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ASEPTIC PACKAGING The trademark Fres-co Aseptic System® identifies a complete range of aseptic packages with formats from 1 to 1500 litres, to preserve fluid and viscous products such as vegetable purée and dairy products at room temperature for periods of more than 24 months. With respect to the tradition rigid tin containers, the flexible Fres-co

One of Australia’s last remaining tomato-processors, Cedenco, has plans for major expansion. In an interview today with Australian Food News, Cedenco’s CEO John Brady said that there is a huge market for processed tomatoes, and if the Australian growing and processing industry does not expand quickly, it will not have the capacity to meet demand.

During a seminar hosted by the Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science, the research teams of the food groups Asahi Group Holdings and Kagome presented the results of their joint study highlighting the catalyzing effects of tomato juice on the way the body metabolizes alcohol. When it is consumed, alcohol is absorbed through the

Located near Guelma, El Fedjoudj is a small haven of peace surrounded by rich green fields. This is the agricultural region that the private company Benamor Group chose in 2004 for its program to modernize the production of tomato plants in plug-seedlings in state-of-the-art greenhouses stretching over five hectares. Inside, both irrigation and temperature are

Heinz Watties was right. Italian producers have been dumping their tomatoes in New Zealand and it has been suppressing prices. But despite finding 17 per cent of all imported Italian tomatoes were dumped, New Zealand officials are not going to take any action. Heinz Wattie’s complained to the Economic Development Ministry about dumping last year.

Effect of a tomato-rich diet on markers of cardiovascular disease risk in moderately overweight, disease-free, middle-aged adults: a randomized controlled trial. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of mortality in the United Kingdom. Epidemiologic studies suggest that consumption of tomato-based foods may lower CVD risk. Such potential benefits have been ascribed in part to

ConAgra Foods says consumer demand for ketchup free of high-fructose corn syrup « was not as strong as expected.” There’s a ketchup change that’s making some consumers red in the face. Omaha-based ConAgra Foods Inc. has quietly re-introduced high-fructose corn syrup to some bottles of the company’s Hunt’s brand ketchup. The shift back to the heavily

Several teams of scientists have managed to sequence the tomato genome. Thanks to this advance, the cost and varietal diversity of tomatoes is likely to change. The tomato is revealing itself progressively. Scientists from the French INRA (National Agronomic Research Institute) have collaborated with colleagues of the Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC) and carried out the