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Many Australian companies in the biotech sector struggle to either prove a concept or to develop it. Herbal-Active™ and HerBev™ are natural anti-microbials akin to hops in beer (without hops, beer wouldn't last a week before being over-grown with bacteria, yeasts and moulds). VCFS has spent countless thousands funding the proof of concept and the samples and support needed to get industry to even look at this natural replacement for benzoates, sorbates, metabisulphites, parabens and other chemical preservatives.
Through strategic partnerships, selected agencies and lots of pressing the flesh, blogs, email campaigns and more, the word is slowly creeping out.
My next attack is the supermarkets and natural food stores themselves. Here in Australia, Coles and Woolworths and US outlets such as Whole Foods Markets, Andronicos, Draegers and Lunardi’s should be telling their suppliers to seek us out and to listen to what we are saying.
In the meat industry, sausages appear to be the money pot and a long shelf life sausage is the Holy Grail for companies supplying supermarkets. However, while the ideal solution is to dip or tumble the trim with a 2% solution of Herbal-Active, drain and then mince, few manufacturers want to do more than simply replace the preservative chemicals they now measure in with their seasonings.
Innovation and progress often mean a step sideways and yet change is resisted as though it's important to maintain the status quo. It also takes time and leadership so I guess that like the Australian biotech industry, I'll just sit back and wait.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Credibility the key to continued functional food and beverage growth | Australian Food News
Credibility the key to continued functional food and beverage growth | Australian Food News
Here's a great article on the trend of functional foods which highlights the future for Kakadu Juice as a unique cocktail of superfoods. Its uniqueness comes from the inclusion of Australian wild foods which have not been genetically or selectively engineered as foods which are more adapted to our supermarket distribution systems than for our best nutrition.
Wild foods, which include acai, mangosteen, pomegranate along with the indigenous Australian ingredients of Kakadu plum, Illawarra and Davidson plums, wild rosella, pepperberry and various functional herb and spice extracts are nutrient dense and loaded with phytonutrients. These might be as simple as sugars and not just sucrose, glucose or fructose but every other naturally occurring pentose and hexose (5 and 6 carbon sugars) in small clusters or oligosaccharides. As the author states, [these sugar clusters] act as markers in important recognition processes such as microbial infection, cancer metastasis [maintenance and growth] and cellular adhesion in inflammation, in addition to many intracellular communication events.
Then there are the more recognizable phytonutrients including antioxidants (a massive group of compounds), immune stimulants, inflammation moderators, restoratives, adaptogens and more.
Check out this link for more details on this remarkable superfood beverage and how you can benefit from the legacy of the world's longest living culture.
Here's a great article on the trend of functional foods which highlights the future for Kakadu Juice as a unique cocktail of superfoods. Its uniqueness comes from the inclusion of Australian wild foods which have not been genetically or selectively engineered as foods which are more adapted to our supermarket distribution systems than for our best nutrition.
Wild foods, which include acai, mangosteen, pomegranate along with the indigenous Australian ingredients of Kakadu plum, Illawarra and Davidson plums, wild rosella, pepperberry and various functional herb and spice extracts are nutrient dense and loaded with phytonutrients. These might be as simple as sugars and not just sucrose, glucose or fructose but every other naturally occurring pentose and hexose (5 and 6 carbon sugars) in small clusters or oligosaccharides. As the author states, [these sugar clusters] act as markers in important recognition processes such as microbial infection, cancer metastasis [maintenance and growth] and cellular adhesion in inflammation, in addition to many intracellular communication events.
Then there are the more recognizable phytonutrients including antioxidants (a massive group of compounds), immune stimulants, inflammation moderators, restoratives, adaptogens and more.
Check out this link for more details on this remarkable superfood beverage and how you can benefit from the legacy of the world's longest living culture.
Processing Magazine - Solutions for the Processing Industry
Processing Magazine - Solutions for the Processing Industry
How easy would it have been to routinely dip the peanuts in a 1-2% solution of my natural antimicrobial, Herbal-Active and reduce the chance of Salmonella reaching toxic levels? It is already used for meats, seafood, fruits, vegetables, herbs and salads but needs to go mainstream. Use it on the produce you buy for your own safety.
How easy would it have been to routinely dip the peanuts in a 1-2% solution of my natural antimicrobial, Herbal-Active and reduce the chance of Salmonella reaching toxic levels? It is already used for meats, seafood, fruits, vegetables, herbs and salads but needs to go mainstream. Use it on the produce you buy for your own safety.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Sky News: Aussie food prices soaring
Sky News: Aussie food prices soaring
Luckily more and more Australians are also finding that Herbal-Active extends the shelf life of produce dipped in a 1-2% solution (5g Herbal-Active per 300ml water). Herbal-Active not only reduces the food spoilage organisms on fresh produce such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, chicken, seafood and red meat but also attacks food pathogens. This makes the food safer to eat.
There is a growing number of food, beverage and cosmetic companies turning to this natural preservative which is labeled simply as 'natural flavors'. As benzoates and sorbates are systematically removed and food labels are 'cleaned up', natural preservatives such as Herbal-Active are handling the job for the benefit of anyone who eats.
Luckily more and more Australians are also finding that Herbal-Active extends the shelf life of produce dipped in a 1-2% solution (5g Herbal-Active per 300ml water). Herbal-Active not only reduces the food spoilage organisms on fresh produce such as vegetables, fruits, nuts, chicken, seafood and red meat but also attacks food pathogens. This makes the food safer to eat.
There is a growing number of food, beverage and cosmetic companies turning to this natural preservative which is labeled simply as 'natural flavors'. As benzoates and sorbates are systematically removed and food labels are 'cleaned up', natural preservatives such as Herbal-Active are handling the job for the benefit of anyone who eats.
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