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A guide to the science of food additives
Food additives have a complex reputation, which is understandable given that most of us feel worried when we see an ingredient that we cannot pronounce on our food packaging. But many food additives have natural sources and are crucial for preserving, stabilising and enhancing the properties of food. Therefore, they can make foods safer, and are crucial in making the global food trade possible.
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What is dextrose?
Most people will tell you that dextrose is the same as glucose – and they would be right because dextrose has the same chemical composition as glucose. To get specific about it, dextrose is another way for glucose to occur in nature. Glucose units can occur in two forms: an ‘D’ form or a ‘L’ form, which are mirror images that cannot be superimposed, known amongst chemists as ‘stereoisomers’. Since dextrose and glucose are both D-glucose, they are exactly the same thing.
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What is commodity trading and how to trade commodities?
Regular readers of the blog will know that we’ve written a lot on specific commodities, trading strategies and price relationships, but we had not done a post on the basics of commodity trading – until now.
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What is trade finance and do I need it?
Trade finance. Is it just business jargon? How does it work? How is it different from corporate finance? Do you need it? In this guide we answer these questions, de-mystify key terms, delve into how the process of trade finance works, discuss how future changes in trade finance could affect your business and ultimately explain why you need trade finance.
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