30/04/14: 16th Annual Practical Short Course on “Food Extrusion: Cereals, Protein & Other Ingredients”

16th Annual Practical Short Course on
"Food Extrusion: Cereals, Protein & Other Ingredients"
(Formally Texturized Vegetable Protein and Other Soy Products)

When: August 17th-22nd, 2014

Where: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA

A one-week Practical Short Course on “Food Extrusion: Cereals, Protein & Other Ingredients” (Formally Texturized Vegetable Protein and Other Soy Products) will be presented on August 17 - 22, 2014 at Texas A&M University by staff, industry representative and consultants. The schedule of the course is Food Ingredients (Monday), Textured Protein Applications (Tuesday), Extrusion Processing (Wednesday), Cereal-Grain Applications & Downstream Handling (Thursday), and Flavoring and Product Development (Friday).

This program will cover detailed information on cereal grains, legumes, soy protein, dry extrusion; full fat soybean processing; extrusion-expelling of soybeans for making natural/organic soy flour; raw material selection, preparation and characteristics of soy flour, concentrates and isolates; extrusion hardware, single and twin screw extruders for cereals and TVP production; extrusion dies;  extruder trouble shooting effect of preconditioning; wheat gluten and its application; thermal and mechanical processing of cereal grains, high protein, whole grain products, coating of cereals and snacks, application of TVP in meat, meat products, vegetarian application; quality control and testing of finished products; high moisture meat analogs, soy flavor,  drying, toasting of food products, dry milling of cereals.

Demonstrations include producing natural/organic soy flour using extruder and expeller, TVP production by single and twin-screw extruders, fibrous soy protein, high moisture meat analog, bean based direct expanded snacks, sorghum based whole grain cereals, coating cereals and flavoring TVP products, and several others. 

Reservations are accepted on a first-come basis. For more information, programs and application forms, contact:

Dr. Mian N. Riaz

Food Protein R&D Center; Texas A&M University

Tel: 979-845-2774

E-mail: 

mnriaz@tamu.edu

http://foodprotein.tamu.edu

http://foodprotein.tamu.edu/extrusion

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30/04/14: European Algae Biomass - Registration Ending 2nd of May

REGISTRATION CLOSING THIS FRIDAY - 2ND OF MAY

Overview

Maximising Commercial Successes in Algae Biomass by Combining Focussed R&D With Business Strategy

ACI’s 4th annual European Algae Biomass Conference will once again bring together senior executives from industry and academia to discuss the latest commercial and technical developments, challenges and research breakthroughs throughout the entire algae value chain.

The conference will have a heavy focus on case study examples of latest technologies in operation in the global algae industry and also includes an exclusive site visit on Monday 5thof May 2014. Discuss the technical challenges faced when optimising the cultivation of algae. Study the current and future commercial markets for algae products and the challenges faced during the commercialisation process including the views from different end markets.

Site Visit

Exclusive All-Gas Project Site Visit - Monday 5th May 2014

During the afternoon of 5th May 2014 up to 50 conference attendees will receive a unique opportunity to visit Aqualia's All-gas project "biofuels from algae" facility in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz. 
There is no extra charge to attend the site visit, but spaces are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis. Please register your attendance for the site visit when booking for the conference.

Key Topics

• Roadmap to Commercialisation of Algal Bioproducts
• Recent Production Platforms for Algal Biomass
• Microalgae Harvesting & Processing
• Different Applications & Products from Algae: Nutricients, Animal Feed, Cosmetics, Pharma & Biochemicals
• Investment Activity in Microalgae Technology
• Project case studies: Biofuels from Algae
• R&D updates and expected innovations in algae technologies
• Algae as an Effective Tool in Waste Water Treatment
• Application of Algae in Carbon Capture

To Register

Call: +44 (0) 20 3141 0627 

Email: dpavlyk@acieu.co.uk 

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30/04/14: Fisheries of the U.S. - Economics and Status of Stocks Released Today

NOAA Fisheries released two important reports that continue to document positive trends in the sustainability of U.S. federally-managed fisheries--Fisheries Economics of the United States 2012 and the Status of U.S. Fisheries 2013. Together, these two reports highlight the strength of our federal fisheries as responsibly managed and underscore the broad and positive economic impacts that commercial and recreational fishing contribute to the nation's economy. In 2012, U.S. commercial and recreational saltwater fishing industries generated more than $199 billion in sales impacts, contributed $89 billion to gross domestic product, and supported 1.7 million jobs in U.S. marine fishing and across the broader economy. With regard to the status of our nation's federal marine fisheries, in 2013, 91 percent of assessed stocks/complexes were not subject to overfishing and 83 percent not overfished. This underscores the strength or the U.S. fisheries management system and the significant progress that collectively NOAA Fisheries, the regional fishery management councils and our stakeholders have made to end overfishing and rebuild our nations' fisheries. For full details on each report visit this online domain.

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