| Business basics for Alberta food processors (Agriculture, Food and Rural Development; Alberta Government) |
This site provides a business planning guide to help you get started in the processed food industry. It's meant to serve as a general reference for food processors, and to answer some of your questions. |
| Overview of small business resources |
Hosted by the Mangere Bridge Community web site, this page has links to resources and tips useful for running a small business. |
| Food Ingredients First |
Resource on ingredients, also has some ingredient overview articles from the World of Food Ingredients magazine. |
| Food Line Web |
News feed from the Leatherhead Food Research Association UK. |
| Food Navigator |
Resource on ingredients, food additives and nutrition. |
| "Food Resource", Oregon State University (USA) |
Long acknowledged as one of the best collections of food technology information, hosted by Oregon State University, USA. |
| FoodWorks portal to NZ food industry |
A New Zealand food industry portal offering access to a wide range of news, products and services. |
| FSANZ (Food Standards Australia New Zealand) |
All you need to know about food labelling and composition regulations in New Zealand and Australia. The complete Food Standards Code is available on-line in pdf format. |
| Grains Nutrition Information Centre (Wheat Foods Council) |
An in-depth overview article on the Glycaemic Index: "Contradictions and Challenges".
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| Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) |
UK based good resource especially the Hot Topics information on issues such as trans-fatty acids, salt, dietary fibre. |
| New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST). |
Anny Dentener is a Fellow of the of NZIFST, and actively involved. The site has information on membership, careers, position statements, conferences and events, food safety and lots more. |
| NutritionData.com |
This free site maintains a larger food database than the USDA, includes information on fast foods and food additives, and provides some useful tools for analysing your diet. |
| Technology NZ |
Technology NZ is part of the Foundation for Research Science and Technology. Check here for R & D funding options, and a wide range of technical resources. |
| US Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) |
Index to their published journals, scientific background material, papers and free resources. |
| USDA Food and Nutrition Information Centre |
Search for the composition information of 6000 food products and provides complete nutritional tables including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, etc. Also tables on nutrient losses due to cooking, frying, baking |
| US National Honey Board
| Food Science and Technology of honey. Covers composition, physical properties, microbiology, and applications of honey |
The following provides links to a range of specialist food technology software sites, and is in no particular order. For my detailed software reviews, please click
| FusionPro (S-Matrix) |
Fusion Pro combines advanced Data Mining with state-of-the-art Design of Experiments (DOE) capabilities |
| FoodWorks Nutrition Labelling (Xyris) |
Software for nutrition labelling and new product development for Australia and New Zealand |
| Unscrambler (CAMO) |
Multivariate data analysis and DOE software (CAMO Guideline no longer available) |
| ECHIP (ECHIP) |
DOE software; no longer in business |
| Design-Expert (StatEase) |
DOE software, with powerful statistical methods and historic data analysis capability |
| Serve (Serve) |
Nutritional management system for diet analysis |
| Recipe Module (Hamilton Grant) |
Recipe Developer which covers the complete recipe cycle from new product development through to production of product technical data. |
| TechWizard (Owlsoft) |
Ice cream, least cost formulation, reverse engineering and US nutrition labeling software. |
| Genesis R&D (ESHA Research) |
Nutrition and labelling software with large US-Canadian food ingredient database |
| Milly (Milly Systems) |
Costing and labelling software for food handling operations. |
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