NIZO in the press
Protein from plant side streams has valuable characteristics
by Arno AltingThe protein Rubisco can be extracted from plant side streams, such as vegetable waste. At NIZO Protein Centre, the extraction proces has now been scaled up for semi-industrial use.
Read more on FoodHolland.nl (Dutch)
Innovations in cheese
by Wim EngelsKey to the acceptance of cheese by the consumer is the flavor and texture quality.
The current trends towards low fat and low salt cheeses require time and cost effective screening models for maintaining optimal quality.
Such cheese screening models are available at NIZO food research to better understand, improve and tailor many aspects of cheese making and ripening.
This article exemplifies exiting possibilities that are offered by our efficient and versatile model systems.
Read the article or visit the IDM site
Good and healthy food will prevent malnutrition in elderly people
by Tim LambersA consortium of (SME)-companies and the Alliantie Voeding Gelderse Vallei, in which the hospital Gelderse Vallei and Wageningen University (part of the WUR) take place, has startd a project to prevent malnutrition in elderly people and in patients, especially in hospitals and nursing homes.
In the project Cater with Care, new food products are developed and tested. The quality of the food attributes to prevention and better recovery of patients, and to the quality of life of elderly people in general.
Read the article on WUR.nl (Dutch)
Protein technology promising for food industry
by Arno AltingProtein research will lead to essential solutions for today's and tomorrow's questions. This was concluded during the fiftieth anniversary of the NIZO food research Protein Centre, at the FiE 2011 in Paris. With a 'tube to the future' innovative product development was adressed.
Read the article in Zuivelzicht (Dutch)
Genomics fires Microbiota 2011 to new heights
by Koos OosterhavenMapping the microbiome and the increasing sophistication of gene sequencing and analysis have in just a few years completely changed the research landscape for microbiota, and looks set to answer many to-date unresolved ‘mechanism of action’ questions. ''
Read the article on www.nutraingredients.com
New technique to build health claims for probiotics
by Peter BronProbiotics are able to promote health via different molecular modes of actions. This is the outcome of recent studies at NIZO using the latest genomics tools.
Read the article on VMT.nl. (Dutch)
Ground breaking designer dairy poised for lift off with plant isolates, NIZO
by Herwig BachmannDutch-based food research firm NIZO has evolved a wild plant isolate of Lactococcus lactis (L.Lactis) that it says could open the floodgates to fermented dairy products with new functionalities.
Read the article on www.dairyreporter.com
Bederf door sporenvormers uitbannen
by Marjon Wells-BennikBederf door sporenvormers uitbannen kan alleen met kennis van de aard en oorzaak van de besmetting. Vaak spelen besmette grondstoffen een cruciale rol.
Naast de belangrijke geslachten Clostridium en Bacillus zorgen ook nieuw ontdekte soorten als Geobacillus, Paenibacillus,
Virgibacillus en Alicyclobacillus soms zeer onverwacht voor bederf.
Lees het artikel of kijk op www.vmt.nl
Verlaging energieverbruik door drogestof-concentratie en drogen
by Martijn FoxDe meeste poeders worden met behulp van een sproeidroogproces geproduceerd.
Dit proces staat in de voedingsmiddelenindustrie bekend als zeer energie-intensief. Zo verbruikt de Nederlandse zuivelindustrie ongeveer 1,4 PJ/jaar bij het drogen van wei en melkpoeder.
Daarom zal verlaging van het energieverbruik voor dit proces aanzienlijke kostenbesparingen, een betere CO2-voetafdruk en een duurzamere productieketen opleveren.
Snelle screening poeders met micro-sproeidroger
by Martijn FoxPoederfabrikanten willen de optimale droogcondities van een nieuw product snel en automatisch kunnen bepalen, met een minimum aan grondstoffen.
Om aan deze wens tegemoet te komen, hebben NIZO food research en Wageningen Universiteit, een ‘high throughput screening’-faciliteit voor poeders ontwikkeld; de micro-sproeidroger.
