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PALSGAARD LAUNCHES NEXT-LEVEL PGPR
FOR USE IN CHOCOLATE The company has launched a new PGPR product which offers chocolate manufacturers prominent levels of functionality and efficiency. PGPR (polyglycerol polyricinoleate) is used in chocolate production for mould optimisation, flow control and viscosity reduction. Palsgaard’s existing product, Palsgaard PGPR 4150, is a market leader, but the company’s latest offering takes PGPR performance to new levels. Developed exclusively for chocolate, Palsgaard PGPR 4190 is 15% more
efficient at controlling viscosity than Palsgaard PGPR 4150 and can be used at a dose 30 to 40% lower than other PGPRs, making it highly costeffective. Other benefits include easier flow, better coating of inclusions, and taste- and odour-neutrality. Palsgaard PGPR 4190 will be subject to batch-tobatch checks guaranteeing uniform stability. Morten Hoffmann Kyed, director of product management explains, “We’ve led the market for many years, but this really is the next level for
STUDY EXPLORES HOW VITAMIN D can help reduce the risk of falling
PGPR. Palsgaard PGPR 4190 is the result of years of research and innovation, and it will offer chocolate manufacturers unique, best-in-class functionality. Furthermore, because a tiny drop delivers a huge effect, its benefits also include very high cost-in-use savings.” Although it works well with traditional chocolate emulsifier lecithin, it is an ideal partner for Palsgaard AMP 4455, an alternative to lecithin with better organoleptic properties. •
FRUIT INDUSTRY
strengthened by new SU Research Chair
The link between vitamin D and
“The message of our latest Mind
a reduction in the risk of older
the Gap resource is simple:
adults suffering from a fall is the
increasing vitamin D intake is
focus of IADSA’s latest ‘Mind the
a way to help older adults keep
Leaders in the South African
Gap’ resource. Falling is a risk
their bones strong and reduce
fruit industry believe that the
factor for bone fractures among
the risk of suffering a fall. With
creation of the new Post-Harvest
men and women aged 60 years
many people becoming less active
Physiology Research Chair in
and older. According to the World
because of lockdowns and self-
Deciduous Fruit at Stellenbosch
Health Organisation (WHO), there
isolation, the central message of
University will improve know how
are 37.3 million falls every year –
this new story is more important
about the handling of deciduous
more than 100 000 a day – that
now than ever.”
fruit and be to the benefit of
are serious enough to require attention.
Mind the Gap is an information
producers and consumers. The
resource created by IADSA –
activities of the Chair are being
the International Alliance of
led by Dr Elke Crouch, a senior
Institute on Ageing both suggest
Dietary/Food Supplement
lecturer in the Department of
that a lack of vitamin D could
Associations. It facilitates the
Horticultural Science at Stellenbosch University (SU).
increase the risk of suffering
sharing of positive stories about
a fracture because of a fall.
the benefits that nutrition offers
physiological disorders which occur when apples and pears
The European Commission,
to consumers all over the world
are stored or ripened after picking. This includes internal
meanwhile, has approved a health
and society at large. It also
discolouration and blemishes on the peel of the fruit. She
claim for vitamin D and a reduced
seeks to fill gaps in our scientific
is searching for ways to retain the quality of fruit post-
risk of falling.
knowledge, while promoting
harvest until they are ready for consumers to enjoy. Her
real-life examples of successful
work is also increasingly focused on understanding how
national nutrition programmes. •
conditions being experienced while fruit are still on the
WHO and the US National
Simon Pettman, executive director of IADSA, comments,
Elke Crouch
Dr Crouch focuses on ways to eliminate various
tree affect their quality. “I enjoy finding out why something goes wrong, and to find solutions to ensure that it does not happen again,” Dr Crouch explains the driving force behind her research. Since 2002 Dr Crouch has been appointed in a research position in the Department of Horticultural Science focusing on postharvest matters. The post has been funded by the fruit industry since the 1980s, through the Molteno and Lombardi Trusts. Thanks to further financial support from Hortgro, the industry body for deciduous fruit in South Africa, the research chair could be established this year.
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