Beneo's sweetener Palatinose confers weight management and fat burning benefits more effectively than higher glycaemic sugars, according to recent studies the firm commissioned.
Ingredients giant DSM is launching the first in a range of enzyme-based supplements with potential as food ingredients to help consumers with food intolerances.
Rod addyThe crisis in sustainable palm oil (SPO) supply is improving in Europe, but progress is slow and sourcing the right fractions remains a challenge, according to industry stakeholders.
If there is one single piece of advice that the food and drink industry, and indeed the wider global community, needs to hear at this particular juncture it would be this: accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative.
Senior soft drink executives have poured scorn on continued EU pressure to roll out taxes on sugary foods, including France's soda tax, which was levied on sugary drinks from January 1.
Italian packaging machinery firm PFM has announced a new variant of its Falcon flow-wrapper, which enables nests of pasta such as tagliatelle, vermicelli and similarly fragile products to be wrapped on edge in a slimline film pack, ready for display
Visions of automaton servants to cater for every need are a far cry from the present state of robotics. Despite this, the use of robots in automated primary packaging systems present significant benefits to manufacturers in terms of hygiene, throughput...
KP Foods, a part of the United Biscuits group, has had issues in recent years with refrigeration dryers failing because of the acidic conditions on site. This can be caused by ingredients such as acetic acid affecting the internal copper tubing.
Yeast producer Lallemand GB has installed two Babcock Wanson BWD fire tube boilers with integral economisers and BW72H control system at its Suffolk plant.
German organic food producer Barnhouse is using an Ajax Equipment continuous mixer and batch mixer to make organic crunchy granola for breakfast cereals on a new process line.
Is marketing compatible with good food science? I ask this having recently attended two conferences on the new European Nutrition and Health Claims regulation at which the two appeared to be pulling in opposite directions.
Heinz and Greene King are two of the latest firms in the food and drink sector to take advantage of energy efficient improvements to significantly cut the operational costs of their boilers.
In 1962 management guru Peter Drucker described logistics as the economy's "last dark continent." He said: "We know little more about distribution than Napoleon's contemporaries knew about the interior of Africa."
The Holsworthy Biogas power station in Devon, which turns over £5M a year, is proof that a large-scale anaerobic digestion plant can operate economically when commercial food waste is used as the feedstock.
National Starch Food Innovation has launched Purity Gum Ultra: a new starch-based emulsifier for cloudy beverages. The firm says the product delivers "exceptional turbidity and stability" in soft and alcoholic beverage formulations.
Frutarom Savory Solutions has launched a new starter culture, Bitec Advance LD-20, to make firm and fresh raw sausages and sausage spreads. The firm says the culture decreases pH value rapidly, while providing an especially mild acidic profile. Additionally,...
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours has designed emulsification and texture systems to improve processing characteristics and enhance the appeal and sensory qualities of fat-reduced products from cakes to margarines, desserts and whipped toppings.
Veal still has a controversial reputation because of the way it used to be produced in the UK. But the days of rearing calves in crates are long gone and British Rose Veal now comes with the approval of animal welfare bodies.
Fears that European consumers could miss out on the potential health benefits offered by food science because of the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA's) rejection of almost two thousand submissions for health claims approval could prove...
If there is part of its name that sums up what the Provision Trade Federation (PTF) stands for it is the word 'trade'. However, reading through Providing for Britain: a new book published to celebrate the PTF's 125th birthday, you'd...
Food processors cutting monosodium glutamate (MSG) from powdered or canned soups can now access an improved version of natural enhancer Sante from Israel-based LycoRed.
Food manufacturers can access more fibre options for fortification and texture and taste enhancement of breakfast cereals and baked goods, thanks to ingredients company Ulrick & Short extending its Scilia fibres range.
Two things strike you as soon as you begin to engage Intersnack md Richard Robinson in any conversation about his background. The first is that, although he is relentlessly positive, it is in a way that's not the least bit irritating. His is a quiet,...
This is Summit Foods' 31st year. Our core business is frozen meat-based snacks. My family background was in farming, but I have worked in food processing all of my career. My father used to supply eggs to Morrisons. Then came the Edwina Currie [salmonella...
I was going to write about cancer and red meat but then I watched the webcast of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board meeting on March 20 on the microbiological safety of raw drinking milk.
Food and drink manufacturers have given Chancellor George Osborne's budget a mixed response. However, given his need to focus on reducing the deficit, the overall view was that it was relatively business friendly.
Unimaginative meat packaging misses significant opportunities to promote brands, improve customer service and cut waste, warned Andrew Streeter, research fellow at market intelligence firm Datamonitor.
Sector Skills council Improve has urged the government to “remove the shackles” from the food industry, which are currently preventing many firms from targeting a younger generation of workers to the sector.
Confectionery manufacturers have come under fire from Liberal Democrat MP Jo Swinson, who accused some firms of being too complacent on the packaging efficiency and recyclability of Easter eggs.
Manufacturers are still not sure how much flexibility they have in wording health claims because guidance from the European Commission (EC) is not yet available.
The spectre of Dairy Crest’s future exit from liquid milk has again been raised by industry commentator Julian Wild of Rollits solicitors following a pre-close trading update from the firm.
The row over redundancy payments at meat processing firm Tulip’s Tranfoods site has taken a step towards reconciliation after Unite the union revealed that the firm had agreed to talks with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service ACAS.
Dwindling global resources will force food manufacturers to radically change the way they do business in the next few years, according to Gavin Neath, Unilever’s senior vice president of sustainability.
A major multi-national trade buyer is going to be the most likely bidder for frozen food firm Birds Eye Iglo, according to city analysts, after its owner Permira confirmed it was exploring a sale of the business.
Food and drink manufacturers should visit schools to attract more young people into the industry rather than rely on recruiting the unemployed to fill the widening skills gap, according to the HR Forum.
Food manufacturers’ willingness to reduce salt in their products is being tested by a lack of support from the Department of Health (DoH), according to a leading health expert.
Food and drink exports from the UK will play a vital part in the UK’s economic recovery, according to agriculture minister Jim Paice, after it was revealed that exports topped the £12bn barrier last year.
Walkers Crisps manufacturer PepsiCo UK has revealed that it is set to cut about 400,000 miles from its annual road usage with a new £9.3M investment at its Peterlee warehouse and distribution centre.
High street baker Greggs has hit out over the government’s decision to impose a tax on all warm foods after Chancellor George Osborne’s budget announcement led to £30M being wiped off the firm’s value.
Cake manufacturer Perfection Foods has confirmed that it is set to create hundreds of jobs at its new international distribution centre in Leicester in order to meet soaring export demands.
Workers from meat processing firm Tulip’s Tranfoods site in Birkenhead will sit down with the firm’s management tomorrow in a bid to end the row over redundancy payments, according to Unite the union.