing model in coffeeproducing countries, provides the foundation for the brand’s work in Reviving Origins regions and involves more than 110,000 farmers across the world.
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T wo years of pandemic have caused major economic problems around the world. But instead of the markets recovering, high inflation, exploding energy costs and volatile market and price developments in the raw materials markets have greatly aggravated the situation. These factors are having a huge effect on consumer purchasing power. According to Innova Market Insights, 40 percent of consumers around the world say that their disposable income has declined during the pandemic. Higher inflation will continue to burden household budgets, so the costs and affordability of food products will remain a growing problem. Hydrosol supports the food industry with various solutions that help ensure continued sufficient food supplies at affordable prices. The company focuses on replacing raw materials and developing economical recipes. “Raw material substitution is a core topic right now,” explains Hydrosol Product Manager Katharina Schäfer. “Locust bean gum, which is used in many stabilising systems, is one example. As of today it has gone up in price by a factor of eight. In order to compensate for this increase, our R&D department has been researching alternative solutions intensively for some time now.”
FOCUS ON RAW MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION AND ECONOMICAL RECIPES FOOD SOLUTIONS
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Replacing ingredients Through the intelligent combination of various hydrocolloids, expensive raw materials can be reduced or even entirely replaced. Technical and technological changes also result in new recipes for the production of affordable foods, be they dairy and deli or meat and sausage products. “We’ve identified the cost drivers in many recipes, and replaced them with more economical alternatives. This
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Among the company’s systems for especially economical products is Stabisol JOC 2 for making fermented whey desserts. A clever combination of ingredients gives the final product the same creamy texture as yogurt. Thanks to the flexible system, the amount and type of whey can be varied, since both sweet and acid whey can be used. Both are by-products of cheese and quark manufacture. Another idea is the Hydrobest Drink range of all-in compounds, which simplify the production of delicious milk mixed beverages. There are also economical formulations for quark, cream cheese and processed cheese preparations, cooking cream and vegetable-based whipping creams in various flavours. In the deli category, Hydrosol offers interesting solutions for fat-reduced salat dressings, spreadable sandwich creams with butter taste, and ketchup and similar red sauces. Consistent quality Manufacturers of fresh meat products can use the PLUSstabil FM series of functional systems to make products with improved brine binding for very good yield. The natural meat fibres are retained, and gain a moist and tender texture. With ground meat products like burger patties and meatballs, the range of HydroTOP functional systems give the final product better binding. HydroTOP Perfect D 80 reduces cooking loss in prefried breaded chicken partsand gives crispy, intact breading. The system is added directly during the manufacturing process. Hydrosol also enables economical recipes for sausages and cooked cured products, for example with the help of HydroTOP CS 50. This stabilising system can be individually adjusted for the meat content, and optimises the quality of the final product even with varying meat quality. It is suitable for many different sausage products, from scalded sausage to largediameter cold cuts like mortadella. The quality of cooked cured products can be adjusted with the help of special brine additives, enabling a wide range of ham specialities at affordable prices. These functional systems reduce cooking loss and boost yield, in sausages as well as cured meat products, while also improving texture and bite. information, visit www.hydrosol.de
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FOOD SOLUTIONS is the case both for functional ingredients and for individual ingredients,” reports Schäfer. “For example, in particularly economical processed cheese preparations the cheese content is reduced and the butter replaced by vegetable fat. In milk drinks, we replace the milk with whey. Our goal is to create products of good quality with the right value for money.”
will taste bland or even sour. The impulse for a sweets binge can be abated, lasting even longer than the physical effect—up to two hours. Sweet Victory gum was designed to help consumers to reduce sugar intake in an easy and fun way. The product for kids is still in the prototype stage, but the company expects to launch it
by the end of 2022. The findings of a new study were presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity in Maastricht, Netherlands. It included 2,336 children from the UK, making it the largest dietary dataset of young children.
