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Dear Subscriber,
This week I want to present you some highlights of the International
Potato Processing and Storage Convention of last week in
Calgary. Although the number of participants was
considerably lower than normal for this conference, I found
the convention a success because of the high quality of the
speakers and the truly international audience, with
countries like Japan, India, Vietnam, the Netherlands,
Germany, United States, Canada and several others all
represented.
A highlight for me was a presentation titled "Busting slime" by Lyriam
Marques of Innovotech Inc.. She described how well microbes
are "organized" to withstand our efforts of cleaning and
disinfecting. Most helpful were her suggestions to improve
cleaning and disinfection. These tips not only included the
basics, such as to clean before disinfection, but she had
some valuable additional suggestions. E.g. she suggested to
disinfect several time for a short time, rather than one
time but a longer. Another tip was to try demineralized
water for disinfection.
I found it also very interesting to hear from BMA (Mirko
Loehn) how vacuum frying is seeing a revival based on the
acrylamide issue, since the lower frying temperature under vacuum
compared to "atmospheric frying" reduces the formation of
unwanted components for products such as potato chips and
snacks.
As mentioned during the conference, you can now view
my presentation at the International Potato Processing and
Storage Convention,
"Considering Trans fats, today and tomorrow"
(WARNING: 8MB .pdf file!) on
PotatoPro.
I feel I should mention several other presentations to do
justice to their quality and the efforts of the presenters, but there is only so
much space here and this newsletter is late already.
So let me conclude with providing you information on the
next International Potato Processing and Storage convention
so you can be there yourself. Mark June 24 to 26, 2008 on
your your calendar. The 2008 Potato Processing and Storage
convention will be held (once more) in the Warsaw Marriott,
Warsaw, Poland. From own experience I can tell you that this
is a great city and hotel to stay.
One final remark: you may want to check out the
Latest News on
the site, since new articles were added after we
generated the news section of this newsletter.
Enjoy reading!
Paul van Eijck
The Future of On-The-Go Eating & Drinking Patterns
Societal shifts such as irregular working hours, longer time
spent in transit, and fragmented mealtimes are driving consumers
to feel more time pressured. As a result, consumers are increasingly
consuming food and drinks on-the-go. This report assesses the
trends driving and potentially inhibiting on-the-go food and
drinks consumption and predicts how this market will look in
2011.
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provides a comprehensive overview of the new food product development
process. Stages of development are described in detail, beginning
with sources of ideas, then moving through development, final
screening, and introduction into the marketplace. With extensive
experience in new food product development, the author outlines
ways a company can organize for new product development and
utilize available resources. He focuses on the roles, functions,
and interactions of the members of the food product development
team as well as other company departments and outside resources
in the food product development process.
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maintenance and cleaning. The new dry peel remover will
be used in the potato processing industry and vegetable
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processing capacities up to 45 tons/hour, 24 hours a
day.
For processing potatoes the bristle length of the new
brushes has been increased. This results not only in
more flexibility but also allows a more gentle operation
of the brushes, offering lower unwanted peel losses and
an extended life time of the brushes.
Also contributing to a better peeling process is the
possibility to individually set the speed of the
brushes. To realize this, the central drive was replaced
by electrical motors for each individual brush. An
additional advantage of this new drive concept is the
fact that V-belts, timing belts, pulleys, etc. have
become obsolete, whilst the noise production and
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Maintenance and replacement of the brushes is also
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