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ISM 2023 : SNACK TRENDS

3.05.2023 - 2036 View(s)

We are following snack trends in Cologne via ISM fair, April 2023

FOOD INGREDIENTS EUROPE 2022 - REVIEW

6.03.2023 - 1775 View(s)

2022 Food Ingredients Fair has ended. The first high-participation fair, which took place with the lifting of the COVID 19 restrictions, was again in Paris this year.

VEGAN MILKS

25.07.2022 - 2512 View(s)

Sustainable solutions for food industry

DECREASING FREEZING POINT : STS

8.04.2021 - 3771 View(s)

We are mentioning about an emulsifier one of the most important for fat stabilization

HYDROLYZED LECITHIN (ENZYMATIC LECITHIN)

19.03.2021 - 4477 View(s)

Lipophilic but not lecithin, hydrophilic but not ester

CANT MAKE A CAKE WITHOUT : WHIPPED CREAM

17.03.2021 - 3893 View(s)

From the royal cuisine to our kitchen, essential cream : cream chantilly

LESS IS MORE : CHOCOLATE

15.03.2021 - 3970 View(s)

Limited source cacao, against the increasing chocolate demand

BABY FOOD AND ORGANIC BABY FOOD

10.03.2021 - 3890 View(s)

What is it and why it is special?

SOAKING : PLANNED MEALS

1.03.2021 - 3812 View(s)

Before consuming legumes we need to soak, ferment or boil. Why?

YEAST, BAKING POWDER, GLUTEN... BAKING 101

20.02.2021 - 4645 View(s)

We clarify some basic terms for these days when baking at home is more common

ISM 2020 IMPRESSIONS

10.02.2021 - 3552 View(s)

The most exciting part of this week for the food industry was the snack fair held annually in Cologne.

WE HAVE FOOD ENOUGH!

20.01.2021 - 2229 View(s)

Hunger, obesity, waste ... Can we solve if we want?

ACTIVATED CAKE EMULSIFIERS

10.01.2021 - 3895 View(s)

An easy-to-use solution for making high volume, moisturized and elastic cakes: activated cake emulsifiers!

FOOD INGREDIENTS FAIR - PARIS 2019

1.01.2021 - 2345 View(s)

We are at Food Ingredients Europe, which starts on 3 December and ends on 5 December!

LESS ANIMAL-BASED FOOD FOR A BETTER WORLD

25.12.2020 - 2820 View(s)

Do you wonder how vegan diet choices help

WHERE IS HALF OF THE CAKE?

20.12.2020 - 2176 View(s)

Hard demolding, loss of shape and material, matt appearance... We have a suggestion for sticking problems!

SMELL BEFORE TASTING!

15.12.2020 - 2150 View(s)

When we talk about flavor, we also talk about smell. So let’s see how smell affects taste

TREND ALARM: KETOGENIC SNACKS

10.11.2020 - 2515 View(s)

Sugar, which has entered almost all areas of industrial food, is now declared an enemy, and we want to read sugar-free labels

TASTY IS NOT SWEET, SOUR, BITTER OR SALTY... IT IS UMAMI!

1.11.2020 - 2920 View(s)

We love to consume meat, and we eat more when the taste is meaty. Even vegans and vegetarians buy meat-equivalent products from the market. So what is this meat taste?

SHELF LIFE AND BEST BEFORE DATE

20.10.2020 - 3380 View(s)

A step from industry to prevent food waste...

CLEANING SYSTEMS AND EHEDG CERTIFICATE IN FOOD INDUSTRY

10.10.2020 - 3474 View(s)

How can we say that cleaning with air and water can be done with the help of technology and science in industrial food production?

FOOD ADDITIVES AND E NUMBERS

1.10.2020 - 2463 View(s)

Ingredients : E numbers... What is E number? Where did it come from?

ORGANIC CHOCOLATE? POSSIBLE WITH ORGANIC LECITHIN!

25.09.2020 - 2170 View(s)

Organic fruit, vegetables, and eggs, but now chocolate, bread, and even sausages are organic. What about additives?

MAKING EGG-FREE CAKE: CAKE EMULGATORS FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

20.09.2020 - 3105 View(s)

Stable, homogenous, and high-volume cakes without eggs: emulsifiers are the key

WHAT IS PGPR?

15.09.2020 - 8261 View(s)

What is the PGPR that we see in chocolate-coated products with the E476 code?