F oodTech start-up Sweet Victory, Ltd., collaborated with Givaudan, SA to create a flavorful botanicalinfused chewing gum for children. The prototype gum is designed to stop sugary treat cravings in their tracks. Sweet Victory already designed the innovative gum for adults but gum for kids set more challenges, and Givaudan helped the startup to create a supplement that fits kids’ taste Victorybuds.Sweet crave-stifling normallyfoodsduringupTheonsugarblockingminuteswithingumchewingworkstwobythereceptorsthetongue.effectcanlasttotwohours,andthattimesweetorbeveragesthatexcitethesenses
Parents were asked to complete three-day eating diaries for their children when they were toddlers (21 months old) and again when they were seven years old. The study, reported in the May 1, 2022 issue of The Telegraph revealed at least 80% of seven year olds exceeded the
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SWEET VICTORY BOTANICAL GUM TARGETS KIDS’ SWEET TOOTH
The senior manager of product development at Givaudan and Sweet Victory’s development team took months to create a totally new product with a child-safe, tailored dosage of the active ingredient, Gymenma sylvestre. This traditional herb has been used for more than 2,000 years in Ayurvedic medicine. Receiving a modern twist in this new gum, the new product boasts a tutti-frutti flavor—ranked one of the three top favorite sweet flavors among children worldwide. The collaboration’s cuttingedge technology enabled creation of a functional, sugar-free chewing gum that kids love to chew. The start-up already conducted trials with children to estimate the impact of this innovative gum on kids in Israel, US and France. The results demonstrated that children enjoyed the gum but could not eat confectionery after chewing it due to the change in their receptors. For more information, www.sweetvictory-gum.comvisit
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recommended limit of 10% of daily calories from free sugars. Development of a children’s version of the product turned out to be a massive process.
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U nprecedented heatwaves, the rippling effects of the pandemic on global supply chains and the war in Ukraine have thrown the fragility of our food system into stark relief, putting millions at risk of hunger and highlighting the urgent need to develop local and self-sufficient food systems. With a worldwide population expected to grow to 10 billion by 2050, it is imperative that we develop a new food model that can adapt to changing geopolitical, environmental and economic dynamics.Hereinthe Gulf, an area traditionally highly reliant on food imports, we are on the frontlines of this issue. The good news is that our greatest challenge is also our greatest advantage: the desert. If we can learn to sustainably produce nutritious, diverse food in the desert, we can do it anywhere, particularly as climate change makes climates like ours more common worldwide.NEOMFood is bringing together the world’s brightest minds to collaborate and build a food system for tomorrow: a fully sustainable, innovative, science- and tech-led model built around a circular food economy that can one day feed millions. Harnessing the power of science and technology, NEOM Food is working to develop cutting-edge solutions to address the most pressing challenges to our global food ecosystem. At NEOM Food, we are fostering the development of resource-efficient and adaptable crops that can thrive
BRAVE NEW WORLD: A BLUEPRINT FOR A MORE RESILIENT FOOD SYSTEM in water-scarce environments. Our planned world-class production facility will produce advanced plant-based proteins, providing healthy and nutritious alternatives to resourceintensive meat products. Our proximity to the Red Sea allows us to develop a sustainable aquaculture industry while protecting and restoring our local marine environment. In close collaboration with leading food companies, innovative start-ups and researchers worldwide, NEOM Food aims to create a circular economy model that helps tackle our current challenges and deliver sustainable, secure nutrition for the Middle East and beyond. For more information, visit www.neom.com
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July-September 2022 SNACKS PROCESSING S ustainability is a growing concern for the snacks industry, but with the right equipment you can be more sustainable, efficient and profitable. Heat and Control has multiple technologies that can help you improve the energy efficiency of your operation, and our equipment is designed to help you create positive change. Our proven systems reduce fuel costs, energy waste, air pollution, and water consumption and can help you follow the rigorous pollution control regulations, required by agencies world-wide.
CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE WITH THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT
KleenHeat® Heat Exchanger The KleenHeat® Heat Exchanger is a versatile oil heating, energy saving and pollution control system. KleenHeat has been described by regulatory agencies worldwide as ‘best available control technology’. This innovative equipment exceeds the thermal efficiency of ordinary heat exchangers that don’t offer pollution control. Low oil volume promotes fast oil turnover and inhibits formation of free fatty acids. Rapid, uniform heat transfer allows your fryer to respond quicker to changes in product load and protects oil quality by maintaining low oil film temperature. KleenHeat is ideal for snack foods, fried foods and potato chips. Rotary Dryer Roaster (RDR) KleenHeat Heat Exchanger
• Clean and easy operation
• Low maintenance
A common issue facing potato product manufacturers is the variance of the product in its raw form. After recognising the need to overcome the problem of size irregularity in potato supply, Heat and Control developed the Potato Grader-Halver as a costeffective solution to consistently grade and halve potatoes. The Grader-Halver is designed to grade potatoes according to size, then halve the products that are larger than the predetermined size. The grading size can be easily adjusted at any time during the production process. The GraderHalver improves the grading process, resulting in final (in bag) product consistency. Most importantly, this process stops chips getting ‘stuck’ in the former of the bagmaker when packaging ‘snack’ size packs. Variance in the size of raw potatoes is a common issue faced by potato chip manufacturers. To overcome this problem, processors are incorporating a system called a ‘Grader-Halver’ into their processing lines. This cost-effective solution from Heat and Control is designed to consistently grade potatoes according to size, and then halves any that are larger than the predetermined size. In the processing line, the Grader-Halver fits in after the peelers, and before the inspection and trim table (rollers). The system has a rugged stainless-steel frame, adjustable multiple auger system with In the processing line, the Grader-Halver fits in after the peelers, and before the inspection and trim table (rollers). The system has a rugged stainless-steel frame, adjustable multiple auger system with adjustable phasing, a roller conveyor, and slicing discs which halve larger potatoes. Potatoes are delivered to the infeed from the upstream equipment. Adjustable grading augers sort the product by size and over-sized product passes to a circular knife arrangement for halving. Features and Benefits
• Consistent grading and halving•Small product is captured along the full length of grading
RDR’s positive temperature control offers unmatched product uniformity as the dryer/roaster automatically regulates its own internal temperature and operators have full control over roasting and drying process variables which enhances colour, flavour, and texture of the product. A variety of product characteristics are possible by utilising multiple processing zones and ideal applications includes: nuts, seeds, pellet snacks, dough-coated nuts, jerky, meat chips and protein-based snacks and pork rinds.
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• No water consumption required during operation
• Safety guards prevent access duringEnjoyoperationtheconsistency of potato grading and halving in a convenient, low maintenance, cost effective system. Want to process more responsibly? Our equipment is designed to help you create positive change in the snacks industry. Contact us to find out how we can help you achieve your sustainability goals. For more information, www.heatandcontrol.comvisit Grader-Halver by Heat and Control
Rotary Dryer Roaster
The Rotary Dryer Roaster (RDR) is a continuous, multizone convection dryer/roaster that provides optimal drying/ roasting in a continuous, gentle, and sanitary manner. By using product-focused heating to maximise heat transfer, the energy-efficient RDR reduces heat loss with heated air that is focused only into the product bed and nowhere else. Heat and Control is constantly expanding our catalogue of high volume, energy-efficient solutions. This latest addition reinforces our capability in thermal food processing technology and provides snack manufacturers with a more sustainable option to help them bring their best products to market.
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Miran Stirn, Managing Director of KOPA Grilling Solutions, says that flexibility is key: “Our mission is to create memorable dining experiences, but it is also to create memorable cooking experiences for those who use our“Byequipment.beingmodular, chefs can set up the cooking station quickly and easily to accommodate different menus on different days and move with the trends. And while we have typical sizes, and use standard materials, principally stainless steel to ensure product quality, our key differentiator is that everything we build can be bespoke.
KOPA LAUNCHES NEW SELF-CONTAINED FIREPLACE COOKING STATION
“It is anchored to a core belief that a consultant should be able to imagine a kitchen and we design our equipment around them, and not the other way around.”
KOPA Grilling Solutions, the specialists in charcoal ovens, has launched the KOPA FirePlace, a self-contained modular cooking platform that gives foodservice consultants and end users the ability to design a bespoke cooking station that can be adapted to accommodate multiple cooking styles on a daily basis.Fully customizable, KOPA FirePlace enables customers to create the perfect cooking station from a range of cooking equipment, from flat grills to rotisseries, pizza ovens to smokers, and swap in/out different equipment as needed to adapt to changingCustomersmenus.can choose from a complete suite of KOPA products, from the Japanese-style Robata multi-level/multi zone charcoal grills, to its popular Argentine-style Parilla grills with its impressive chain and wheel structure. Each station can also accommodate different fuel types, including charcoal and wood, and ancillary equipment including heated or refrigeration drawers and storage cabinets.Firstpreviewed at Horeca in 2020 and now formally available, KOPA FirePlace cooking stations can be built in all shapes and sizes depending on customer need. It allows users and foodservice consultants to design into new spaces, or to be retrofitted into an existing kitchen. The platform is also designed such that its back and side walls have built in fire bricks, so that no expensive building or installation works are required to ensure global fire safety compliance.
