Food giant Heinz has been fined £50,000, after an engineer had his right hand sliced off by an unguarded potato peeling machine at the firm’s plant in Norfolk.
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Increasing interest in cinnamon’s health properties has led to its use in more foods, but heavy rainfall in producer countries has affected supply, a leading ingredients company has warned.
The Coop Group, Asda, Aldi and Lidl are all new customers for Produce Investments following its acquisition of the grower, packer and supplier of Jersey Royal potatoes for £15M.
Food ingredients firm AAK UK Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £162,000 after a forklift truck driver was killed in an accident at its Runcorn facory.
The food industry is being prevented from fully embracing the latest food science and technology because of consumers’ fear of ‘Frankenstein food’, according to former food and farming minister Jim Paice.
Chewing gum tobacco, cola leather and marshmallow smoke are among the experimental barbecue flavours consumers could encounter this summer, according to Celia Holt, product development expert at Food Innovation Solutions (FIS).
ABP Food Group is partnering an animal genetics firm, Genus, to deliver more sustainable and higher quality meat to consumers internationally, boosting value sales.
UK Vitamin D deficiency is a growing problem, indicated by the latest data from the National Diet & Nutrition Survey (NDNS), but the food industry could help, nutritionist Dr Carrie Ruxton claims.
The National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM), part of the University of Lincoln's Holbeach campus, has been praised by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), which inspects educational establishments, for the training it provides to...
Stigma surrounding low calorie sweeteners (LCSs) must be stamped out if the obesity and diabetes epidemic in Europe is to be tackled, leading nutritionists have said.
Katharina Vogt is making big steps in her mission to turn Reaseheath College’s Food Centre (RFC) into an educational institution with the highest quality food and drink standards known to the industry.
Meadow Foods has been investing to raise its efficiency. It’s important to invest in a business to keep things fresh and efficient and we’ve had a lot of that here at our Peterborough site, where we produce cream and cream products for food manufacturers.
Premier Foods and other food and drink manufacturers are teaming up with retailers to tackle Britain’s youth unemployment, as part of the grocery think-tank IGD’s Feeding Britain’s Future campaign.
Britain’s top billionaires with food and drink industry connections are Galen, Hilary and George Weston and family, with a net wealth of £7.3bn, up by £650M, partly thanks to their interests in Associated British Foods (ABF).
More jobs are already being created by increasing demand for robots in the food industry, according to packing equipment manufacturer Pacepacker Services.
Food industry deals driven by overseas investors doubled in number in 2014’s first quarter, versus the same period last year, with overall investment reaching £833M, according to Grant Thornton.
Grocery sales remained “in the doldrums” from February to April, according to leading food analyst Clive Black of Shore Capital, citing data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and accountants KPMG.
Now that common sense has been confirmed by a consumer survey that traffic light labelling is confusing and misleading, maybe the Department of Health (DH) should sit up, take stock and review its strategy on healthy eating
The owner of Burton’s Biscuit Company buying Fox’s biscuits would make commercial sense, according to one analyst, commenting on a report that a tentative approach had been made.
The amount of people diagnosed with coeliac disease has increased at a “staggering rate” over the past two decades, according to the boss of Allergy UK.
Functional food manufacturers in the UK are not doing enough to target millennial consumers with their marketing, an expert specialising in the sector claims.
Diageo’s United Spirits has agreed to sell its whisky brand Whyte & Mackay to Philippines-based brandy business Emperador for £430M, following Office of Fair Trading (OFT) concerns.
Food and drink manufacturers have issued a call to action for food scientists to counter the uninformed and increasingly loud calls from health lobby groups on politicians to introduce legal limits on the levels of fat, salt and sugar allowed in products...
UK food and drink processors have the fourth largest turnover in the EU, despite having almost half the amount of companies as the second largest country France, a new study by FoodDrinkEurope has revealed.
The first soft drinks made with sweeteners to enjoy a promotional “healthy discount” could persuade more manufacturers to wean consumers off sugar, according to a nutrition expert.
The rise in national minimum wage for adults, announced by business secretary Vince Cable, could drive small- to medium-sized food manufacturers (SMEs) out of the UK, a bakery boss has warned.
The Labour Party is considering legislation covering food and drink formulation as a means of reducing Britain’s obesity crisis, estimated to cost the National Health Service £4.2bn a year.
Bakkavor has invested millions of pounds in four prepared salad facilities, prompted by high demand from customers, according to chief finance officer Peter Gates.
Food and drink firms could face prosecution for failing to label products as halal under forthcoming regulatory changes, according to top legal firm Eversheds.
Novel food approval systems in Europe prevent the food industry from bringing new and exciting foods on to the market quickly, but could be about to change, according to one specialist.
Food manufacturers looking to latch on to the growing demand for spelt should act quickly as the resurgence for the ancient grain has led to depleting stocks, one supplier of the grain has warned.
The very latest in food science and technology will be showcased at the Institute of Food Science & Technology’s (IFST’s) 50th Jubilee conference in London on Wednesday May 14 and May 15.
Improving health is now the number one reason for people choosing gluten-free products, not having a diagnosed intolerance, according to a survey of gluten-free shoppers.
