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Mighty ingenuity
WELCOME to the April-May edition. The level of ingenuity in food and beverage manufacturing is as relentless as the tide. While cultivated meat start-up, Vow, unveiling its Mammoth Meatball (page 6) is a prime example, this issue showcases many others.
Pippa Haupt’s feature on Aquatic AI is a case in point. The two founders, Michael Storey and Andrew Walker, wanted to use their skills in a new arena, and
decided marron, a freshwater crayfish, was a worthy challenge. Head to page 16 to see how they are doing.
Our cover story with global ingredients and flavour company IMCD is about how the company uses its creativity and global insights to help its customers achieve their goals. IMCD’s four major trends are outlined from page 20.
Tim Grey’s story on Long Paddock Cheese (page 32) is another fine example of an entrepreneur, Alison Lansley, seeing a gap in the market and working hard to fill it.
And when the founders of Never Never Gin Distillery (page 42) started out, there were only about 10 Australian gin companies – imagine that! I spoke with the founders and long-time friends George Georgiadis, Tim Boast, and Sean Baxter about what it takes to stay at the front, if not ahead, of the pack.
Enabling these passions and innovations to come
to life is the equipment behind it. Our processing tech feature (page 48), Krones’ new mission and vision (page 44), and Heat and Control’s dairy development (page 40) are evidence of that.
Not all of us are going to develop a woolly mammoth meatball, but there are many opportunities for innovation and creativity. It’s about never saying never.
Onward.
KIM BERRY
WHAT’S COMING UP
June/July 2023
• BAKERY BUSINESS
• SNACKS & CONFECTIONERY • HYGIENE & SAFETY
• TRACK & TRACE
FOODPRO PREVIEW
Read all the news, insights, and profiles in the lead-up to this year’s event.
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