Food and Beverage Industry Innovations for a Growing Population
At DuPont, we’re putting science to work—improving the nutritional value of food, ensuring food safety, and finding smart, sustainable solutions to feed a growing population.
Today, we offer food and beverage industry producers and manufacturers the leading range of solutions in the industry. Beginning at the farm, our hybrid seeds and crop protection solutions help increase food production. At the manufacturing and production level, our premium ingredients, like soy proteins from Solae and probiotics, help create nutritious, healthy, and innovative products.
To make sure products stay appetizing and arrive at the market safely, DuPont creates unique packaging technologies and materials that speed production, reduce cost, and minimize the impact of packaging on the environment. And our award-winning diagnostic technologies, like the BAX® and RiboPrinter® Systems, help ensure that food is not contaminated, so food producers know that they are delivering the safest food possible.
From planting the first seed to feeding billions of people, DuPont is committed to helping achieve a better, safer, and healthier food supply to meet the demands of a growing world—today and tomorrow.
NEWS
NEWS
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DuPont at Food Vision Summit 2013
DuPont Nutrition & Health, a global leader in healthy, nutritious food ingredients and molecular diagnostic solutions, will participate as a leading sponsor of the industry-first Food Vision Summit, scheduled for March 20 to 22, 2013 in Cannes, France. -
AOAC Certification for Salmonella Detection
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 19, 2013 - A new test for detecting foodborne Salmonella with the DuPont™ BAX® system has been certified as Performance TestedSM method #081201 by the AOAC Research Institute. This assay uses powerful polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology with real-time detection to deliver fast, accurate results. -
Health Ingredients Europe 2012
For the first time since acquiring full ownership of Solae, DuPont will showcase its broad portfolio of nutritional ingredients and solutions for food and beverage makers at HiE in Messe Frankfurt, in November. -
AvidBiotics collaboration for Food Safety
WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 19, 2012: DuPont Nutrition & Health announced a strategic collaboration with AvidBiotics Corporation to develop novel bactericidal protein technologies. -
‘Do More With Dairy’
Paris, France, 12 July 2012 – DuPont Nutrition & Health launch the second in the series of ‘Do more with Dairy’ campaigns focused on dairy manufacturers in Europe and the Middle East by taking a fresh look at the cornerstones of the dairy industry, taste and texture. -
Control of Calorie Intake
REIGATE, Surrey, UK, 14 August 2012 – DuPont Nutrition & Health is supporting food manufacturers in the battle against obesity with a soluble fibre and low-calorie speciality carbohydrate that can help to increase satiety and reduce food intake. -
DuPont at Food Ingredients China 2013
Discover our Complete Portfolio of Solutions at Food Ingredients China 2013 on March 26-28, Stand 1C37/1D36, Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. -
New Vitamin K2
Mar 29, 2012 – DuPont Nutrition & Health is poised to bring a new health opportunity to the European food industry with this week’s EU approval of a new proprietary vitamin K2 product. -
Fresher Cheese at No Extra Cost
REIGATE, UNITED KINGDOM, Mar 21, 2012 – DuPont research has created a rare opportunity for quark and other fresh cheese manufacturers to boost their capacity without increasing their milk consumption or investing in extra equipment. -
Guar Alternatives
REIGATE, UNITED KINGDOM, Mar 3, 2012 – Guar gum is widely used in various food applications such as beverage, bakery, culinary, meat and savoury, dairy and ice cream due to its low cost-in-use and good performance offered to final users. However, there has been an unprecedented surge in demand for guar, which has resulted in substantially higher prices, and food formulators are increasingly looking for alternatives. -
Flavor-Based Natural Chelator
NEW CENTURY, USA, Feb 28, 2012 – As the effectiveness of natural food protection solutions has continued to increase in recent years, a natural metal chelator for fighting oxidation in high-lipid foods has been missing in the market. DuPont introduces GUARDIAN™ CHELOX L natural metal chelator. -
Customized ‘Cleaner Label’ Solutions for US Bakers
NEW CENTURY, USA, Feb 20, 2012 – Pressure within the baking industry for ‘clean labeled’ products has never been greater, yet what constitutes ‘clean labeling’ is not clear cut. The strength of DuPont is in being able to tailor ingredient solutions to help each manufacturer create the cleaner label they want.
INFORMATION & IDEAS
INFORMATION & IDEAS
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A Catalyst for Transformation
Read the DuPont Sustainable Solutions brochure on using real-world expertise in consulting services and technology licensing to help transform businesses -
Low-fat tortillas
With the fat content of a typical wrap at 5-10%, fat reduction by 50% or more will bring considerable savings. The question is: how do you compensate for the loss of dough elasticity and eating quality? -
‘Do More With Dairy’ Webinar
DuPont Nutrition & Health puts a fresh angle on nutritious cheese with an inspiring snack concept for health-minded consumers who seek better-for-you dairy products high in sensory quality.
CASE STUDIES
CASE STUDIES
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Tamper-Evident Film
A tamper-evident film developed by Cellografica Gerosa for the polypropylene container of Sammontana ice cream consists of a biaxially-orientated PET layer sandwich-printed and then laminated to a peelable sealing layer of DuPont™ Appeel® lidding resin. -
Easy-Peel Lidded Gift Pack
Kraft’s Sonho de Valsa confection comes in gift-ready trays with freshness-sealed lidding film. Easy-open, lacquer-free barrier lidding film with DuPont™ Appeel® lidding sealant resin adds to packaging romance. -
Improved Cheese Packaging
New Expeco® packaging (Extrusion à Perméeabilites Contrôlées) is a paraffin-free package that combines a DuPont™ Bynel® resin layer and a DuPont™ Selar® PA 3426 resin layer laminated on paper.
DUPONT BRANDS
DUPONT BRANDS
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Solae™ Soy Protein
Solae™ isolated soy protein creates nutritious, great-tasting ingredients from soy. Solae, LLC, provides more than 1,000 products used by thousands of customers in nearly 100 countries around the world. -
Suva® Refrigerants
DuPont™ Suva® refrigerants provide a range of cooling solutions for multiple industries, including many options for residential, retail and commercial air-conditioning and refrigeration, everything from supermarket display cases and restaurant walk-ins to the mini-fridges in college dorms. -
BAX® System
The BAX® System from DuPont provides food companies with advanced DNA-based detection of foodborne pathogens and other organisms in their raw materials, environmental samples and finished products. -
RiboPrinter® Microbial Characterization System
The RiboPrinter® System from DuPont combines automation with the power of DNA to identify contaminants and track their source, helping food and pharmaceutical companies gain control of their microbial environments. -
Opteon™ Refrigerants
The DuPont answer to the challenge of creating more sustainable refrigerants, DuPont™ Opteon™ family of lower-global-warming- potential (GWP) refrigerants constitutes a more sustainable refrigeration solution that is energy-efficient, safe and easy-to-implement. -
Teflon® Fluoropolymer Resins
A staple in kitchens since the 1960’s, DuPont™ Teflon® nonstick coating systems make life easier. Did you know the Teflon® brand goes far beyond cookware? It is also found across a broad range of consumer and industrial applications and processing techniques. -
ISCEON® Refrigerants
DuPont refrigeration innovation provides the opportunity to retrofit existing CFC and HCFC cooling units to work with the non-ozone-depleting DuPont™ ISCEON® family of refrigerants for a cost-effective upgrade to a more sustainable solution.
