Taiwan (Province of China) Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI) recently held a seminar at its Hsinchu center to showcase its latest research results in food technology. According to the center’s director, Dr. Chii-Cherng Liao, the institute has developed a whole host of innovations that cater to the manufacturing of health foods for the senior citizens market.
For example, the institute showcased its techniques and results in making soft prepared foods and semi-finished foods for the elderly; producing food grease from fish and algae; extracting vegetable fibers, oligosaccharides and malt fibers that promote the growth of good bacteria in the intestinal tract; formulating stable proteins; and evaluating molecular interface potentials.
The institute also showcased its success in reducing the bitterness of food peptides by up to 40 percent, and its processing techniques for producing highly dispersible, easy to digest food powders. Moreover, the institute announced its techniques for producing several active compounds and health food ingredients from microorganisms.
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Food technology research in China
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