Recycling of paper has been increasingly important primarily due to a number of factors such as (i) diminishing wood supply coupled with social concerns over deforestation (ii) environmental pollution, and (iii) greater global demand for paper. Basically, method for recycling waste paper can be classified into two types (1) to reuse waste paper after pulping […]

Most of the coating and plastic materials used in the food packaging are derived from petroleum and natural gas derivatives such as praffin wax, microcrystallin wax, polypropylene etc. These materials are non-renewable resources and with the rapid increase in the price of petroleum and natural gas, it may be necessary to take a new look at the […]

Margarine is a fatty food resembling butter in appearance, character and composition. It is used as a substitute for, or alternative to butter. It is an emulsion of a fatty phase (usually the continuous phase) and an aqueous phase. The fatty phase is a nature of vegetable and/or oils and fats. It contains sufficient solid […]

Chocolate is eaten simply because people pleasure in it. Through taste and texture there is probably no other product that gives so much enjoyment. Chocolate also makes a pleasant and acceptable gift to convey some element of feeling. Chocolates are usually formulated with cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, sugar and lecithin, and in the case of […]

Processed cheese was invented around 1912-1913 when the Swiss and Germans made considerable efforts to export cheese to tropical countries. Processed cheese is made by blending natural cheese (young, mature or different types) in the presence of water, colouring matter, emulsifying salts and then heating and agitating to produce a homogeneous mixture. The cost of […]