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DSM-Firmenich partners with AI specialist to accelerate flavour molecule discovery
DSM-Firmenich is partnering with AI company Boltz PBC to accelerate the discovery and development of new flavour and fragrance molecules.
Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces Orbitrap mass spectrometers for isotope ratio analysis
Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced its new Orbitrap Isora Mass Spectrometer and Orbitrap Isora Pro Mass Spectrometer, the company’s first Orbitrap instruments with a dedicated isotope ratio analysis mode.
NotCo sells Brazil operations to Ferrara, reportedly shuts down Mexico business
Chilean AI food-tech company NotCo has confirmed it has sold its operations in Brazil to local investment firm Ferrara, owner of a portfolio of natural food brands in Brazil and the US.
Trust, but verify: Why AI defect detection needs the same validation rigour as any other critical control point
Food safety and quality assurance manager Santoshi Muriki argues that if AI is doing the job of a critical control point, it needs to be validated like one.
Nūmi secures €3.7m France 2030 funding to scale human milk bioactive platform
French biotech company Nūmi has secured €3.7 million in non-dilutive funding through the France 2030 i-Démo programme to support the development and scale-up of its human milk bioactive technology.
The birthplace of modular top-loading automation
The FMCG industry‘s automated packaging processes bear the distinctive mark of a German company. Sixty years ago, Gerhard Schubert founded his business, which has repeatedly raised the bar for robot-based top-loading operations.
Novonesis to build €600m enzyme production facility in Patalganga, India
Novonesis has revealed plans to expand its facility in Patalganga, India, and build ‘one of the world’s most advanced’ enzyme production plants.
Paleo raises €2 million in funding to progress precision-fermented myoglobin solutions
Belgian food-tech start-up Paleo has raised €2 million to support the commercial scale-up of its animal-free heme proteins, made using precision fermentation.
GEA launches digital changeover tool to reduce errors, waste and downtime
GEA has launched Changeover Assist, a new application designed to help food manufacturers reduce errors,
Mycoprotein maker Maash secures €12.5m, welcomes former Enough Foods exec as new CEO
Maash – a start-up with operations in Belgium and France, focused on developing mycoprotein ingredients for the food industry – has secured a €12.5 million funding package to accelerate its next phase of growth.
Äio and TFTAK secure €1.94m to enhance microbial oil production
Estonian biotechnology start-up Äio has teamed up with research organisation TFTAK (Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies) to launch a three-year R&D project focused on microbial oil production.
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