Pinoy food technologies, resources, news and reviews. Includes food safety and health issues
I learned this few color tips for food packaging designs during my training at Philippine Trade Training Center. I just like to share it. I hope this can be useful for designing or improving your food packaging designs. Red. This strongly suggests images of physical and emotional warmth. Stimulating to the appetite. Closely associated with [...]
In designing of carton packaging for your finish products. It is very important to know the handling processes that it will undergo. From manufacturing to tracking to wholesaler and to retailer, the goods will be handled by different persons. They never know the nature of your products and improper handling can lead to damage and [...]
Here’s a common house scenario: Mother went to market and bought some fresh fish, especially her favorite galunggong. After going home, she removed the gills and other internal organs and washed it thoroughly. Rinsed well and sprinkled salt on it. Then she started frying it in a hot cooking oil. … I bet you know [...]
Salmonella are the best known and most feared type of bacteria. They can lead to a great number of food poisonings such as vomiting, diarrhoea, typhoid fever. It belong to the Enterobacteriaceae family. Heating to a temperature of 68°C will kill salmonella bacteria reliably; storage temperatures of below 4°C inhibit their growth. Have been primarily [...]
fizzy / soda / seltzer / carbonated water Why do we love sodas? Because it bubbles and its not luscious enough to drink it when bubbling ceases. The bubbles seems carry the flavors, it loss gradually as the bubbling progress. In simple explanation. Carbonated water is made by forcing carbon dioxide in water and sealing [...]
My hubby got this Vita Quaker free when she bought a Quaker Oatmeal. I think it is similar to Sigmavit Energen Cereal drink. I prepared it by following the written recommendation on label. I added one sachet, 19g, to one cup of hot water, 100ml. The taste is less sweet and less creamy compared to [...]
Liquid smoke can be used as an ingredient to sausages in smoke impermeable casings in order to achieve a certain degree of smoke flavour. As impermeable casings do not allow the penetration of gaseous smoke, liquid smoke can be added to the sausage mix during the manufacturing process. The starting point for the production of [...]
