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CONTENTS MAY 2021
✷ REGULARS
05 NEWS
Australia Plant Proteins cash injection | Smith’s new chips line | Vic native food strategy | Alt Proteins Council launched
18 SUPERFOODS SHINE Superfoods in the spotlight at the upcoming Naturally Good Expo.
30 SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT GS1 | A S Harrison & Co | E-Plas | MTA Australasia | Plasdene Glass-Pak | Gold Peg
34 REAR VIEW
Murray River Organics new CEO Birol Akdogan takes our Fast Five.
35 INDUSTRY DIRECTORY Our annual comprehensive directory of ingredients suppliers and equipment manufacturers, with all the brand names and company information you need.
✷ SUPPLEMENT
MACHINERY MATTERS
Food & Drink Business and APPMA bring you this regular special supplement on news, trends, and technology for the Australasian packaging and processing machinery sector.
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✷ FEATURES
16 BY ASSOCIATION Australian Manuka Honey Association chair Paul Callander explains the implications of current legal action by New Zealand
manuka honey producers.
22 BANANA TIPS Perfection Fresh has acquired the company and license to produce the Red Tip Ecoganic bananas and bring innovation into the category. By Kim Berry.
✷ INDUSTRY INSIGHT
08 Genes made to fit
Can you have all your cake and eat it too? Doris Prodanovic speaks with Be Fit Food CEO Kate Save and myDNA co-founder Allan Sheffield on personalising meals by combining the science of food with genetics.
12 Blue Sky
A passion to do better for the environment drove Will Brook to devise a whole new business model for his new venture We, the many, with 50 per cent of profits going to carbon reduction initiatives.
Kim Berry writes.
24 Montague sets high standard Family-owned fruit producer Montague is paving a path of sustainable practice with the latest technology at its new $54 million site.
Doris Prodanovic reports.
28 HOW TO MANAGE
ALLERGEN RULES
As food allergies become more prevalent, greater regulations are imposed on manufacturers. Romer Labs’ Amy Chua looks at how to manage changing industry requirements.
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