Agriculture and Nutrition

The encapsulation industry is gaining prominence due to rising needs for functional food products. As newer active ingredients are encapsulated within a wide range of shell materials, stakeholders are focusing on increasing shelf life, bioavailability, and targeted delivery. However, the high cost of food encapsulation technologies, equipment and r...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features the sugar-free food industry, which is driven by the increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases related to high sugar intake and higher consumer awareness about the ill effects of sugar on health. As a result, innovations producing various sugar-free food products have mushroomed. The sugar-free food prod...

This edition of the Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features food nutrients from algae, which offer environmental advantages and highly desired nutritional value. Trends toward natural food ingredients and non-genetically modified food drive innovations in algae utilization. Innovations featured are in the production of whole algae protein, algae omeg...

Agriculture plays a very vital role in the Indian economy. The sector contributes around 16 percent to GDP. Over 58 percent of the rural households are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. However, a severe drought in the last two fiscal has reduced agriculture productivity. In fiscal 2016-17 with a positive forecast for monsoon, the agri...

The recent advances in the food industry focus on offering a sustained approach to the development of healthier functional foods. Food encapsulation helps food processors protect sensitive food components, ensure against nutritional loss, utilize otherwise sensitive ingredients, incorporate unusual or time-release mechanisms into their formulation...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features innovations in seafood, which are currently driven by the trend toward sustainable seafood harvesting and farming and increased awareness on the benefits of seafood protein over poultry protein. Innovations featured in this edition are on seafood preservation, sustainable ocean farming, synthetic seafood, ...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TOE features innovations in probiotic beverages, which are trending toward non-dairy bases. Fruits and vegetables are also increasingly being incorporated into probiotic beverages. These factors and increasing demand from health-conscious consumers are driving innovations in the industry. Profiles featured in this TOE ...

This Industrial Bioprocessing TechVision Opportunity Engine (TOE) features innovations in frozen yogurt, the present day healthier alternative to ice-creams. Its main market driver is the increasing health consciousness among consumers, which spurs innovations in the varieties of frozen yogurt products and in the way yogurt can be eaten and carried...

This Industrial Bioprocessing Alert features innovations that enable the use of probiotics in nutraceuticals. This corresponds to the current market interest in probiotics as a nutraceutical ingredient, especially in functional foods. The innovations profiled in this Alert feature probiotics microencapsulation technology, highly stable strains, pr...