A position at the Höhere Bundeslehranstalt und Bundesamt für Wein- und Obstbau in Austria, with planned intersectoral and interdisciplinary stays with collaboration partners totalling a maximum of nine months. The reseracher will be awarded a PhD by the Technische Universität Wien upon successful defence of their thesis (reference ERS5).

Another position at GfL GmbH in Germany, with planned intersectoral and interdisciplinary stays with collaboration partners totalling a maximum of eleven months. The reseracher will be awarded a PhD by the University of Ljubljana upon successful defence of their thesis (reference ERS10).

The third position is an open place for l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environment (INRAE) in France, with planned intersectorial and interdisciplinary stays with collaboration partners. The research and PhD thesis will be on product colours in order to understand the colour stability during juice processing, avoid additives and favour natural products (reference ERS11).

The details for each position can be found by clicking on the corresponding ERS.

Those interested, please send CV and motivation letter to the following e-mail: to coordination.histabjuice@tuwien.ac.at

Approximately 14 percent of the food produced for consumption globally each year is lost between harvest and the wholesale market and 38 percent of total energy consumption in the global food system is utilized to produce food that is either lost or wasted (FAO, 2015a).

We have created a page on our website dedicted to this topic, please click on the image below to visit the site.

There are opportunities for Mango, Banana, Pineapple and Citrus juices from Ghana and the Ivory Coast.

Further details on the invitaiton along with detials how to register.

11-10-19

IFU AWARDS PRESENTED TO HANS JÜRGEN HOFSOMMER AND TETRA PAK

The IFU (International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association) has, once again, awarded one company from the juice industry and one person for his long standing active support of the juice industry: Tetra Pak received the “IFU Award for Innovation” for their production concept solution combining UV and filtration technology, Mr. Hans Jürgen Hofsommer received the “IFU Award for Significant Contribution”. Both awards were presented during this years` Juice Summit Gala Dinner in Antwerp, Belgium.

Mr. Hans Jürgen Hofsommer is the founder of GfL laboratory in Berlin, dedicated to serving the juice industry with expert analysis. He has been a long standing member and supporter of IFU being the Methods of Analysis (MAC) chair in the 1980’s and 1990’s developing the extensive catalogue of IFU methods of analysis. He truly is a dedicated contributor to the juice industry.

Maria Norlin accepted the award on behalf of Tetra Pak and gave the worlds` first presentation on this technology combining UV and filtration at the IFU Technical Workshop in Athens earlier this year. The IFU Technical Workshop is the place to be to learn about ground breaking technology.

Maria Norlin has worked at Tetra Pak Processing Systems since 2008 across different areas of expertise, such as technical product management within Mixing, Blending, Dosing, as well as product management within Heating.

Maria is currently leading a team of food technologists and product managers responsible for developing and managing the Tetra Pak JNSD Processing Portfolio and technology expertise. She has a Master of Science in Chemical Biology, with a focus on Bioprocess Engineering from Linköpings University, Institute of Technology in Sweden.

Tetra Pak`s technology utilises sterile filtration in conjunction with heat processing for juice, nectar and still drinks which reduces energy consumption by 2/3rds: A sustainable solution for the future.

Congratulations to the awards winners! The possibility to nominate individual persons, associations or companies for the 2020 Awards will be announced in summer 2020.

Links:

Presentations from the IFU Technical Workshop 2019 (for members only): https://ifu-fruitjuice.com/page/TechnicalWorkshopPresentations

Registration for the IFU Technical Workshop 2020: https://ifu-fruitjuice.com/event/TW2020

GfL - Gesellschaft für Lebensmittelforschung mbH: https://www.gfl-berlin.com/home

Tetra Pak press release: https://www.tetrapak.com/about/newsarchive/tetra-pak-wins-ifu-2019-innovation-award

White Paper - New production concept: Redefining JNSD beverage line architecture with filtration and UV  https://www.tetrapak.com/about/cases-articles/jnsd-beverage-lines-with-filtration-and-uv

pictures (c) Olivier Anbergen:

Go to go to: www.fruitjuicefocus.com/latest-issue to download the magazine!

Juice Days. Contains information on National Juice Days around the world and their logos, including our own World Juice Day. 

Sustainability. Lists the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, supported by IFU and links to their website on this topic.

It offers the following information and analysis:

·       Ways to combat the global challenges to juice consumption

·       Competition with other beverages

·       Developing internal markets for juices

·       Consolidation of retailers and juice bottlers

·       Trends for the juice processing industry

·       Focus on orange producing farms: increasing costs, disease and challenges to remain competitive

·       Sustainability, new consumers and juice marketing

·       How to develop and grow under strategic plans to increase markets and margins