Growing demand for fruit juice has helped Fruitapeel turn around the fortunes of a former SunJuice facility in South Wales, restoring 47 of the 100 jobs lost when the site originally closed in January 2009.
Private sector standards and self-regulation are set to become far more important than the public sector law for international trade within the food supply chain, predicts a legal expert.
Yorkshire-based Frontier Foods is a start-up that manufactures traditional food products that contain less fat and fewer additives than their original recipes.
An innovative British-made paving system manufactured from recycled plastics has had its first major installation at the bakery of Frank Roberts & Sons in Cheshire.
Linx Printing Technologies says its new thermal inkjet (TIJ) printer is a cost-effective alternative secondary packaging labeller for small manufacturers.
A complete solution for the weighing and packing of salmon lardons has been supplied by Ishida Europe to smoked fish specialist Meralliance based in France, enabling the company to reduce product giveaway while enhancing pack presentation in retail outlets....
One of Europe's biggest smoked salmon producers is finding that it pays to recycle.Farne Salmon and Trout, which is located in the Scottish Borders,...
A Swedish pilot project on seafood traceability called eTrace, conducted as part of the SafeFoodEra EU food safety programme, has led to higher profits for those involved, says project manager Niklas Hild.
Concerns over safeguarding healthy school meals are growing as the government plans to alter funding for consumer health campaign Change4Life, limit free school meals for primary school children from poor backgrounds and end the School Lunch Grant.
Ingredients prices could impact on the entire food supply chain if production costs keep rising, according to Gareth Barker, head of marketing, human nutrition and health at DSM.
The US represents a vast, largely untapped playground for manufacturers of prebiotic fibres and probiotics, according to global ingredients firm Beneo.
The commercial success of Cognis Nutrition & Health’s plant phytosterols has been boosted by the national launch of China’s first sterol-enriched milk by Meng Niu, China’s biggest milk firm.
By rod Addy The vast majority of manufacturers reported having boosted supply chain efficiency in the past year – some by as much as 25% – in a new industry survey conducted by Culina Logistics.
Heinz appears eager to play down expectations, but the arrival of the Heinz Beans kilo-containing plastics Fridge Pack has fuelled speculation around metal’s future share of the ambient foods category – and around possible imitations.
The spotlight has fallen on maintenance training and the proper guarding of machinery in the wake of a United Biscuits worker having two fingers sliced off in a mixing machine.
The Fairtrade Foundation aims to boost the amount of Fairtrade certified fruit and nuts and intermediate ingredients for UK manufacturers of compound products such as cakes, biscuits, ice cream and ready meals.
Own-label pizza manufacturer Freiberger has made massive strides towards hitting the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) salt-reduction targets and now sells a range of pizza bases and sauces with minimal or no salt.
Social deprivation has again been identified as a major risk factor in listeria food poisoning in research from the Health Protection Agency (HPA), which faces closure in the next few years under government cuts.
Scientists at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Norwich have made some unexpected discoveries about the way in which the body breaks down fat. This could lead to new ways of slowing down fat digestion and, ultimately, to food structures that help...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a probe into third-party assurance schemes such as the Red Tractor and Lion Eggs standard in a bid to understand the extent to which they improve compliance with food legislation.
Nine new export licences for UK beef could help home producers survive tough economic times, according to EBLEX, the UK trade organisation for beef producers.
The Soil Association and other industry bodies are seeking to indefinitely delay an EU regulation that would ban the use of nitrates and nitrites in organic cured meats from 2011, and potentially ruin some producers.
Hauliers are being “held to ransom” by the operator of the Severn Crossing, an essential trade corridor between England and South Wales, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has claimed.
Scientists at Campden BRI have set up a consortium to examine the microbiological issues associated with nuts, seeds, herbs and spices in the food supply chain.
Increased emphasis on just-in-time production has made long runs and dedicated lines a thing of the past. Sebastian Day finds out how machinery suppliers are helping to streamline the changeover process
While consumer demand for omega-3 continues to rise, the industry that processes it faces an increasingly complex set of technological, environmental and regulatory changes. Anne Bruce reports
Whether it’s satiety, moisture retention, mouthfeel or gut health, fibre has a multitude of functional properties to offer new product developers. Rod Addy reports