introduces new grain quality sensor to help with early biological activity detection

Dave Crompton, chief executive officer of OPI.

“Instead of waiting for odor or visual cues — which typically come too late to save grain and protect profit margin — this sensor alerts at extremely low levels of CO2, the best and earliest indicator of grain deterioration.”

CANADA — OPI introduced a new Grain Quality Sensor to assist farmers and commercial storage operators by detecting biological activity in grains at the earliest possible stage.

It detects carbon dioxide, an early indicator of insect and mold activity that can significantly damage stored grain.

The design allows installation as close to grain as possible, in the plenum and head space, for early detection and alerts.

Normal background CO2 is 400-

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600 ppm, while spoiled grain begins to smell at about 1,200 ppm. The OPI Grain Quality Sensor has 50-ppm accuracy up to 2,000 ppm. The sensor includes threshold (absolute level) alarms or rateof-rise alarms, both configurable by the user.

The sensor can be paired with OPI’s advanced moisture and temperature sensor cabling to identify problem areas in the bin.

“The Grain Quality Sensor is agriculture’s most advanced warning that grain movement is needed,” said

DSM launches premixes facility in Kansas to bolster pet food production

USA – DSM, now part of DSMFirmenich Group, has announced plans to build a next-generation nutritional premix plant in Kansas to supply the pet food industry with high-quality nutritional premixes for use in branded pet food products worldwide.

The facility is likely to break ground in July 2023 and is expected to be fully operational by early 2025.

“The pet food industry has been looking for a better source for the highest quality, traceable, and reliable nutritional ingredients for their products, and we are thrilled to be able to deliver for the industry and for ‘pet parents’ with this new facility in Tonganoxie,” said DSM CEO, Dimitri de Vreeze.

The facility, which will create 28 jobs, will be strategically located in the KC Animal Health Corridor, close to many industry-leading pet food manufacturers, reducing supply chain risk and logistics expenses.

“DSM is a welcome addition to Kansas and the Animal Health Corridor,” said Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. “Having another industry leader located here further enhances the globally recognized animal health ecosystem that is anchored in Kansas.”

Satake introduces new rice sorting technology in Tanzania to boost quality, productivity

that the rice sorting technology will open more export markets to Tanzaniaproduced rice, whose quality has been the stumbling block.

“We once organised ourselves and started exporting rice to Dubai. Unfortunately, we did not last long. Our rice consignments were rejected as they were deemed substandard,” said a rice processor who identified himself as Mr Juma.

TANZANIA – Satake, Japanese supplier of grain sorting and processing equipment, has introduced a new rice sorting technology in Tanzania which is expected to boost efficiency in rice processing.

Known as the Colour Sorter, the new machines have the ability to sort out unwanted solid materials using higherresolution sensors, leaving the rice grains clear and of high quality.

To promote uptake of the state-ofthe-art technology Satake has entered into an agreement with local processors for supply and maintenance.

Processors say they are optimistic

According to the Director of Mechanization and Irrigation in the Ministry of Agriculture, Ms Anna Mwangamilo the new technology will greatly boost rice export market share, quality, and production.

Tanzania anticipates that the technology will increase the rice industry’s competitiveness in both domestic and international markets.

IFF launches new vital gluten replacer suitable for whole wheat bread baking

USA - International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has launched the Enovera 2000 range in Europe, the latest addition to its comprehensive range of market-leading solutions for the bakery industry.

The enzymatic dough strengthener, Enovera 2000, is a vital gluten replacer, especially suitable in whole wheat bread baking.

According to IFF, the new ingredient can replace up to 50% of vital gluten in whole wheat bread, allowing operational cost reductions without quality or volume trade-offs.

“Enovera 2000 range is a true industry breakthrough; it reduces up to 50%of vital gluten and brings functional equivalence to traditional emulsifiers – handling process variances and overdosing, as well as whole wheat applications,” Aurelie Gammelin, global product manager for the bakery section at IFF, commented.

The dough strengtheners in this range deliver dependability throughout production and provide superior finished product quality for whole wheat bread in comparison to existing alternatives in the market.

Thus enzymatic innovation performs equivalently or better than traditional emulsifiers and with a reduced dependence on aids used to compensate for inconsistencies.

“The solution…performs equivalently or better than traditional emulsifiers and with a reduced dependence on aids used to compensate for inconsistencies,” IFF said in a statement.

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