Past Winners
2016 CFT for their Zenith Chrono technology.
2017 Erbsloeh for their FloraClair® technology.
2018 PepsiCo and Citrosuco for Aseptic bulk transport of NFC Juice
2019 Tetra Pak for their Low energy JNSD line

See the winners listed on the IFU Website https://ifu-fruitjuice.com/page/IFUawards

“The IFU Innovation Award”

An individual or an organisation (Company, University, Research Institute, Laboratory) that has invented something new which led to a breakthrough in our industry during the last 10 years. This can be in relation to processing equipment, packaging, bottling equipment, transport, analytical equipment, analytical methods, product design, flavours or sustainability.

Any member can make a nomination for either award. Please e-mail your proposal to
john@ifu-fruitjuice.com by 9^th September, providing a short explanation of the nomination and why the award should be given.

36 pages of IFU news, reports from the Commissions, contributions from members around the world and more intersting articles from other authors. Read the forward "Sustainable Future: Dealing with challenges and opportunities of a new era" by Demir Sarman, IFU Vice-President.

 https://ifu-fruitjuice.com/page/Newsletters

In this 33-page end-of-year issue you can find:

• "An Opportunity for Change" by Kees Cools – IFU President
• Meet the new members of our Executive Board
• IFU Commission Reports
• The HiStab Juice Project
• Association updates
• Code of Practice Updates
• IFU`s Crop and Processing Reports
• Brazil - The Most Difficult of All Harvests
• IFU`s Juicypedia
• IFU Technical Webinars on Demand
• Save the Dates 2021
• New Members

 
IFU WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS IN ITS EXECUTIVE BOARD
 
The IFU (International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association) held elections during their virtual General Assembly in October. Not only have the members unanimously voted for Kees Cools as new President and Demir Sarman as Vice President, but also welcomed new regional representatives in their Executive Committee.
 

IFU Executives can stay on the board for two three year terms , and in 2020, the second term has ended for Dirk Lansbergen as President, Kees Cools as Vice President, treasurer Klaus Heitlinger and the regional representatives Demir Sarman (Eurasia and South Eastern Europe), Monther Alharthi and Yuval Katzir (Middle East and Africa) and Peter Gates (Oceania).

Within the last six  years, Dirk Lansbergen, founder of Juice Alliance, has reinvigorated the IFU and led the association into very successful times by developing and following his “core and more” initiative. The association and its members would like to express their gratitude for all the work he has done and how he has inspired the Board. Kees Cools, former Vice President, is proud to take the role of President from Dirk.

Kees is well known within the juice industry as long standing Executive Director of the Doehler Group, he is looking forward to further internationalize and professionalize the IFU and to grow its role as the global representative of the industry . The role of Vice President is filled by Demir Sarman, Agribusiness, Energy and Industry Group President at Anadolu Grubu and former Managing Director and CEO of Anadolu Etap. Both have decades of experience within the juice industry and great networking possibilities within the food and beverage sector.

Peter Gates from the Australian Beverage Council and Managing Director of Doehler Australia/New Zealand has taken over the role of treasurer, while IFU also welcomed “new arrivals” to the Executive Committee: The new position as representative for Africa was taken by Slim Othmani, Chairman of NCA-Rouiba and active part of the Association of Algerian Beverage Producers (APAB), while Tatiana Paula de Campos, International Relations Manager at CitrusBR, will represent South America.

There have been some changes in the IFU Commissions, too: Dr. David Hammond, fruit juice authenticity expert at Eurofins and former vice chair of the Methods of Analysis Commission was confirmed as new chair of the Legislation Commission and Margarita Maier, Director at Storyhaus, was elected as new chair of the Marketing Commission.

IFU thanks the new, but of course also the “old” members of the Executive Board for their ongoing voluntary support of the fruit and vegetable juice industry.

Contact:
Maria Schlaffer
IFU Marketing Director
maria@ifu-fruitjuice.com
www.ifu-fruitjuice.com

In this newsletter you will find;

1. An introduction from the Fruit Juice Matters programme director - Francoise Bauwens.
2. Pomegranate juice polyphenols helping memory and how Orange Juice polyphenols may maintain brain health during aging.
3. Video clip from Dr Julian Aschoff explaining how Orange Juice polyphenols have been linked with cardio vascular health.
4. High pressure processing retaining carotenoids includy carrot juice.
5. Nutrient profiles in Europe.