For more information, visit www.kopaoven.com
Fresher Food with Energy Saving Providing optimal conditions for fresher food and colder drinks, the LG InstaView Door-in-Door™ refrigerator minimizes cold air loss by eliminating the need to open the door and reducing internal temperature fluctuations.
37www.foodbusinessgulf.com | Food Business Gulf & MEJuly-September 2022 T he summer heat is bringing more people indoors, which is the perfect time to discover new hobbies or devote more attention to existing passions. For those passionate about cooking, LG Electronics (LG) offers innovative solutions for a more enriching kitchen experience.
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Tastier Food with Faster Cooking Designed to allow users to enjoy tasty and healthy food while spending less time cooking, the LG NeoChef microwaves are
The LG NeoChef microwave reduces cooking time while making it easier for home chefs to create tastier dishes, while the LG InstaView Doorin-Door™ refrigerator provides the extended food freshness for cooking more delicious meals.
When users knock twice on the fridge door, the sleek glass panel turns transparent, allowing them to see inside without opening the door. What is more, the Hygiene FRESH+ air filter removes harmful bacteria and minimizes bad odor in the refrigerator, contributing to the extended food freshness. Additionally, the refrigerator is equipped with the LG’s Inverter Linear Compressor that provides up to 32% in energy savings. This way the LG InstaView Door-inDoor™ refrigerator allows users to devote themselves to their cooking passion without worrying about food freshness or energy
STAYCATION COOKING WITH LG equipped with LG Smart Inverter technology that precisely controls the temperature to reheat or defrost food more evenly and thoroughly, distributing heat over a wide range of foods 1.5 times faster. This allows every dish to taste better with less cooking time. Additionally, the LG NeoChef technology enables home chefs to get creative and easily make such dishes as yogurt or melted chocolate or butter. With minimalistic design and intuitive user interface, the LG NeoChef microwaves blend flawlessly into any kitchen décor.
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A ttractive, high impact UniPak plastic pails from Berry Superfos that can be reused in the home after their initial purpose are providing the ideal packaging solution for a new range of salty snacks and dried fruits from leading Danish bakery, snacks and confectionery supplier Nordthy. For this new project the company, which sells quality snacks, nuts, biscuits, cakes and confectioneries to supermarkets and other outlets all over the Nordics and Germany, needed really eye-catching packaging and turned to Berry Superfos for help. Head of marketing at Nordthy, Jesper Lukassen explains: “We have worked with Berry Superfos for several years, so continuing this successful collaboration was the obvious choice for us. We had some very specific demands for the new pails when it came to design, including In-Mould Labelling and, most importantly, the possibility for consumers to repurpose the pails at home. All of these demands were met successfully by Berry NordthySuperfos.”aimstophase out packaging labels to become more compliant with today’s need for waste separation, with different types of materials going into different waste streams. Thanks to Berry Superfos’s In-MouldLabelling technique, the logo and text are inserted straight onto the surface of the new pails, making labels redundant. According to Lukassen, this signals an innovative edge to consumers.
In addition, Nordthy wanted to present the delicious new snacks in an easily recognisable manner with eye-catching colours. Berry Superfos was able to deliver non-standard colours from bright yellow to green, with the same colours adorning each pail from the handle to the base. This is not the first time Nordthy is offering consumers snacks in a pail suitable for reuse at home. Jesper Lukassen says: “Even after the snacks have been eaten, the UniPak pails are still of value to consumers with great potential for multiple uses at home, such as food storage containers or even for holding nails and screws. When a pail is as good as this one, many consumers do not throw it in the trash; they clean it and use it again for other purposes. All in all, this packaging solution really appeals to consumers and this adds value to our products which is a very important aspect.”
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BERRY’S QUALITY SNACKS CONTAINERS HAVE USEFUL SECOND LIFE
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75 years' experience, 3,000 machines on the market Weyhmueller produces flexible, modular specialist machines for the international food industry. These machines produce packaging in a wide variety of forms from the raw material paper and optimally separable paper-plastic solutions. Printing and die cutting machines operating from the reel, complete the portfolio. There are around 40 employees working at the Neu-Ulm site. The company has over 75 years of experience with over 3,000 machines in the market, worldwide. "Paper containers made from renewable raw materials with advanced, more sustainable barrier functions and maximum product protection," was how Peitz described the joint development target. Turnkey solutions in the sustainability sector The collaboration with Weyhmueller gives Optima the opportunity to supply customers with customized complete solutions for the entire process chain. Sustainably designed packaging is produced on Weyhmueller systems and filled and closed inline using Optima systems. By so doing, Optima and Weyhmueller are enabling their customers to produce and package sustainably in a circular economy.
