Insights
Discover our take on industry trends, ingredient spotlights, and supply chain perspectives shaping Australia’s food ingredients landscape
Food inflation is a growing problem internationally. Will it impact Australia?
Food inflation is a growing problem overseas and may well impact the growing problem of food security in Australia in the coming year.
Should food ingredients be financial instruments?
Before actually working full-time in the industry I would have said yes. Financial markets help marry supply and demand, they create…
What size is that bean? The answer is not simple.
We recently got asked a question by a customer that stumped us. They had received our spec for a Black Turtle Bean and said they would…
Making sense of Mung bean varieties
Australia’s Mung Bean production peaked at 150,000 metric tons of production before the drought hit. It is an important crop for export…
The mystery of Chickpea varieties
A overview of chickpea varieties available in Australia
Why do my pulses have Ash in them?
What does the Ash in a food product specification refer to.
Sunlight, Beans and Lentils
Yesterday I got what seemed to be a straight forward question that was a result of a complaint from a retail consumer buying product in a…
Canned vs Dried Beans
If you browse around the Internet you will find plenty of recipes that include beans and lentils. Unfortunately those recipes will…