Spices & Ingredients

VAN HEES GmbH celebrates 70 anniversary

This year, VAN HEES GmbH (Walluf) celebrates its 70 anniversary. The company, which supplies its products to more than 80 countries worldwide, is one of the market leaders in quality additives, spices and spice blends, herbs, marinades, emulsions and flavors in meat and sausage processing ...

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Guaranteed tenderness and security with a round taste: The new Zartin Gourmet CA from Van Hees

With the new Zartin Gourmet CA and Zartin Gourmet CA liquid, Van Hees GmbH (Walluf) is now offering the next generation of its proven Zartin range. It not only ensures optimal tenderness and taste, but also makes a decisive contribution to food safety. In addition, Zartin Gourmet CA is free from table salt, flavors, flavor enhancers and allergens that have to be declared ...

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AVO is expanding its portfolio of premium marinades

The taste experts from Belm are again setting new trends and presenting new spice accents on the grill with the AVO Lafiness Black Garlic. Garlic is very popular with consumers for its health promoting properties. The special thing about Black Garlic is the ripening process of the garlic, the fermentation ...

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Adalbert Raps Foundation supports reconstruction in Nepal

Kulmbach, November 2016: In spring 2015, Nepal was massively damaged by several earthquakes. The Adalbert Raps Foundation is helping the Nepalese population together with Nepalhilfe Kulmbach eV with the reconstruction. For the second time, the foundation finances the active commitment of employees of the spice manufacturer RAPS GmbH & Co. KG and their relatives in Nepal. There they help with the construction of earthquake-proof buildings and instruct the Nepalese to help themselves ...

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Spice Seminar of the German Spice Museum in Kulmbach on 24. November

August 2016, Kulmbach - On Thursday, 24. November the German Spice Museum in Kulmbach at a spice seminar, which is suitable for professionals in the food industry and catering as well as for interested amateur chefs and bakers. Headed by Gewürzsommelière Brigitte Lauterbach participants learn which flavors can affect mood and well-being and can be treated like to typical winter ailments with savory ingredients ...

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High quality whey proteins for food

Whey produced during cheese production contains valuable proteins that until now often remain unused. The University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB are examining how high-quality whey proteins can be obtained for nutrition with the aid of a new electromembrane method for nutrition in the EU-funded project Whey2Food with partners from industry.

The production of cheese and casein produces large quantities of whey. 81 million tons per year come together with the aqueous residue in the EU alone. Approximately 40 percent of it is already processed via filtration to whey concentrate and further to various whey products. Most of the whey, however, remains unused. In addition to milk sugar and minerals, whey mainly contains valuable milk proteins. "As natural binders and emulsifiers, proteins could be used in the food industry," Dr. Ana Lucia Vasquez, who directs the project at the IGB, the economic potential and goal of the new project. »They are also suitable for functional nutritional supplements, eg. In baby food or as a source of protein in athletic drinks, "says the expert.

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Even with less salt, the full enjoyment sausage

Fraunhofer relies on simulation model for optimal enjoyment

Most people eat too much salt. Five to six grams per day are sufficient. On the agenda, however, is often twice the amount. Great flexibility to control the salt intake itself, we, however, have not: Because most salt we take on already processed foods to us - for example, on bread, cheese or meat products. The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising is working on ways to reduce the salt content of foods without this at the expense of taste.

"Most of salt we consume, not lands on our taste buds. It is simply swallowed "explains Christian Zacherl the IVV. He wanted to improve together with his colleagues from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed ​​Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI in Freiburg. "We have developed a computer-based simulation model that simulates the flavor release of food in the mouth," said Dr. Martin Steinhauser from EMI. With the new method, they took the salt distribution chewing Brühwurst under the microscope. The result: The arrangement of salt play in frankfurters or lyoners affects the taste of salt. "The more uneven the salt is distributed in the sausage, the saltier it tastes," said Zacherl. Many sausages could do without salt thus without loss of taste. Your simulation model, the researchers want to further refine to create tailor-made recipes for healthy food in future.

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Vitamin C astray

Reactivity in the Maillard degradation of vitamin C

Vitamin C is found in many foods, other it is added to extend shelf life. An air and at room temperature, it is however not stable: Partly sliced ​​fruit is brown and the taste of food changes. In the journal Angewandte Chemie provide German scientists now a systematic study taking place during the vitamin C degradation processes.

Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is a reducing carbohydrate and can react with amino acids, peptides and proteins. Such reactions between carbohydrates (sugars) and proteins belong to the class of so-called "Maillard reactions", named after its discoverer, Louis Camille Maillard. Maillard reactions are ubiquitous: they make as our toast crisp, provide the typical roast fragrance when searing meat and add coffee beans during roasting aroma.

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