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O ptima entered into a strategic shareholding with Weyhmueller since mid June 2022, and has acquired a stake in the company. The mechanical engineering company from Neu-Ulm in Bavaria, Germany manufactures specialist machines for manufacturing cups and cans made out of paper. This extensively broadens Optima's portfolio of solutions in the sustainable packaging solutions sector. The outcome is integrated and sustainable turnkey solutions – from packaging development to the inline production of sustainable paper packaging, packaging and closing, and the resource-saving operation of the systems.Sustainable packaging solutions remain in high demand. Many multinational firms are choosing to use paper as a packaging material. Dr. Stefan Koenig, Managing Director of OPTIMA packaging group GmbH, explained that "cooperation and partnerships throughout the entire value chain are part of our sustainability strategy. Strategic cooperation with Weyhmueller was the next logical step in this regard". Synergies for greater sustainability Both Optima and Weyhmueller understand that there is no such thing as a perfectly sustainable packaging material. However, paper can be the right solution for many different uses. "We are seeing multiple synergies in this area, and we are very enthusiastic about the collaboration," said Heinrich Peitz, Managing Director of VerpackungstechnikWeyhmuellerGmbH.
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TURNKEY SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN PRODUCTION AND PACKAGING
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The ergonomically developed Ergo-loop feeder provides leverage, minimising the manual effort required to shred cheese. Combined with the time-optimising start and stop function, the preparation process is both safe and efficient. All removable parts are made of stainless steel and are machine washable. To facilitate cleaning, the surfaces of the machine base are smooth, and its edges are rounded. Its wheels and adjustable feet make the Cheese Shredder RG-400i stable but also easy to move.Swedish company HALLDE has manufactured and continuously developed its professional food preparation machines since 1941. www.hallde.com
T he new cheese shredder launched by HALLDE shreds whole blocks of cheese in mere seconds. A robust, user-friendly, stainlesssteel machine, designed to optimise the preparation of shredded cheese. All HALLDE Vegetable Preparation Machine can shred cheese. Cheese Shredder RG-400i is unique, however, in responding to market demand, being a machine that prepares whole blocks of cheese, without them having to be divided into smaller pieces. Jan Sigurdh, General Manager at HALLDE: “The Cheese Shredder’s high feed cylinder can hold blocks of cheese as high as 35 cm and can prepare up to 48 kilos of shredded cheese per minute. Cheese Shredder RG-400i is optimised for operations producing large quantities of cheese, such as for pizza and gratins.”Thegrater plates on the cutting tool are exchangeable, making it easy and costefficient to maintain sharpness and perfect cutting results while saving the environment.
CHEESE SHREDDER HALLDE CHEESE SHREDDER RG-400I SHREDS UP TO 2.9 TONS OF CHEESE/HOUR
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S wiss Bühler Group has launched its latest optical sorter for wheat, rye, oats, grains, coffee and pulses: the SORTEX H SpectraVision. Powered by brand new MerlinAi sorting algorithms, the solution pushes optical sorting to the next level of usability, performance, and product traceability. Using the best of British and Swiss engineering know-how, the SORTEX H SpectraVision is the result of Bühler’s 75 years of experience in optical sorting. It offers three key benefits for customers: unmatched ease of use, high performance, and enhanced connectivity, contributing to increased sustainability.Processors today must tackle an ever-increasing number of defects as a result of climate change and pesticide reduction. With its individual defect removal control, the SORTEX H enables processors to maintain sort quality with ease. The SORTEX H also delivers up to 50% higher reject BÜHLER LAUNCHES SORTEX H SPECTRAVISION, A NEXT-LEVEL OPTICAL SORTER TO MEET TODAY’S DEMANDS concentrations. Supplying maximum yields is in line with Bühler’s goal to reduce energy, waste, and water by 50% in its customers’ value chains by 2025 and to develop sustainable solutions to feed the world population of 10 billion by 2050. Additionally, enhanced connectivity increases value for processors. Over 500 data points can be downloaded every second and sent to Bühler Insights to optimize and track performance. Processors can monitor and control their machine performance from anywhere in the world, in line with Industry 4.0 standards. Real-time tracking of sorting performance and emergency warnings are also possible thanks to the SORTEX Monitoring System. The SORTEX H SpectraVision, which is capable of handling a range of applications including: wheat, rye, oats, grains, coffee and pulses, is powered by brand new MerlinAi sorting algorithms. “MerlinAi is the new brain of Bühler’s SORTEX optical sorting machines,” says Melvyn Penna, Product Manager at Bühler. “Its advanced multi-layer sorting algorithms ensure a consistently higher yield for processors, as less good product is lost in the rejectSuperiorstream.”defect reduction means accept quality can be met even with input material of a lower quality. “These all-new calibration and product tracking algorithms ensure that machine performance remains steady and high, giving processors greater flexibility,” says Penna. For more information, www.buhlergroup.comvisit
