Highlighting the Central Coast’s dynamic food, beverage and manufacturing sceneIn July. Future Food Systems staff, research leads and PhDs represented FFS, our projects and our mission at conferences and agrifood events nationwide.
Future foods facility to fast-track new product development in WAMurdoch University is the first Western Australian university to partner with the state government in a new commercial food factory that will help food and beverage businesses develop value-added food products for local consumption and global export. The Sustainable Innovative Food Technologies (SIFT) Centre – the result of a WA Government partnership with Future Food…
Future Food Systems represented at events around the worldIn July. Future Food Systems staff, research leads and PhDs represented FFS, our projects and our mission at conferences and agrifood events nationwide.
Plans for NT food manufacturing plant revealedA Charles Darwin University research group reveals what's needed for Northern Australia to build its own food manufacturing capabilities.
The new home of food innovation in Western AustraliaA specialised Food Science and Nutrition campus run by Murdoch University has launched at the Food Innovation Precinct WA.
FFSCRC PhDs decide: Academia, industry…or bothIn the first student catch-up of the year, new FFSCRC CEO Dr James Krahe addressed our PhD cohort on the pros and cons of working in industry vs academia.
Future Food Systems CRC backs CERS-hosted alt-proteins tastingOn 8 September, the UNSW-based Chemical Engineering Research Society (CERS) hosted a well-attended tasting of Love BUDS, the new alt-meat range from CRC participant All G Foods.
Delivering a new oil-based extract encapsulation process for taste solutionsSydney-based natural ingredients manufacturer Baker & Co is drawing on UNSW's expertise in spray-drying and encapsulation to turn liquid taste ingredients into equally flavourful, but more adaptable and easily exportable powdered equivalents.
Andrew Tilley, PhD student: putting premium artichokes’ health benefits on trialAndrew Tilley studied food science and technology at Perth WA's Curtin University, but took the long way round to a CRC-backed PhD at Murdoch via the food manufacturing industry.
CRC field trip: Sanitarium R&D facilityFifteen members of the CRC cohort joined a recent daytrip to visit industry partner Sanitarium’s research facility on NSW's Central Coast.
WA Future Food Network launches online platform to help producers forge profitable partnershipsThis producer-focused network’s new, free-to-join web portal helps Western Australian food producers keen to value-add connect with providers right along the F&B supply chain.
$8.78m MMI grant to further development of Sunshine Coast food-industry clusterAmong the food and beverage firms sharing $33+m under the federal government's MMI'S Translation and Integration streams is FAN food-cluster member Turbine Sunshine Coast, which will use its $8.7m grant to establish a large-scale contract manufacturing and R&D precinct at Sunshine Coast Airport.
Peter Schutz wins AIFST President’s AwardCRC Board member Peter Schutz OAM has netted the 2021 Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology President’s Award for his outstanding contribution to the Australian food industry.
Sanitarium teams with UNSW scientists to optimise grain-drying operationIn a project starting mid-February 2022, UNSW scientists will work with Sanitarium to develop protocols for optimising the firm's Weet-Bix grain-drying process.
Federation University launches Sustainable Food Systems courseGippsland-based Federation University has launched a three-year Bachelor of Sustainable Food Systems course that gives participants the practical and theoretical skills they’ll need to deliver safe, nutritious and sustainable food into local and global markets.
Supporting Northern Australia’s agricultural and food manufacturing capabilityCharles Darwin University has received $735,000 in funding from the Australian Government to develop the local industry's food manufacturing capabilities.
Advanced Vegetable Processing facility to add value to surplus Gippsland produceCRC food cluster participant Food & Fibre Gippsland has applied the European Union model of Smart Specialisation to undertake feasibility and technical studies for a recycling facility to valorise waste streams from the $7 billion Gippsland sector.
Fable Food Co’s Chief Scientific Officer talks with his celebrity chef idolJim Fuller - chemical engineer, fine-dining chef, mycologist and now Chief Scientific Officer with Fable Food Co - was a recent guest on celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's podcast Heston's Journey to the Centre of Food.
$800m in federal funds for collaborative food manufacturing projectsUnder its Modern Manufacturing Initiative, the Australian Government is offering $800m in grant funding for large-scale collaborative projects in priority manufacturing areas, including food and beverages.
New discoveries pave the way for an algal boomIt's clean, green, and nutritionally potent. Murdoch University researchers have found a number of uses for microalgae, from animal feed to beta-carotene supplements.
