The probiotic ice cubes allow everyday consumers the flexibility of adapting probiotics into food and drinks Uni-Tat Ice & Marketing Pte Ltd (Iceman) and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) have launched a new ice product with the added benefit for gut health. The probiotic ice cubes developed by Iceman and NTU Singapore[Read More…]
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Singapore develops food inks from frozen vegetables
Food inks are usually made from pureed foods in liquid or semi-solid form, then 3D-printed by extrusion from a nozzle, and assembled layer by layer Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) have developed a new[Read More…]
NUS engineers create ‘smart’ aerogel that turns air into drinking water
One kilogramme of the new material generates enough drinking water to meet a household’s daily need, and does not require any external power source Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are coming to the rescue of water scarcity of the future. The team has created a substance that extracts water from[Read More…]
Study reveals 80% of Singapore elderly at risk of malnutrition have low muscle mass
High prevalence of low muscle mass among 4 in 5 older adults in Singapore at risk of malnutrition New Phase Two findings from the SHIELD study by Singapore based Changi General Hospital (CGH), SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP), and Abbott – which aims to strengthen health in the elderly through nutrition –[Read More…]
Singapore creates gut friendly probiotic coffee and tea drinks
Many health benefits of tea have been linked to it containing ‘polyphenol’ molecules Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have recently created new probiotic coffee and tea drinks that are packed with gut-friendly live probiotics. Supervised by Associate Professor Liu Shao Quan from NUS Food Science and Technology,[Read More…]
TurtleTree Labs focuses on food grade growth factors
TurtleTree Scientific will be working with cell-based meat companies on the production of food grade growth factors Singapore based startup TurtleTree Labs has announced the launch of TurtleTree Scientific, dedicated to the growth of food grade growth factors. Despite the costs of producing cell-based meat declining over the years, the[Read More…]
Singapore Food Agency gives nod to sale of cell-cultured meat
The approval, granted to global food technology company Eat Just, follows years of exploration in the alternative protein space The Singapore government’s food regulation authority Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has approved the sale of meat cultivated from animal cells in the city-state. The approval, granted to global food technology company[Read More…]
Austrianova’s ’Bac-in-a-Box’ technology protects probiotics from stomach acid
Acid protective properties of Bac-in-a-Box published in Microbial Cell Factories highlighting its enhanced and more efficacious delivery of probiotics as well as of oral living vaccines Austrianova announced on 30 Nov 2020 that a key publication on the ability of its patented technology, Bac-in-a-Box®, to protect probiotics from acidic conditions found[Read More…]
Singapore reveals “Healthy food labels that work and don’t work”
A Duke-NUS Medical School study finds that new labels may be needed to help consumers make healthier food purchases. Many products display Physical Activity Equivalent (PAE) labels on food and beverages. Such as “Want that packet of biscuits? That’ll be 17 minutes of jogging to burn off one serving (and there’s probably[Read More…]
Ingredion acquires Verdient Foods to accelerate growth in plant-based proteins
By end of 2020, Company expects total investment in plant-based proteins to increase to over USD$200 million from USD$185 million Ingredion Incorporated, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to the food and beverage manufacturing industry, announced on 11 Nov 2020 that it has signed an agreement with James Cameron[Read More…]