PRESS TRIP TO INDIA
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THE RISE OF INDIA’S ICONIC RICE BRAND IN THE MIDDLE EASTINDIA GATE BASMATI RICE KRBL Limited is a legacy in the industry of agricultural goods, particularly in the market for basmati rice. With over 130 years of business experience under their belt, the brand has established itself as a market leader, being the world’s largest producer and exporter of basmati In order to provide an insight into the incredible effort that goes behind the scenes in producing the world’s finest basmati rice, the brand India Gate organized a press trip spanning over 4 days in June 2022. India Gate Basmati Rice is part of the KRBL family, a 133-year-old brand and the largest global exporter of rice in the world. Food Business Gulf & ME Managing Editor M. Matt was invited to be part of the exclusive experience and got an opportunity to visit the brand’s facilities, farms & factories located in various cities within India. “The four-day trip provided us an opportunity to interact with the real heroes of the agriculture world, stroll mills and facilities, meet the KRBL family to learn and unearth a wealth of knowledge on traditional and modernday agriculture processes.” wrote M. Matt.
rice. Despite their emergence in Asian markets, KRBL Limited’s reach has since expanded to a global scale, expanding to regions such as Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and maintaining significant presence in all these areas. Over the years, the pursuit of business expansion led to several business ventures and the development of subbrands, including their flagship brand - India Gate. India Gate is a pioneer in the market for basmati rice, revered for its taste, texture and commitment to quality. The Priyanka Mittal Director at KRBL Limited
brand saw significant success quickly spreading its wings in MENA region and expanding into the Asian and North American market. Fast forward to today, India Gate celebrates 30 years in the Middle Eastern market and its presence is felt far beyond just the Asian regions with notable inclusions being the European and Western countries such as Canada and USA, and Oceanic countries such as Australia and New Zealand. In value terms specially, India Gate Basmati Rice is the only dominant premium segment brand in Qatar’s Basmati Rice market with 82% market share and 86% market share in the Kuwait market. In UAE, India Gate Basmati Rice is the leader in basmati segment as per AC Nielson and in Saudi Arabia KRBL Limited Brands Bab Al Hind and India Gate fetches the highest premium. Company has recently rolled out Nurjahan variant in Saudi to cater to mid and value segement of the market. Owing to continuous expansion and industrial development, India Gate’s business model and product offering has evolved in line with the industry standard to provide customers with the best possible product. Due to this reason, the brand has introduced numerous product lines and variations to appeal to everchanging consumer tastes and preferences.Currently,India Gate Basmati Rice’s collaboration with the Middle East region is in its third wave of growth– this sees the Basmati brand making a gradual shift to the health food range, which took off with the launch of wholesome grain India Gate quinoa in 2017. The subsequent pre-pandemic years also saw the launch of the superfoods like chia seed and flax seed that could be added to any meal. In 2020, following a growing awareness of immunity-boosting health products accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company’s health product portfolio only grew. KRBL catered to their customer base by introducing products such as India Gate Basmati Brown Rice, and India Gate Sprouted Brown Rice.The expansive health portfolio comprises of the below products. India Gate Amaranth: Retrieved from the Amaranth plant, this grain is like quinoa in terms of size and texture. It is strength.overallwhichPhosphorousimmunity,thatandsuchingredientscontainingnutrient-dense,incrediblyasZincCalciumbuildsandimprovesbone
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India Gate Sprouted Brown Basmati Rice: India Gate’s brown basmati rice contains a lot more of antioxidants and healthy fats in comparison to traditional rice, while still retaining the taste and texture of its white rice counterpart. In addition to these vitaminsalsosproutednutrients,brownricecontainseveralandminerals such as Magnesium, Iron, and Zinc, which contributes to healthier blood and bone development. All India Gate products are accessible & readily available at leading hypermarkets & supermarkets across the GCC region via KRBL’s exceptional network of distributors. For more information, visit www.krblrice.com
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India Flaxseed:Gate While it purposes,andoilusedtraditionallyistoproduceforcookingtreatment flaxseed is also traditionalalternativebeconsideredtoasuperfoodtorice.IndiaGate’sFlaxseed is rich in several key ingredients required to lead a healthy lifestyle. Ingredients such as Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Vitamin B6 promote healthy energy production and improves metabolism, whereas ingredients such as Magnesium aid in improvingformation.tissue India Quinoa:Gate numerousQuinoasuperfood,bebyConsideredmanytotheultimateboastshealth benefits and is an elementessentialtoawellbalanced idealistic diet. Its low calorie and improvestoimmunity,andofandforidealcontentcarbohydratemakesitanreplacementriceinone’sdiet,itsabundanceVitamins,mineralsantioxidantsboostcontributemusclegrowth,andmetabolism.
