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“DDW, The Color House” brand. DuPont
originally acquired the business in 2017 as
part of their acquisition of FMC's Health &
Nutrition business.
“This is the perfect opportunity to expand
our portfolio with unique new products and
deepen our position in blending and emulsions.
The associates at both sites are very
experienced and will ensure that we can
continue to provide outstanding products and
services during the transition,” explains Ted
Nixon, CEO of DDW.
Dustcontrol launches a new
process extraction and general
cleaning range for the food
industry
Hygiene requirements within the food
industry are extremely stringent. The Swedish
company Dustcontrol is now launching an
extraction product line for the food industry:
“Good For Food (GFF)”, to be used
especially “When Clean Is Not Enough”. The
system is designed to contribute to safe and
hygienic food production. “We have
developed a complete system that makes it
easy for food producers to manage material
waste and cleanliness in their production
processes”, explains Donna Wei Stenberg,
project manager for Dustcontrol's new food
industry product line.
Dustcontrol has almost fifty years'
experience in developing advanced extraction
systems and dust extractors for all types of
manufacturing industries. Dustcontrol has now
expanded its product range with the
introduction of extraction equipment that
contributes to safe and hygienic food
production. The initiative for the new system
comes from one of the company's customers, a
major food manufacturer in Germany.
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declare 'added sugar' in addition to the
standard total sugars on nutrition facts panels -
even if some of those sugars are added by way
of fruit juice powders or concentrates.
Implementation is staggered, with large
companies obliged to meet the requirements by
January 1, 2020 date, and smaller businesses
by 2021. But the change is already forcing
businesses to re-think how they formulate their
products, in order to avoid the negative
perception associated with added sugar.
However, a simple solution is at hand, in the
form of fruit purees, says Welch's Global
Ingredients Group. Purees are not included in
the definition of added sugar and therefore the
fruit sugars naturally present in purees only
need to be included in the total sugars
declaration.
Purees offer an effective
strategy for clearing FDA's new
'added sugar' hurdle
Fruit purees are emerging as a viable solution
for US food companies as they work towards
complying with challenging new rules on the
labelling of sugar.
The FDA introduced new labelling
regulations in 2016 and the compliance date
of January 1, 2020 for these is looming large.
The soon-to-be-implemented rules will mean that
manufacturers and brands will be required to
JULY-SEPTEMBER 2019
FOOD BUSINESS GULF & MIDDLE EAST