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Breakfast

February 25, 2023

FIRC nutritionist explaining on the importance of eating breakfast

FIRC’s senior nutritionist Carolyn Stephen explained on the importance of eating breakfast on an int...

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December 09, 2022

The Liveability Challenge 2023

The Liveability Challenge, in its sixth edition, is on the search for disruptive, groundbreaking sol...

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December 08, 2022

CellMEAT Held ‘Tasting Event’ For ‘Korea’s First Cell Cultivated Dokdo Shrimp’ In Singapore

CELLMEAT Corp. (CEO: Giljun, Park), a company that specializes in the development of cell-based cult...

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December 01, 2022

Cell-Cultured Meat Development Startups Gather To Contribute To The Environment With Animal-Free Products – JETRO

Since the inception of the first in the world novel food regulatory framework in 2019...

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November 25, 2022

Cultivated Meat: From Singapore To Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt)

Here at Food Innovation Resource Centre (FIRC), we’re dedicated to lend our arm to aid...

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November 22, 2022

Cultivating The Future Of Food – Vow

HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS to the next generation of alternative protein enterprise - Vow Food on rai...

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November 10, 2022

Healthy Snacks Without The Flavour Sacrifice – APFI September 2022

“As consumers look to reduce their sodium intake, permeate shows great promise for a wide…

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October 28, 2022

Centres Of Innovation Help SMEs Launch New Products Through Tech – The Straits Times, 25 October 2022

Article mentioned Singapore Polytechnic’s Food Innovation and Resource Centre (FIRC), which helped o...

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October 12, 2022

CNA Explains: Should You Stop Using Regular Salt? What Are Lower-Sodium Alternatives? – Channel News Asia, 6 October 2022

The Singapore Government is encouraging people to switch from regular salt to lower-sodium alternati...

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October 06, 2022

Jumain Sataysfaction CEO Wins Asean Business Award

Jumain Sataysfaction CEO, Ms Samsiah Suliman, was among the five Singaporean women entrepreneurs who...

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September 16, 2022

Successful Commercialisation: Grand Debut Of EPL’s Plant Based Products

“We are what we eat - that's why it's important to eat good. Joy, happiness...

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September 12, 2022

Meeting Singapore’s Sustainability Goals Through Meatless Innovations

Meet and Greet the Winners At the grand finale of the Meatless Meat Challenge (MMC)...

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September 06, 2022

FHA 2022 : Singapore’s Food Industry Outlook

Joining the honourable panel consisting of Dr. Andrew Powell (CEO, Asia BioBusiness), Ms. Chong Nyet...

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September 01, 2022

AskST: Food Additives Help To Preserve Kueh, But How Safe Are They?

As mentioned in The Straits Times that nine kueh manufacturers had their operations suspension lifte...

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August 23, 2022

Hawkers Leveraging On Food Science & Technology To Grow And Expand

“How else can I grow my hawker business other than opening up more outlets?” A

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July 28, 2022

Bilateral Food Exchange 2022 Between Singapore And Vietnam Part 3

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) @ Singapore Polytechnic is being privileged to be invited

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July 27, 2022

Issues About Food Storage That Consumers Need To Consider – The Straits Times 25 Jul 2022

Article featured Mr Tay Chiew Teck, senior manager of technology, innovation and enterprise at the…

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July 04, 2022

CNA Talking Point 2022/2023 – S1E10: Chicken Crisis Part 1: What Can We Do About It?

Video featured nutritionist Ms. Carolyn Stephen from Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) who sh...

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June 30, 2022

Singapore Companies Making Special Food For Special Diets – The Straits Times, 26 June 2022

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) @ Singapore Polytechnic is honoured to be featured on...

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May 23, 2022

[CLOSED] Sensory Tasting Of Dairy And Plant-Based Protein Shake

You are invited to participate in a sensory tasting session being conducted by Food Innovation...

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May 20, 2022

How To Develop Sugar-Free Or Low-In-Sugar Bakery & Spread Products

The functions of sugar play several important roles in spreads and bakery products, such as...

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May 09, 2022

[Webinar] Maximising Resources And Streamlining Workflow Through Process And Job Redesign

Faced with rising costs and space constraints, food manufacturers are often exploring ways to review...

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May 09, 2022

Keep Growing – Internationalisation With NovaMeats

NovaMeats, a Singapore-based start-up has worked closely with Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIR...

