The new issue of "Tecnica Molitoria" is now available with an archaeological-historical paper on millstones and hand-powered mills, as ancient milling instruments within the Aosta Valley in Italy. To follow a paper on fresh pasta made with semolina-based liquid sourdough: technological properties and starch digestibility.

Among the news in the departments: in the second part of the Ipack-Ima report it begins the description of the new machines and technologies - Conference on the food packaging that is increasingly functional - ISAAA report on the worldwide biotechnological crops in 2017 - Revised EU grain forecasts downwards - Italian pet food market is growing by over 2 billion euros in 2017 - Italian and EU feed sector trends in 2017 - Applied studies on pasta processing - News on mill and pasta companies strategies - For the Food Industry Monitor, the Italian food sector grows over twice the GDP - New guidance on nanotechnologies in food and feed - Legislative updates - Agenda of events, etc.