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September 04, 2024

Redefining Waste & Transforming Side Streams into Market-Ready Products: Highlights from the URC 2024

The Upcycle Revival Challenge (URC) was launched to promote innovation in food waste upcycling by en...

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August 27, 2024

War on salt, sauces, instant noodles, cooking oil: These will have A to D grades like beverages

To proactively adapt to the upcoming nutri-grade regulations on sodium and saturated fat, SMEs must ...

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May 06, 2024

Food Sustainability @ FHA 2024 - Harvest Hues: Transformed Snacks

At FHA, we unveiled a diverse array of upcycled food products creatively crafted from ugly and unsol...

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April 19, 2024

Making RTE Meat Better in Taste, Texture and Nutrition

The Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) is delighted to have been featured in the March/April e...

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February 28, 2024

Internationalisation: Elevating Food Businesses Across Borders

Access the comprehensive playbook by FIRC, "Internationalisation: Elevating Food Businesses Across B...

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January 18, 2024

[CLOSED] The Liveability Challenge (TLC) 2024

The Liveability Challenge (TLC) is seeking for breakthrough technologies to provide affordable, nutr...

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January 12, 2024

[CLOSED: Webinar] Building Relations in North and South Vietnam: Is there a difference?

This online webinar aims to provide valuable insights into the Vietnamese market before committing t...

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December 28, 2023

[CLOSED] Achieving Success through Innovative Side Stream Valorisation – URC 2024

Calling out to Food Manufacturers with ample side streams or direct access to by-products that could...

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December 15, 2023

Celebrating a Successful Healthy Aging Showcase!

Supporting local food enterprises in developing senior-friendly or healthy-aging food options.

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December 07, 2023

Future Food Innovation District (FFID)

FFID: A Strategic Collaboration between Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) x Future Food Lab (...

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November 30, 2023

Kickstarting Your Sustainability Journey in Food Manufacturing

FIRC is delighted to be part of the impactful ‘Kickstarting Your Sustainability Journey in Food Manu...

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November 29, 2023

Retort offers Shelf-Stability, Sustainability and Waste Reduction

Shelf-stable and ready-to-eat foods have become a part of the everyday kitchen and meals

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November 13, 2023

Forward Fooding: 2023 SEA AgriFoodTech Ecosystem Report

Explore the AgriFoodTech terrain in the SEA region, uncovering key trends and growth prospects throu...

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August 18, 2023

Embracing Sustainability: FairPrice Group's Participation in Customised Packaging Workshop

Food Innovation & Resource Centre (FIRC) is excited to spotlight the significant strides taken by Fa...

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August 16, 2023

[CLOSED]: Food for Healthy Aging Innovation Acceleration Program 2023

To provide support to traditional local food enterprises in reformulating existing products and deve...

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June 13, 2023

Traditional food manufacturers tap growing appetite for plant-based products

Singaporean food manufacturers are embracing the plant-based movement, utilizing shared facilities l...

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June 09, 2023

Jazzing up the traditional you tiao

You Tiao Man collaborated with FIRC to innovate and expand its traditional food products, achieving ...

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May 19, 2023

A Collaboration between HPB and FIRC @ SP: Fighting Hypertension using Lower-Sodium Salt Alternatives

Join the movement towards a healthier lifestyle! Learn how the HPB and FIRC @ SP are collaborating t...

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April 21, 2023

Baking Longer-lasting Vegan Goods for Overseas Markets

FIRC is honoured to be featured in IPI Success Stories for the collaboration with RÓA, a bakery foun...

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March 31, 2023

Designing User-Centric Food Innovation Workshop 2023

An exciting and insightful one-day Designing User-Centric Food Innovation Workshop jointly organised...

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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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