New Technologies & Innovations
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Upcycling food waste: Researchers use fermentation to produce cooking oil from corn husks
EUROPE -Researchers from Connectomix Bio are using ancient technology (fermentation) to turn agricultural waste into oils for food. The scientific breakthrough is timely as it could…
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Tackling food waste: Scientists develop a new way to extract antioxidant nutrients from corn starch waste
SWEDEN-A team of researchers from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology has developed a process for extracting ferulic acid, an antioxidant dietary fiber, from corn…
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Baking and dairy ingredients specialist Synercore secures US$4.7M from Norfund to fund expansion plans
SOUTH AFRICA – Norfund, the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries, is investing ZAR 80M (US$4.7M) in convertible debt in the expansion plans of Synercore…
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Evonik invests US$27.3M to upgrade German methionine intermediates plant
GERMANY-Evonik, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has invested €25M (US$27.3M) in developing and expanding its methyl mercapto-propionaldehyde (MMP) production plant, an organic compound that…
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BoMill launches ‘BoMill InSight’ to help millers optimize grain sorting operations
SWEDEN-The Swedish agritech company BoMill AB has launched a grain sorting solution brand BoMill InSight™, the first equipment of its kind, capable of sorting individual…