General Mills is seeking a partner to help it develop "transformational fruit for yogurt products" that is visibly and texturally superior to the fruit on offer in existing products, without compromising its clean-label credentials.
The European Commission (EC) has finally addressed the thorny issue of nutrition claims that remain widely-used but are now technically illegal under the health claims Regulation, a year behind schedule.
UK consumers are increasingly keen on ethnic cuisine, but the market in mainland Europe remains ‘fragmented’, according to a new report from market research firm Keynote.
Market uptake of sustainable palm oil will need to accelerate in 2011 in order to keep up with rapidly growing production, claims the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
The European Commission is exploring ways to boost dioxin monitoring procedures after it was confirmed that products containing the toxic substance had reached the food chain and been sold to UK consumers.
Pies and pasties specialist Peter’s Food Service has opened a new multi-million pound multi-temperature distribution depot in Sidcup to serve as a hub for its growing sales and distribution operation in the south-east.
A food packaging company in the UK has been ordered to pay almost £32,000 (€38,000) ) for flouting safety regulations after one of its workers suffered serious injuries after being pulled into a machine.
Contracts are being finalised on an exciting new project exploring how super-chilling foods could help manufacturers reduce costs and increase product shelf-life.
The Vimto brand is now worth £54m at retail value in the UK soft drinks arena alone, while sales of Vimto-branded lollies, sweets and other products helped drive an additional £14.4m in sales in 2010.
Novel technology that uses air instead of gallons of water and cleaning agents to clean process pipe work has been commissioned at the new Glenmorangie whisky bottling plant in Livingston.
Staff at Longbenton Foods’ Amble site are feeling ‘real bitterness’ after production stopped yet again due to an ongoing dispute with administrator Begbies Trayner, according to a local town councillor.
London-based Bompass & Parr says its flavour-changing chewing gum that brings Willy Wonka’s famous three-course meal confection closer to reality could be on sale within 12 months.
Arla Foods’ proposed £150m 1bn litre 'super-dairy' in Aylesbury will create 680 skilled jobs, while the development of commercial space next door could create 500 more, bosses have claimed.
Manufacturers are hoping that a new campaign designed to engage punters about the merits of organic food and drink will translate into hard cash at the tills.
If the Centre for Food Robotics and Automation (CenFRA) is to have a long-term future, it has to work harder to convince UK food manufacturers that robots are not prohibitively expensive and inflexible, according to its new boss.
There will be a temporary ceasefire in the pay dispute at Heinz's Kitt Green factory near Wigan this week as Unite union members at the site consider a revised pay offer.
The entrepreneur contemplating breaking up the arranged marriage between Northern Foods and Greencore has been told to put up or shut up by January 21.
Food price inflation fell to 4% in November from 4.4% in October, according to the latest shop price index compiled by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen.
The European Commission (EC) has launched a proposal to merge and clarify the existing European rules on protecting national and regional foodstuff names.
The profile of food science is set to rise as a number of initiatives from a reinvigorated Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) come to fruition.
Gough Engineering has completed a number of Swinglink bucket elevator systems at a rapidly expanding potato-based snack food supplier near London’s Wembley stadium.
Star Refrigeration’s energy-saving ammonia heat pump system has won the Industrial and Commercial Project of the Year title at the 2010 RAC Cooling Industry Awards.
Fine mesh separation provider, Russell Finex has launched a stainless steel magnetic separator designed to eliminate the problem of ferrous contamination through sieves.
Climate Center, the national distributor of refrigeration and air conditioning products, which is part of Wolsey UK, has introduced a new type of piping system called Cool-Fit for use with high-efficiency secondary cooling systems.
Although the word ‘food’ is mentioned just three times in the 26-page report, the government’s Growth Review Framework for Advanced Manufacturing has been warmly welcomed by the UK food manufacturing industry. It is seen as the government’s solid recognition...
Contrary to some expectations, cold storage areas can present businesses and insurance firms with a serious fire hazard. Michelle Knott investigates the risks and the preventative measures
Although lucrative, the soups and sauces sector is still ruled by tradition. So how are manufacturers attempting to modernise this sedate category? Anne Bruce finds out
Biodiversity is the new carbon footprint, it seems, and the food industry is at the heart of the problems and the solutions. But how do you measure your impact? With great difficulty, says David Burrows
Edge Worldwide Logistics (EWL) saved 25% on the inbound shipping costs of frozen fish for one UK customer through a newly launched refrigerated container service supported by a Russian partner.
I thought I was doing well. The employee at the till had entered a frightening scanning frenzy, throwing cans of beans and packs of chicken breast at me. My wife seemed unaware of my marathon-beating performance.
Far from being undermined by the prospect of slashed local authority budgets, plastics packaging collection and recycling is likely to keep growing, according to experts in government and waste management.
Pork pie manufacturer Pork Farms has doubled the capacity of the data capture system at its Queen’s Drive factory in Nottingham so that it covers the entire site.
Palm oil is a potential goldmine for processors seeking to make foods healthier or more functional, according to Dr Pramod Khosla of Wayne State University in the US.
