1,600 companies join Gulfood Manufacturing

GULFOOD Manufacturing will showcase products and services from 1,600 companies at the Dubai World Trade Centre from October 31-November 2, 2017. The region’s largest trade event for food and beverage processing covers five sectors: ingredients, processing, packaging, automation and controls, as well as supply chain solutions.

Organizers have listed the new show features that visitors can attend to maximize their time at Gulfood Manufacturing.  The Big Buyers Programme has already attracted 2,000 pre-qualified serious buyers from the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. This networking program makes it easier to connect with exhibiting companies.

Visitors can join the Innovation Tours to witness first-hand the positive impact of new technologies at leading factories in the region. Another new feature, Business Talks Conferences offers a series of technical conferences addressing industry trends and future.

ADM sweet alternatives

Among companies featuring their products is Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM). At booth #S3-C24 the company will present an extended range of sweeteners from corn, wheat, stevia, and fruits in samples of malt, energy, still and carbonated soft drinks. Featuring natural flavors such as ginger, honey and different exotic fruits, some of the beverages also include functional ingredients such as chia and added vitamins. Food samples will be available for tasting including sugar-reduced cookies and chocolates, protein bars featuring ADM’s soya protein crisps and fruit snacks formulated with Fibersol®, a low viscosity soluble dietary fibre that can improve the health credentials of products without contributing to sugar levels.

“We are continuing to make major investments to grow our capabilities across the Middle East and Africa and look forward to further strengthening our network of customers, distributors and agents in Dubai this year,” said Ramesh Sambamoorthy, Managing Director, Middle East, WILD Flavors and Specialty Ingredients, a division of ADM.

Hydrosol stabilizers for dairy, meat and vegan products

Hydrosol will be at booth S3-E24 to share the latest in stabilizing systems. Its series of product concepts for vegan and dairy open up many possibilities. For meat alternatives, the company has new stabilizing systems for the production of vegan nuggets, burger patties and schnitzel. In the dairy alternative area, Hydrosol offers functional systems for non-dairy yogurt, vegan cream cheese and vegetable cooking and whipping cream.

With the help of special stabilizer and texturizing systems, countries with low milk production can also profit from the accelerating high protein trend. Hydrosol’s offerings for protein-rich dairy products comprise solutions for Greek yogurt, drinking yogurt, cocoa drinks, pudding and dressings. They can be made from recombined milk very successful. In addition, they can be enriched with vitamins and minerals in order to address different customer needs and offer added value.

Whether for bread spread, snack fillings, pizza or ready meals, the new ingredient mixes for recombined cheese alternatives offer economic, manufacturing, and quality advantages. The long curing times hard and sliced cheeses require are a cost factor, and in hot regions volumes are limited by the low availability of fresh milk. Hydrosol’s alternatives deliver convincing product quality. Snacks with alternative fillings are highly stable in frying and baking. They form well and are freeze-thaw stable.

Economic poultry products

Hydrosol's portfolio includes solutions for the economic production and long shelf life of poultry sausages, plus injection brines for raw chicken meat that give a higher yield in tender, moist meat. There are also stabilizing systems for the cost-saving production of reconstituted chicken breast and poultry cold cuts. Special functional systems provide good binding of animal and vegetable constituents for products with reduced meat content.

The Inspira bagmaker is the world’s fastest VFFS bagmaker, according to Ishida. It features top production speeds of 120 for the intermittent and exceeding 200 bags per minute for the rotary motion versions

Ishida: Versatility for snacks production

At this year’s edition, Ishida’s just-launched bagmaker for snacks will take centre stage alongside the company’s latest developments in multihead weighers, tray sealers and advanced quality inspection systems, underlining the company’s versatility in meeting a huge variety of food packing requirements.

The new Inspira bagmaker offers the highest levels of productivity performance, system efficiency and pack quality.  Other highlights on display include a comprehensive inspection system for pre-packed food comprising Ishida’s pioneering AirScan leak detector, advanced IX-GN X-ray inspection system and new DACS-GN-SE checkweigher; a high-performance 20 head multihead weigher; and Ishida’s entry-level semi-automatic QX-300-Flex traysealer.

Ishida says the Inspira bagmaker is the world’s fastest VFFS bagmaker, with top production speeds of 120 for the intermittent and exceeding 200 bags per minute for the rotary motion versions. At the same time it is able to deliver an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in excess of 99%. It features an intuitive colour touch-screen for easy operation and machine diagnostics and improved access to essential mechanical parts.