Continuing increases in demand, along with the need to remain competitive, led Birtwistle Catering Butchers to switch from hand-cutting to automatic meat portioning using Marel's I-Cut 36 Portioner.
Being able to combine farm and food waste made arable, beef and pig producer A C Shropshire in Leicester a suitable candidate for the installation of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. Previously manure was stored in large tanks being applied to the arable...
A new handheld device can electronically record hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) data, eliminating the need for long-hand forms and papers.
Baker Perkins has invested in its product and process development capability for the snack and cereal industries with the installation of one of its SBX Master twin-screw extruders at its Innovation Centre in Peterborough.
The world's most advanced multi-head weigher, is the bold claim from Ishida Europe for its latest bit of kit, which makes its debut at the Total Processing & Packaging Exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham (June 4 to 6).
KMC has developed two CheeseMaker speciality starches that enable producers to make recombined parmesan and other hard cheese alternatives easily and quickly. Traditionally, 12-16 litres of raw milk are necessary to process a parmesan cheese and it needs...
Naturex is launching what it claims is Europe's first clinically proven - and proanthocyanidin (PAC) standardised - organic cranberry powder to improve urinary tract health.
Meat stabilising specialist Hydrosol presented its new ideas for the economical manufacture of cooked cured meats, minced meat and sausage products at last month's IFFA show in Frankfurt.
Carmit Candy Industries has unveiled a weight-management chocolate wafer bar that combines two ingredients that are clinically proven to increase satiety: glucomannan and a potato-derived proteinase inhibitor Slendesta.
Improved bowel health, increased satiety and enhanced calcium absorption add to mounting evidence for the health benefits of certain added fibres in the diet, according to Tate & Lyle.
Which of the six candidates below, shortlisted by the Food Manufacture editorial team, do you think has done the most over the past year to raise the profile of the food and drink industry? You can have your say by visiting our web site at foodmanawards....
Considering the years of haggling that led up to the adoption of the EU Food Information Regulation (FIR), you might have expected all possible aspects of interpretation to have been covered. Alas, no, as revealed by the questions that keep cropping up...
Plant bakers need to defend their corner more robustly in order to increase consumer awareness of bread's nutritional benefits while also battling harvest, regulatory and publicity woes.
Ingredients firm Jardox has recruited innovations talent from Premier Foods to spearhead a new product development (NPD) push after opening a £3M new plant.
Turkey processor Bernard Matthews has blamed the pressure of rising commodity prices for putting 55 jobs under threat at its cooked meats site in Great Witchingham, Norfolk.
School children’s widespread ignorance of food origins and poor eating habits were revealed by a survey of more than 27,500 pupils conducted by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF).
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has today (June 3) launched a week–long programme to educate children on the role food and drink manufacturers play in the production of their food.
To achieve success in today’s food supply chain, it is necessary to capitalise on fast moving trends, optimise manufacturing efficiency and productivity, while managing supply chain logistics and minimising waste, according to control systems and automation...
UK meat firm Cranswick is likely to reap strategic benefit from the merger of China’s largest meat processor and pig producer, Shuanghui International, with the world’s largest pork processor North America’s Smithfield Foods, according to City analyst...
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has again been accused of “bullying and hypocrisy”, after Freedom Food – its wholly owned subsidiary – wrote to farmers in the new badger cull areas, warning those who allowed the cull...
Small and medium-sized firms’ (SMEs’) access to funding must be improved, insists engineering employers’ organisation EFF, after its survey revealed businesses were relying on their own resources to finance growth.
Manufacturers need to be increasingly aware of putting their businesses at risk of accusations of religious discrimination when seeking to change employee terms and conditions, with a legal expert reporting a growing trend in the number of tribunal cases...
A healthy diet lower in meat and higher in fruit and vegetables is not necessarily more sustainable – and may lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), a new study has claimed.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has launched a study with 10 British households to understand why recycling rates are so low despite people claiming they frequently recycle.
The horsemeat crisis was undeniably devastating for the UK food industry but there may be a number of positive outcomes, according to speakers at Food Manufacture’s webinar earlier this month. Here we capture in quotes the highlights of the webinar –...
A key lesson from the horsemeat crisis was that responsibility for food safety should be shared throughout the food industry and was not solely the role of food manufacturers and retailers, according to a leading food lawyer.
Strike action was not inevitable at Carling’s Molson Coors brewery in Burton-on-Trent, said the brewer, after workers voted overwhelmingly for industrial action.
The horsemeat crisis could be more of a long-term opportunity than a threat to the UK food industry, Mintel told the Food Manufacture Group’s horsemeat webinar earlier this month.
Irn-Bru manufacturer AG Barr is still committed to a merger with Britvic, according to its latest financial statement covering the 15 weeks from January 27 to May 12.
The latest thinking on food safety will take centre stage at a one-day conference organised by the Food Manufacture Group at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull on Thursday October 17 2013.
The swift traceability of meat involved in the horsemeat crisis allayed fears about food safety risks associated with the contamination crisis, according to a food safety boss.
Consumer demand for more lightly processed foods containing fewer additives and preservatives could be compromising food safety, leading scientists have warned.
Food firms will probably have to report levels of cross contamination between species well below the 1% threshold used in the horsemeat scandal under new guidelines being prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the...
Making the eat “less but better” red meat message profitable for the food industry, farmers and the rural economy is crucial for developing a more sustainable food system.
