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The Evolution of the Processed Foods Industry
From farm to fork, from field to plate, from seed to shelf... More and more people are looking to learn as much about their food as possible in today's day and age. Consumers want to know where their food was grown and produced, who grew it, and how. The same thing...
What Are Processed Foods?
From minimally processed food such as a salad mix or a bag of frozen fruits and vegetables to ultra-processed foods like instant meals or snack foods, processed foods make up a huge share of most people's diets. To put it simply, processed food is any food that has...
The Ultimate Guide to Food Processing and Processed Foods
With the increase in urbanization and middle-class income growth, the processed food consumption has increased. Therefore, the processed food market has also experienced steady growth. The processed food market is expected to grow from $53.2 billion in 2019 to $64.7...
What Is A Grain Conveyor?
Conveyor systems have had somewhat of an interesting journey throughout the history of industrial technology. Conveyor systems have been in use for several centuries. In fact, farmers have been using various forms of conveyor belts to load grain into ships as early as...
How Do You Produce and Process Specialty Grains During Beer Brewing?
Specialty grains are the main ingredients in beer recipe kits. While barley is the most common of these brewing grains, the umbrella term of specialty grains is quite complex. But before we can go into that, we will need to address the issue of malt. It is one of the...
How Grain Tube Conveyors Work
Businesses operating in the specialty grain industry will need to rely on grain conveyor systems that are not only efficient but also safe and capable of moving significant volumes of material while also maintaining spillage at an absolute minimum. To that end, there...
The Ultimate Guide to Grain Conveyor Systems 2021
When it comes to post-harvest processing, the focus is placed on preserving the quality and adding value to the grain by removing impurities and segregating lots (based on special characteristics of the grain). When it comes to such agricultural products, quality loss...
Why Are Dust Explosions Dangerous?
According to OSHA’s definition of combustible dust explosions, any combustible material can burn rapidly when in a finely divided form. If such a dust is suspended in the air in the right concentration, under certain conditions, it can become explosive. When we know...
How Do Dust Explosions in the Process Industry Occur?
Unfortunately, combustible dust explosions have caused catastrophic damages and loss of life in process industries across America recently. According to the Chemical Safety Investigation Board, there have been 111 dust explosion incidents in industrial plants between...
Conveying Systems Comparison – Essential Considerations
There are many types of conveying systems for you to consider when you need to gently convey dry materials, like breakfast cereal, coffee, snack foods, nuts, powders, grains, pet food, and more. Popular options include cable conveyors, round-link chain conveyors,...
