Did you know that cellulose is the most common organic compound on Earth? 33% of all plant materials is cellulose. One of my favorite facts is that a carrot has the same amount of water as a glass of milk – 87% – all contained and held firm by cellulose. Cellulose Fiber is like a…
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SPI Group was happy to host the NCIFT New Professionals at our facility, featuring a fantastic talk by our friends at Renewal Mill! We were fascinated to hear about the company’s focus on food waste and upcycling. We all learned about Okara: not Okra, Okara (O-KAR-A). Okara is a superfood derived from organic soymilk production –…
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Prosur’s fruit and spice extracts, NatPre T-10 Plus, is very different alternative to Celery Powder for uncured meat applications. “Uncured” meats containing Celery Powder are actually cured. Typically, “uncured” meats containing Celery Powder have the same amount of residual nitrites as conventionally cured meat containing sodium nitrite. NatPre T-10 is a Mediterranean blend of fruit…
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The High Temperature Short Time extrusion process seems simple enough but technology to control all the process parameters and variables of ingredients make it a highly technical manufacturing process. The extrusion process produces minimal waste, with a minimal amount of labor along with increased product throughput. It’s a very efficient and economical way to produce…
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Friends of SPI Group recently participated in our 13th Food Tech Talk titled “Fiber Facts.” Did you know that 60% of American SAY they want to consume more fiber, but fewer than 5% of Americans actually get the daily recommended intake? J. Rettenmaier USA dietary fibers can help provide the nutritional fiber your consumers want,…
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SPI Group recently attended a meat conference at Texas A&M and one of the speakers talked about R&D Tax Incentives for food companies that do R&D/Product development. Many companies in the food manufacturing and processing industries are unaware that the government offers generous research & development incentive programs. Even those that are aware often fail…
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SPI Group is committed to helping our customers meet consumers’ needs, as we all know, one of the most popular trends is clean(er) labels and natural. Except that clean and natural have no definition. DuPont Nutrition and Health spent the last year researching what consumers mean when they say they want clean and natural. 57%…
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Most formulators and nutritionists realize that soy protein provides many functional and nutritional benefits in foods. These benefits include providing better yields and moist texture in processed meats and protein-based satiety when added to beverages or nutrition bars. However, in all cases, when added to prepared foods or nutritional products, soy is considered a definite…
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The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970. It was organized in response to population growth with an eye toward the impact every human makes on the Earth. Denis Hayes, the chief organizer of the first Earth Day said at that time, “It is already too late to avoid mass starvation.” The FAO and the…
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