Link to newsletter

This 25 page review outlines how Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy coupled with multivariate statistical techniques are applied for the rapid quality and authenticity assessment of fruit juices.  It explains the science behind the technique, how it can be used as a rapid screening tool, method validation, the ability to differentiate different types of juices (variety and country of origin) and determination of some components.

The document is available to IFU members and subscribers in the Methods of Analysis section of the IFU website

Background.

Anthocyanins and flavanone glucosides have been used for years as part of the authenticity assessment of red/black and citrus juices, typically using IFU 71 & 58 respectively.   These components comprise only a small selection of the polyphenolic compounds that are available to the analyst for the assessment of juices.  The generalised use of polyphenolic compounds as a means of detecting mixtures of juice was developed by Wade’s group at Procter and Gamble in the late 80’s.  This procedure works well in juices where there is a reducing environment, such as citrus juices, and produces stable peak profiles.  However, in systems with active polyphenol oxidase (PPO) enzymes, such as apple, pear and bananas, some peaks can be lost, due to oxidation and subsequent polymerisation, so these profiles tend to be less stable. 
 
Unlike the chromatograms seen with the anthocyanin procedure, which often only contain a few peaks , traces for the polyphenols are much more complex and generally contain many more peaks.  Due to the complex nature of these chromatograms, it is generally impossible to use reference libraries for positive peak identification due to small shifts in retention times between chromatographic runs.  This means that control samples should be run with each batch of test samples for comparison purposes unless positive identifications can be made by using more specific detectors, such as diode array (DAD) and/or ideally mass spectrometer (MS), where a positive identification can be made either from an accurate mass measurement or by specific “mother/daughter” transitions.  

Eligible members need to first sign onto the website to access.

http://amcham.az/2019/11/01/amcham-cooperation-usaid-sgfifu-eurasia-road-show-2019/ (includes many pictures)

https://www.azernews.az/nation/157976.html

https://menafn.com/1099202736/Production-of-fruit-juices-at-high-level-in-Azerbaijan---deputy-minister

https://pressklub.az/exclusive/the-juice-kings-show-in-baku/

http://abc.az/en/news/35473

https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Baku_hosts_forum_of_international_producers_of_fruits_and_vegetables-1350841

https://report.az/en/business/deputy-minister-azerbaijan-exports-juice-to-nearly-50-countries/

It is now available in the Methods of Analysis section of the IFU Website.

Background

The compliance of the declared filling volume is an important topic for all bottlers.  On one hand the legal minimum values must be met and on the other hand overfilling means considerable economical loss.

The simple transfer of the juice in a graduated cylinder is quite inaccurate as the scale of such a cylinder is too wide and do not give an exact result. Additionally there will always be some remains in the bottle.  Therefore this method is not precise enough for this task.

The usual continuous check of the filling volume in a filling line is done by weighing the full bottle and subtracting the average weight of empty bottle and cap. The weight of the juice can be transferred into volume by the division with the average density of the juice. This can be done automatically, but contains the risk of slightly incorrect results, as the weight of the packaging and the density of the juice normally vary within a predefined range.

This new method describes a more exact way to determine the filling volume (net volume) in a laboratory.

This method has been revised and has been loaded onto the IFU website
Please select the heading Methods of Analysis and the drop down menu Microbiological Methods 
The method is available to corporate and association members as part of the subscription.

This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (IFU Method No. 12: 2007), which has been technically revised.

The main changes, compared to IFU Method No. 12:2007, are the following.

• The tittle of the method has been changed.
• The optional usage of several media has been changed to the usage of one liquid (BAT broth)
  and one solid medium (BAT agar).
• A new pour plating technique is introduced for enumeration in 1 g.
• Performance testing for the quality assurance of the culture media has been added to Annex B.
• Performance characteristics for this method have been added to Annex D.
• Optional pre-incubation of packed ready-to-drink products has been added to Annex E.
• Matrix-dependent special processes have been added to Annex F.