The food industry has significantly overplayed the technical role that salt plays in processed foods in order to avoid the "nuisance and expense" of reformulation work and fend off the health lobby, the chairman of salt reduction charity CASH...
Just 15% of UK food manufacturers plan to even consider implementing carbon footprint labelling on products this year, according to the results of Food Manufacture's annual reader survey.
Had the merchant bank been called Lehman Sisters, it would probably never have gone bankrupt in 2008, precipitating one of the world's biggest financial crises ever recorded.
The topline message from the trading relationships section of Food Manufacture’s annual survey is ‘pay your bills on time and stop commoditising our products’, although the overall results suggest that confidence levels have improved in the sector.
Lobbying to prevent the extension of country of origin labelling (COOL) to all meat and poultry products - even when used as minor ingredients in complex processed foods - has stepped up a gear as major food manufacturers have continued to question its...
Relentless pricing pressure, late payment and overzealous supermarket buyers notwithstanding, confidence levels amongst UK food manufacturers appear to be improving, according to Food Manufacture’s annual 'state of the nation' survey.
Food Manufacture’s annual state of the nation reader survey is run every May and is intended to serve as a barometer of confidence levels in the industry.
The UK food manufacturing trade deficit is increasing, despite strong export growth in the sector, according to a report just published on the industry’s contribution to the nation.
Coca-Cola Enterprises is making strong progress in transforming a disused production area at its Edmonton site in north London into a new bottle blowing and filling line.
Bearing supplier NSK has produced a pocket-sized guide covering all aspects of rolling bearing maintenance. The free, 80-page guide is spiral bound to enable easy reading of individual sections by engineers in the workshop or in the field.
A report out last month on global manufacturing competitiveness ranked the UK 17th in the world. Even worse, the report, from Deloitte and The US Council of Competitiveness, predicted that the UK would fall to 20th place in five years time, just ahead...
The use of nanotechnology in food packaging will take off in the UK over the next few years, including developments such as an electronic tongue, which allows the life stage of foods to be determined before consumption, experts have claimed.
UK producers of organic bacon and cured meat products look set to be hit by a proposed EU ban on the use of sodium nitrite and potassium nitrate in organic foods. These preservatives are essential to traditional UK bacon.
Over 50 years ago, Charles Percy Snow CP Snow the acclaimed scientist and novelist, presented his Rede lecture at the University of Cambridge titled 'The two cultures'.
Developing a fair pricing system that encourages processors and consumers to support eco-friendly production methods in their buying decisions is the most vital issue facing processors building a sustainable supply chain.
Food sector scientists' doubts are mounting about the relevance of using traditional research methods to evaluate the efficacy of foods designed to improve health.
The prospects for Britain's food processors may look brighter than they have done, but the major multiples are still perceived to be taking more than their pound of flesh, as Rick Pendrous discovers
New bottle designs from Italy are using glass colour and shaping to differentiate wine brands, while closer to home, the environment continues to dominate brand communication in the sector.
Tetra Pak says its operational cost reduction (OCR) programme, successfully implemented at one UK customer, is being rolled out at a further three, and will gradually be extended to others. .
A lifecycle analysis (LCA) study comparing the carbon footprint of plastic reusable transit packaging (RTP) with corrugated board has triggered wider debate about the transparency of LCA data and the way such studies are audited and reported.
Oh dear. The furore surrounding the Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) project on genetic modification (GM) is an unwelcome reminder of how a small group of campaigners remains absolutely determined to derail any sensible debate in the UK about...
Companies are continuing to exaggerate the efficiency of their manufacturing operations because those collating the data used to measure it frequently ignore delays such as product changeovers and other downtime on equipment and lines.
Roquette has launched a 100% vegetable beverage, Vegetal Booster, that builds on the launch of its Nutralys pea protein and Nutriose prebiotic fibre and is ideal for those with lactose or dairy intolerances.
It's that time of year when, as you drive the length and breadth of the country, you see signs at the roadside advertising country shows, festivals, fêtes and fairs. Being someone who always likes to cover new ground, I usually go if I have a spare...
The national newspapers had a field day in their reporting of the European Parliament's (EP's) rejection of traffic-light food labelling. Reports described the reaction of food and health lobbies as anything between 'dismay' and 'outrage'....
Functional foods could be a better way of improving the health of consumers who aren't listening to the dietary health messages they are bombarded with, a leading nutritionist has claimed.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) is rolling out a labour planning system supplied by internet application developer Eleventeenth that has achieved "a significant cost saving" at its Wakefield plant in Yorkshire.
Food industry trade groups are uniting to fight EU labelling proposals that would heap extra work and costs on food processors and potentially confuse consumers.
The EU has agreed to match almost £1m funding raised by the UK organic sector to promote the benefits of organic food and farming to consumers over the next three years.
Acrylamide reductions in bread of up to 90 per cent have been claimed in initial test results announced this week for a proprietary yeast product from Phyterra Yeast, a division of Canadian firm, Functional Technologies Corporation.
