The social media campaign #juicy5, introduced by IFU, has been up and running now for six months. On the 5th day of every month, the IFU are asking members to post juice related pictures on their favourite social media channels with the hashtags #IFU and #juicy5. Published here is a collection of the previous months pictures for you, which indeed shows the campaign has helped to bring juice into the spotlight! The purpose of the campaign is to remind friends and family, that a glass of juice counts as one portion of the recommended “5 (portions) a day”. Share the fun, have your own photo session on October 5th and post your pictures on social media!

UAE

The SGF IFU Asia Roadshow is included in the Arab Beverages Conference & Exhibition ABCE 2017 on October 29th and 30th in Dubai, UAE. Registration is free of charge and more information can be found at http://abce.me

The great news is that IFU methods are there to make your juice analysis life easier!

The method collection holds a comprehensive list of procedures that have been specifically developed and validated for fruit and vegetable juice products. This is not always the case with other methods.

Having the appropriate IFU method is a good start but there are additional challenges to ensure a method is appropriately applied in the laboratory or factory environment.

Help is on its way though. IFU recommendation number 15 has been published by the Methods of Analysis Commission to assist Laboratory Managers as to the type of checks and controls they should consider adopting to ensure their lab produce reliable data. It includes topics on;

• Documentation
• Training records
• Servicing / calibration
• Quality Assurance samples
• QA sample analysis and charts
• Performance analysis schemes
• Data management

IFU methods are by the industry experts, for the industry.

IFU corporate members or subscribers can download their copy via the website using their log in details: www.ifu-fruitjuice.com

If you are not an IFU member or subscriber please contact john@ifu-fruitjuice.com for more information, or visit the above website for details.