FOOD EXPO IN PRINT

摘要

Advances in exotic flavors, nutraceuticals, rapid microbial testing, innovative packaging, equipment testing, health and safety, and increased regulatory compliance were among the trends seen at the Institute of Food Technologists' 1996 Food Expo in New Orleans, La., June 22-26. With the theme, "The World of Food Science and Technology." the Food Expo attracted more than 18,600 food technologists to visit with 800 companies from around the world. Food Technology's editors were there to sample and report on the latest in ingredients, consumer trends. laboratory equipment, processing equipment, packaging, contract laboratories, and publishers. This special Food Expo in Print section contains our editors' analysis of trends in the exhibits, followed by a listing of exhibitors by category and a complete description of the exhibits. This section is IFT's official coverage of the many products and services offered by exhibitors at IFT's Food Expo. For those of you who attended the Food Expo, this section gives you a chance to review the offerings presented there. For those of you who could not attend, this section gives you a chance to sample first-hand the wares of the industry's largest food science and technology exposition.