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April 13, 2022

SIFST Food Product Award (FPA) 2022-24 Ceremony

Congratulations to all winners and applause to all companies who have participated in the recent…

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March 24, 2022

The Meatless Meat Challenge (MMC) 2022

The Meatless Meat Challenge 2022 was officially launched on 4 March 2022 by Singapore Food…

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February 16, 2022

Enterprise Singapore’s Year-In-Review 2021

“In 2021, Enterprise Singapore (ESG) partnered 22,100 Singapore enterprises to build new business ca...

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February 11, 2022

New Snack Launch By Boxgreen Singapore

A season of sharing in a season of love, FIRC would like to share the…

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February 10, 2022

SIFST-Food Product Award 2022-24

Singapore Institute of Food Science and Technology (SIFST) is organising the prestigious Food Produc...

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January 26, 2022

Asia’s Great Snack Challenge: Snacking Up Our Local Brands

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) is honoured to be the Technical Advisor and Incubator-Partn...

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January 19, 2022

Ministerial Visit To FIRC @ SP

On 5 Jan 2022, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economics Policies and Chairman of…

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January 12, 2022

Innovation Partner For Impact – IPI 10th Anniversary Year In Review, 17 December 2021

SP’s Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) was featured in Innovation Partner for Impact (IPI)’s…

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January 10, 2022

[CLOSED] Consumer Sensory Tasting Of Instant Soup

You are invited to participate in the sensory tasting of Instant Soup samples for a…

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January 05, 2022

[CLOSED] The Meatless Meat Challenge 2022

Food Innovation Resource Centre (FIRC) and Singapore Food Manufacturers’ Association (SFMA) is co-or...

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January 04, 2022

Sense And Sustainability: A Sea Change – CNA, 3 January 2022

Video featured SP Food Innovation and Resource Centre food scientist Dr. Adeline Wong and consumer…

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December 30, 2021

Asia’s Largest Global Sustainability Challenge, The Liveability Challenge Is Back!

Join the launch on 14 January 2022, 4pm (SGT) to unveil the challenge themes for…

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December 22, 2021

[CLOSED] Recruiting Panelists For Consumer Sensory On Snack Seasonings

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) is conducting sensory tasting for snacks seasonings over a…

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December 08, 2021

Launch Of Bilateral Food Exchange Partnerships Between Vietnam And Singapore

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on bilateral foo...

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November 23, 2021

Ethiroli: Understanding Expiry Date Marking On Pre-Packaged Food Products

Episode covering the topic of expiry dates on Ethiroli, a current affairs-based programme on Vasanth...

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November 18, 2021

Against All Odds, You Tiao Man Pte Ltd Achieving Greater Success

Our heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Audrey, CEO of You Tiao Man Pte Ltd for achieving…

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November 09, 2021

Nutritional Aspects Of Deepavali Legiyam – Tamil News (Vasantham) @ Mediacorp – Nov 2 2021

FIRC’s nutritionist Carolyn Stephen explained the nutritional aspects of the “Deepavali Legiyam” on ...

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November 03, 2021

[Closed] Sensory Tasting Of Plant-Based Vegan Meat

You are invited to participate in a sensory tasting for plant-based vegan meat samples for…

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November 01, 2021

S’pore F&B Business Taps Digitalisation To Dish Up Success – The Straits Times, 29 October 2021

Editorial featured Istimewa Nasi Padang who is working with Food Innovation and Resource Centre (FIR...

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October 18, 2021

Singapore Crawfish Ready To Come Out Of Their Shells

Article featured Desmond Chow, founder and chief executive of home-grown start-up Singapore Crawfish...

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October 18, 2021

Plant-Based Alternative Series : Fish-Less Fingers

Growing awareness of global food sustainability and local food security concerns have led to the…

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September 20, 2021

Poppadom Maker Grows Despite Pandemic – The Straits Times, 17 September 2021

As featured in The Straits Times on 17 September 2021, an article outlined Saba's Poppadoms’…

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August 26, 2021

[Webinar] NAMIC X SGInnovate: Additive Food Manufacturing For Personalised Meals

Ms. Carolyn Stephen, a nutritionist from Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) was honoured to be...

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August 24, 2021

Ministerial Visit To FIRC @ SP

On 13 August 2021, Minister for Education Chan Chun Sing and Second Minister for Education…

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August 23, 2021

[Webinar] Science Series: The Foods Of Tomorrow – How Biotechnology Is Changing Food Production

Ms. Carolyn Stephen, a nutritionist from Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) was honoured to…

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August 20, 2021

[Webinar] Food Innovation For SMEs : Innovate To Differentiate

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) was honoured to be invited as a guest speaker…

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August 05, 2021

[Webinar] Increasing Traceability And Visibility In The Production Space

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) @ Singapore Polytechnic, in collaboration with Enterprise S...

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