HOW TO PRODUCE MAYONNAISE?

10.09.2020 - 6171 View(s)

You can make mayonnaise with the three raw ingredients that are always at home, but you should consume it within a week.

WHAT IS MONO-DI GLYCERIDES OR SHORTLY GMS?

5.09.2020 - 11884 View(s)

What are the emulsifiers, which we can hear by short names such as GMS or DMG, by E471 code, and how are they obtained?

EMULSIFIERS : WHAT IS LECITHIN?

1.09.2020 - 8090 View(s)

Almost every packaged food we are reading : Lecithin. What is it, and how is it produced?

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THICKENERS AND EMULSIFIERS

25.08.2020 - 6334 View(s)

There are two complementary groups: thickeners and emulsifiers. So what does it add to?

CREATING ADDED VALUE: HYDROCOLLOID BLENDS

20.08.2020 - 2273 View(s)

Let us explain how two plus two plus equals five for the thickeners: The benefits of blended products that food science has given us

MICROBIAL BASED WATER BINDERS : TRANSGLUTAMINASE

15.08.2020 - 2222 View(s)

One of the most innovative and effective clean-label solutions: enzymes

NATURAL COLORS

10.08.2020 - 2409 View(s)

Color is one of the most important criteria for food, and we want it to be natural. But is this possible with industrial foods?

ZERO CALORIE SUGAR : STEVIA

5.08.2020 - 2218 View(s)

You want sweet, zero-calorie food with no chemical ingredients at the same time. Is it too much? No, you are talking about Stevia!

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES

1.08.2020 - 2263 View(s)

The main component of the plant cell wall became a food ingredient: Cellulose derivatives

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : AGAR AGAR

25.07.2020 - 2907 View(s)

We are talking about a hydrocolloid that is obtained from algae and becomes so popular in many products, from petri dishes to jellies

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : TARA GUM

20.07.2020 - 3903 View(s)

As we approach the month of April, we will talk about an ingredient in our foods which came from South America: Tara Gum

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : GUAR GUM

15.07.2020 - 1661 View(s)

Sahlep to ice cream, we are talking about an ingredient which is in our foods every season.

MICROBIAL BASED WATER BINDERS : XANTHAN GUM

10.07.2020 - 2354 View(s)

We will talk about the gum that came from industrial food production to our kitchens and that we can even find in markets now

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : ALGINATE

5.07.2020 - 2600 View(s)

We cannot get away from the sea when we talk about viscosity and binding water. Since aquatic organisms are hydrophilic, we are once again going under the sea and introducing you to alginate from algae

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : LOCUST BEAN GUM

1.07.2020 - 3780 View(s)

While the ice cream season is approaching and the weather is getting warmer, we will talk about carob which is also grown in our country and used as a thickener in foods.

MICROBIAL BASED WATER BINDERS : GELLAN GUM

25.06.2020 - 3551 View(s)

Gellan Gum, a thickening agent that is sourced indirectly from plants, is obtained from bacteria with technology

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : GUM ARABIC

20.06.2020 - 2782 View(s)

Arabic gum, acacia gum... We will talk about a gum for sticking and increasing viscosity.

PLANT BASED WATER BINDERS : KONJAC GUM

15.06.2020 - 2070 View(s)

We will talk about a water binder and thickening agent that we started to see on the market: Konjac Gum

BAKING AGENT WITHOUT YEASTS : PHOSPHATES

10.06.2020 - 1732 View(s)

Let’s look closer at phosphates, which are known as chemical leavening agents for bakeries

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : PECTIN

5.06.2020 - 5402 View(s)

We will talk about pectin, which is one of the oldest ingredients in our foods

PLANT BASED WATER BINDERS : LEMON FIBER

1.06.2020 - 2231 View(s)

Lemon fiber : An alternative for water and oil binding

WE ARE GOING TO THE SWEETEST FAIR IN THE WORLD, ISM COLOGNE!

3.02.2020 - 2363 View(s)

Innovations on sweet snacks, vegan alternatives, organic choices... To learn about 2020 trends, we will be in Germany!

PLANT BASED HYDROCOLLOIDS : CARRAGEENAN

31.05.2019 - 4624 View(s)

The first post on Kantara Food is, of course, about hydrocolloids! We will brief you shortly about carrageenan.