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  • Polytag & Pellenc ST provide open standard solution for recycling and traceability

    Polytag, a state-of-the-art data platform supplier that specialises in packaging information within the circular economy, has partnered with Pellenc ST, a leader in the design and production of intelligent sorting and quality control systems for the trash and recycling industry. To improve material recovery and traceability, the partnership combines cutting-edge invisible UV watermark-based tracking with…


  • Trump’s trade strategy: Tariff impact and opportunity from an IRA repeal

    Image courtesy 123rf. North American energy policy and trade strategy is under the lens in this week’s Power Playbook, with Trump’s tariffs dominating global discourse, a bill passed to hamper the IRA, and research from Johns Hopkins showing a full repeal would re-enable global competition in energy sector dominance. “We have a great big elephant…


  • Muntons offers manufacturers MaltiChoc as an authentic cocoa match

    Muntons has increased the variety of its cutting-edge chocolate substitute, MaltiChoc. MaltiChoc R500 has been developed as a match for reduced fat cocoa powders and works particularly well in dairy-based applications such as beverages, milkshakes and ice creams. It joins Muntons’ existing MaltiChoc D1000 which matches multiple cocoa powders and is commonly used in sweet…


  • Muntons offers MaltiChoc as an authentic cocoa match

    Muntons has increased the variety of its cutting-edge chocolate substitute, MaltiChoc. MaltiChoc R500 has been developed as a match for reduced fat cocoa powders and works particularly well in dairy-based applications such as beverages, milkshakes and ice creams. It joins Muntons’ existing MaltiChoc D1000 which matches multiple cocoa powders and is commonly used in sweet…


  • Beef, lamb, milk, and eggs most susceptible to lab-grown competition

    In contrast to chicken and pig, beef, lamb, milk, and eggs are more susceptible to market competition from lab-grown substitutes, according to a recent study conducted by the James Hutton Institute and Norway’s Ruralis Institute for Rural and Regional Research. The study, which was funded by the Research Council of Norway and is believed to…


  • Unconform releases the future of fine yet functional coffee

    London Coffee Festival has been and gone but Unconform’s bold ambition to ‘bridge that gap between hoity toity coffee that very few people actually like, and the coffee drinks that are basically ice cream milkshakes with a tiny bit of cheap coffee,’ burns brighter than ever. From the outset Yusuf Amanullah and his team were…


  • Lloyd’s Register Advisory verifies Anemoi’s rotor sails

    Lloyd’s Register Advisory has independently verified the results of Anemoi Marine Technologies’ rotor sail system, following nearly a year of testing. Verifying the results Lloyd’s Register Advisory confirmed the methodology that the wind-assisted propulsion technology company used for calculating fuel and emissions savings from the three 24m-high rotor sails installed on TR Lady – a…


  • Duke Energy tests sodium-sulfur for BESS

    (Credit: Duke Energy) Could sodium-sulfur technology transform energy storage? Duke Energy would like to know, which is why it’s launching a pilot project to test the tech as a possible alternative to lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS). Duke will run the pilot at site of the Suwannee River Steam Plant, which now houses natural…


  • Altair and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to decarbonize marine engines with AI and simulation

    Computational intelligence company Altair has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Engine Research Institute at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to improve the performance of eco-friendly marine engines and power AI-driven development initiatives. AI for eco-friendly marine engines Under the agreement, Altair and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will collaborate to: develop simulation platforms for…


  • Xampla’s plant protein microcapsules could revolutionise how vitamins and nutrients are delivered in everyday foods

    New peer-reviewed research in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Sustainable Food Technology, shows Xampla’s novel plant protein microcapsules retain oil-based activities through simulated digestion, all the way to the intestinal phase. The paper, titled “Digestibility and enteric release achieved with microencapsulates made from emulsion-templated plant proteins” gives further backing to Xampla’s world first, multi-patented technology. Leading scientists…