Camel is one of my favourite animals. One of the privileges living in the Middle East is I can see camels more often here. The picture of camels in this article is taken by myself during our family vacation in Salalah, Oman. There are many benefits of camels, including for transportation and also source of […]
Food & Beverages
Food Additives in Processed Beef Products
A study of food additives composition in commercially processed beef products that were conducted by Mirza Rizqi Zulkarnain, Glorya Pricilia and Yasmina Okinurshabani from Food Technology Department of International University Liaison Indonesia (IULI) has been recently published in Jurnal Teknologi dan Industri Pangan volume 32(1). This study identified the food additives composition of halal and local-based […]
A Novel Food Processing Technology for Better and Safer Food (By: Fransiska Rusli)
Food processing has always been deeply correlated with us whether it is done at home or industrial scale. Food processing, by definition, is the act of transforming agricultural products into directly edible foods. When talking about food processing, it is commonly associated with heat. At home, this means boiling, steaming, frying, or other heating methods. […]
How to Choose the Right Plastic Packaging for Food?
Based on The Regulation of Ministry of Industry in Indonesia no. 24/M-IND/PER/2/2010, the inclusion of the Food Grade Logo (Logo Tara Pangan) and recycling code of plastic packaging are mandatory for every plastic food packaging. Basically, there are two types of plastic which are: Thermoplastic resin: that can be deformed when heated Thermoset resin: only […]
Food Packaging: Types and Characteristics
Food packaging is a material used as a container or and/or wraps food both directly with food or not (BPOM, 2019). The functions of food packaging are as container for storage, setup, transport and protection and extended shelf life to avoid food spoilage. It also can be used as a media for food information and […]
Effect of Food Technology Education to Climate Change and Poverty (by: Andrean Wangsa)
We are living in an era of severe mass extinction, due to air and water pollution which contaminates and reduces the worldwide biodiversity including both plants and animals, this results in global warming, oxygen deficiency, and loss of agricultural and forestry products. This causes a slow but steady increase in price throughout the years, and […]