India Gate Chia Seeds: While small in size, Chia seeds are packed to the brim with nutrients which boosts immunity and improves overall quality of life. They are also ideal for those inbeseedslevels.bloodhelptheyindicateasdiabetes,withstrugglethatstudiesthatcanregulatesugarChiacanconsumednumerousforms and techniques, as they are an incredibly versatile superfood that go well with most food combinations. Regardless of how they are consumed, the seeds also contain carbohydrates and proteins that help you feel full for a longer period, making them ideal for those trying to maintain a healthy diet.
VISIT THE LARGEST 17-20 October 2022 RIYADH INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE Agriculture, Agro-food, Food-pack and Aquaculture exhibition in the Region Showcasing:FutureofFood Partner ٢٠٢٢مربوتكا١٧-٢٠قفاوملا١٤٤٤ـهلولأاعيبر٢١-٢٤ ةعارزللنوثلاثلاوعساتلايلودلاضرعملا ةيعارزلا يئاملاعارزتسلااوةيذغلأافيلغت،ةيئاذغلاتاعانصلاو ينيتلابلايعارلا يملاعلااكيرشلا يجيتارتسلإاكيرشلا يوضعلاجاتنلإاعاطقل رمتؤملايعاريبهذلايعارلا يدوعسلاةيبرعلاةكلمملا–ضايرلا-ضراعملاوتارمتؤملليلودلارلاضايزكرم ةعارزللضرعمربكأةرايزباولضفت يملعلاثحبلايعار نومظنملا https://saudi-agriculture.com Organized by:Supporting Partner Diamond Sponsors StrategicPartnerOrganicGold Sponsor Conference SponsorPlatinum Sponsors ScientifcSponsorResearch Media Partners ٢٠٢٢مربوتكا١٧-٢٠قفاوملا١٤٤٤ـهلولأاعيبر٢١-٢٤ :ةرودلانمضتي٣٩ ةعارزللنوثلاثلاوعساتلايلودلاضرعملا يئاملاعارزتسلاا•ةيذغلأافيلغت•ةيعارزلاةيذغلأا• :ةــياعريئاملاتــحتعارزتسلااوةيذغلأافيلغت،ةيئاذغلاتاعانصلاو يساملايعارلا ينيتلابلايعارلا يملاعلااكيرشلا يجيتارتسلإاكيرشلا يوضعلاجاتنلإاعاطقل رمتؤملايعاريبهذلايعارلا يدوعسلاةيبرعلاةكلمملا–ضايرلا-ضراعملاوتارمتؤملليلودلارلاضايزكرم ةعارزللضرعمربكأةرايزباولضفت يملعلاثحبلايعار معادلاكيرشلا نومظنملا https://saudi-agriculture.comwww.saudi-agriculture.com Certified by
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TANMIAH FOOD COMPANY AND TYSON FOODS SIGN STRATEGIC WITH TO EXPAND 2022 and distributes fresh products for sale to food service providers and retailers. SFPC produces a variety of value-added pre-prepared chicken and beef products, with a distribution network spread across the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, and Jordan among others. “We are delighted to be joining hands with a global leader in food production to support and accelerate our strategic growth plans,” said Zulfiqar Hamadani, CEO of Tanmiah. “This partnership marks a significant
As part of sustained efforts to meet growing global demand for protein, USbased Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) and Saudi-based Tanmiah Food Company (“Tanmiah” or the “Company,” 2281 on the Saudi Exchange) have entered into a strategic partnership agreement. The parties to the agreement are Tyson Foods and Agricultural Development Company (ADC) and Supreme Foods Processing Company (SFPC), Tanmiah’s wholly owned subsidiaries. Tyson Foods is one of the world’s leading food companies and a recognized leader in protein, while Tanmiah, which established its first company 60 years ago, is one of the biggest providers of fresh value-added poultry and other meat products, animal feed & health products and a fast-food brand franchise operator, with plans to produce more than one million birds per day by the end of 2025. ADC operates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates. Through ADC, the Company produces
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As part of the agreement, Tyson Foods and Tanmiah have committed to invest substantially to expand the processing capacities of SFPC. This investment is aligned with Tanmiah’s strategic expansion agenda and will result in doubling the company’s production capacity in value-added products. Both companies, through a 50/50 joint venture, will also explore opportunities in the fast-growing global Halal market, and as per the agreement, Tyson Foods will own a 15% equity stake in Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) and a 60% equity stake in Supreme Foods Processing Company (SFPC).
