Europe's largest own-label ice cream manufacturer, R&R Ice Cream (R&R) has acquired Pilpa, the ice cream division of French firm Maison Boncolac. The firm is now on track ot rival Unilever's European market dominance in the sector, said...
Manufacturers are no longer looking to make healthier cookies and biscuits, preferring instead to focus product development on indulgence and portion control, according to a market expert.
Northern Ireland’s food and drink sector is not only weathering the global economic recession but thriving, according to a government report and industry leaders.
Improved safety standards and greater dosing accuracy leading to lower costs are the main benefits claimed for Tetra Pak’s latest intelligent cleaning-in-place (CIP) Alcip system.
Falling demand for organic products means that the government should pay less attention to lobby groups from the organic sector, claims the Crop Protection Association (CPA).
British fish consumption has fallen victim to a lost generation of British mothers who don’t know how to choose fish, cook it or serve it, warns the industry authority Seafish.
The directors of a Bolton-based, fast food packaging company have been prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) after ignoring safety warnings for more than three years.
Yeast production company Lallemand GB has installed two Babcock Wanson BWD fire tube boilers with integral economiser and BW72H control system into its Felixstowe plant – the UK’s largest fresh yeast production facility for the baking industry.
Palletblocker Quarantine Systems has launched what it claims is the world’s first lockable pallet quarantine device. It describes its product, Palletblocker, as “a tough, highly visible barrier to fork-lift entry that will protect your supply chain”.
Bakery ingredients supplier CSM UK has reduced the saturated fat content of its cake margarine.Craigmillar Marvello RSF Blend cake margarine contains...
Britain's abattoirs and primary meat processors will have to provide evidence to support their proposal for an alternative to the Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) meat inspection regime, which aims to substantially reduce costs.
It seems incredible that human beings ever managed to exist without functional drinks. They supply us with a vital energy boost when our natural reserves are running low, and soothe us into relaxation when stress takes its toll. They supply all the vital...
Food fraud is costing the UK food supply chain huge sums each year, despite the existence of a number of scientific tests that detect fraudulent products, according to advisory group FoodChain Europe.
Typically, ice cream is made up of water (55-64%), milk fat (10-16%), sugars (12-16%), non-fat milk-solids (9-12%), stabilisers and emulsifiers (0.5%) and flavours and colours (0.5%). At least, it used to be.
As Winston Churchill said at a crucial time during the Second World War: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning." For food, drink and ingredients processors battling with health claims...
Bakery ingredient firm CSM has improved the recipe for its Wrap Ice product. The firm says its new overwrappable icing has smoother application, better coverage and longer shelf-life.
CP Kelco has developed a high powered xanthan gum that can be used in lesser amounts than previous versions to thicken and texturise products such as jams, sauces, yogurts or drinks.
Sales doubled for LycoRed's tomato extracts in the year to July, double the rate of growth for 2010, according to Sam Bernhardt, director for new food ingredients at the company.
Rod AddySlovenian firm Vitiva is ready to spearhead research costing hundreds of thousands of euros to raise rosemary extract (RE) intake levels, challenging amendments to EU additive laws made in April.
The fashion factor is one of the reasons investing in packaging machinery remains a priority for the supplier, even with margins under pressure. Take a bag of nuts, for example. One-minute standard pillow bags are all the rage. The next step will be that...
Globalised markets are as much a factor as reduced sales in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among packaging equipment manufacturers and suppliers, according to the industry association for the sector.
Falling quality in feedstock for UK polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plants is having an impact on costs and the prices charged to converters, experts have said.
BV Dairy has selected a 37-user Epicor 9 enterprise resource planning (ERP) system supplied by Aspera Solutions to manage its manufacturing and distribution business. Epicor 9 will provide a unified, end-to-end system to manage all operations from milk...
CenFRA, the UK's pioneering centre for food robotics and automation, has received industry funding to expand its role into an independent food and beverage automation consultancy.
The British Brands Group (BBG) has called on the government to stamp out "parasitic packaging", where unknown products are dressed up to look like popular brands, with a ban on misleading packaging.
Retailers must accept price rises from their own-label chilled foods suppliers or risk undermining their future, the boss of Samworth Brothers has warned.
Mark Twain once said: "Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough." It's a motto that Diageo's Cameronbridge distillery in Scotland takes very much to heart, although perhaps not quite in the way Twain...
The pig is usually quoted as the example of the most efficient utilisation of raw material in the food industry every part is used apart from the squeal. Now, it seems, seafood is rapidly heading that way. Somewhere in the world someone is making a living...
Westaway Sausages has completed an extension to its production facility at Newton Abbot in Devon, which is expected to enhance food safety, improved hygiene standards while boosting capacity by 75%.
Bibby Distribution has acquired specialist ingredients logistics supplier Atchison Topeka in a deal that is expected to expand its activities and increase the firm's annual turnover by £26M.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has commissioned an 18-month, £200,000 research project to get a better idea of how extensively lean manufacturing techniques have been adopted by companies in the food supply chain.
The UK's largest supplier of eggs and egg-based products, Noble Foods, last month received planning permission to install a 110m commercial-scale wind turbine on land at Thornton at Fife in Scotland.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is increasing its focus on the competence of certification bodies (CBs) as it moves to introduce the sixth edition of its Global Standard for Food Safety, which was published in July and comes into force next January.
Anglo-Indian firm Atul Agro says it has made the UK's first foil-pouched pure Alphonso mango pulp product that has an 18-month refrigerated shelf-life.
Biocatalysts has opened the door to new flavours for enzyme- modified cheese (EMC) manufacturers by launching the "first ever" range of microbial pregastric esterases (PGEs) that match the flavours created by their animal-derived counterparts
In Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility, two Dashwood sisters have differing virtues. Marianne takes an emotional approach to the pursuit of a partner, while Elinor is more practical.
Apetito has launched a range of soft and puréed sandwiches and cakes for healthcare caterers providing for elderly and vulnerable patients suffering from swallowing difficulties, a condition known as dysphagia.
The Mediterranean strawberry tree could have greater anti-cancer potential than similarly antioxidant-rich green tea or blackberry, according to Nova de Lisboa University, Portugal.
Top food brands are revisiting omega-3 after battling regulatory hurdles, consumer understanding and issues raised by the taste it gave products, according to Ulrick & Short (U&S) md Andrew Ulrick.