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47 MEAT & POULTRY July-September 2022 milestone in Tanmiah’s journey, through demonstrating our commitment to our pioneering role in supporting Saudi Arabia’s food security and self-sufficiency goals. During this new phase, we will continue to work together with Tyson Foods, whose commitment to animal welfare, food safety, sustainability, and quality, are very much in line with our own business model and sustainability framework. This transaction will not only reinforce our positioning in the regional market but will also enable us to expand our global footprint through leveraging Tyson Foods’ long-standing relationships with customers worldwide.”
“This investment will enable us to access poultry supplies in Saudi Arabia to meet the growing demand for protein in the Middle East and other markets,” said Chris Langholz, president of International for Tyson Foods. “Expansion into international markets is a key part of our strategic growth plan and we’re pleased to better serve customers in this “Theregion.”strategic partnership is expected to accelerate Tyson Foods’ and Tanmiah’s growth and generate significant value in the short and long term,” said Tan Sun, president of Tyson Foods APAC. “This will be primarily achieved through further expansion across the value chain, and enhanced product, customer, and geographical diversification, as well as improvement of production and other operational processes. The agreement will also see Tyson Foods and Tanmiah unlock long-term opportunities in the fast-growing Halal food market.”
The transaction will be subject to approval by the General Authority for Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other government entities. Through this partnership, Tanmiah will continue to support the growth of Saudi Halal products by bringing world-class sector expertise to the Kingdom. Through its expansion, Tanmiah will also create a number of job opportunities in the local Saudi Formarket.more information, visit www.tanmiah.com
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Bustanica has opened the doors to the world’s largest hydroponic farm, backed by an investment of US$40m. The facility is the first vertical farm for Emirates Crop One, the joint venture between Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering operations serving more than 100 airlines, and Crop One, an industry leader in technology-driven indoor vertical farming. Located near Al Maktoum International Airport at Dubai World Central, the 330,000sqft facility is geared to produce more than 1,000,000 kilograms of high-quality EMIRATES FLIGHT CATERING OPENS WORLD’S LARGEST VERTICAL FARMDUBAIIN
The farm’s closed-loop system is designed to circulate water through the plants to maximise water usage and efficiency. When the water vaporises, it is recovered and recycled into the system, saving 250m litres of water every year compared to traditional outdoor farming for the same output.Bustanica will have zero impact on the world’s threatened soil resources, an incredibly reduced reliance on water and year-round harvests unhampered by weather conditions and pests. Consumers buying Bustanica’s greens from supermarkets can eat it straight from the bag – even washing can damage the leaves and introduce contaminants.
leafy greens annually, while requiring 95% less water than conventional agriculture. At any point in time, the facility grows in excess of 1m cultivars (plants), which will provide an output of 3,000 kgs per day. Bustanica is driven by powerful technology – machine learning, artificial intelligence and advanced methods – and a highly specialised in-house team that includes agronomy experts, engineers, horticulturists and plant scientists. A continuous production cycle ensures the produce is super fresh and clean, and grown without pesticides, herbicides, or Passengerschemicals.onEmirates and other airlines can look forward to forking these delicious leafy greens, including lettuces, arugula, mixed salad greens, and spinach, onboard their flights from July. Bustanica is not just revolutionising salads in the sky – UAE consumers will soon be able to add these greens to their shopping carts at the nearest supermarkets. Bustanica also plans to expand into the production and sale of fruits and vegetables.
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