30-Sep-2009
Kingsmill would have us believe that carbon labelling is well, the best thing since sliced bread.Operations director Nick Law explains that the...
30-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
The food and drink industry in England and Wales uses 430 mega litres of water per day, according to Envirowise, which offers companies practical...
30-Sep-2009
The decision to drive firms towards more sustainability is a simple one, according to Richard Laxton of dairy company Arla: "Reduce your waste,...
30-Sep-2009 By Paul Gander
At the recent Drinktec exhibition in Munich, brewers' familiar and apologetic responses to accusations of being a conservative bunch were starting to...
30-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Give it five years and split peas, not goji berries and hybrid cars, will be gracing the cover of our lifestyle magazines, according to the marketers...
30-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Would thresholds for adventitious presence of soy, nuts and sesame make allergen management any easier for manufacturers? Elaine Watson reports
30-Sep-2009
The little boy concentrated on his portable Nintendo, his fingers frantically pressing the buttons. The tip of his tongue stuck out of his mouth...
Flexible friend for north Wales
30-Sep-2009
UK-based Excelsior Technologies has begun converting films and pouches at its new £20M, 8.5-acre site in north Wales.The site, said to be the...
30-Sep-2009
Increases in the cost of steel have had a major impact, canned food brand-owners admit, but neither this nor continued interest in plastics and...
30-Sep-2009
Arla Foods is expecting increased efficiencies and capacity boosts from the adoption of 'lean manufacturing' principles at its national distribution...
30-Sep-2009
Ever heard of the Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation? Me neither probably because (I suspect) it does not really exist. But that didn't stop some...
Antioxidant claims need sound science
30-Sep-2009
There's a new Dorian Gray film showing at cinemas. I love this story Dorian stays young, beautiful and virile whilst his portrait in the attic turns...
30-Sep-2009
New energy drink launches are not getting any healthier, despite constant media criticism of too much sugar, caffeine and taurine within them,...
30-Sep-2009
Everyone knows that a development chef or an 'ideas person' is the key to innovative concepts. But few appreciate that a great process technologist...
30-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
There will be continued growth in consumer interest in retro brands, especially within the 30+ age groups, while the future of the economy remains...
Make your industrial mark on panini bread
30-Sep-2009
UK oven designer and manufacturer, Double D Food Engineering, which is now a division of JBT FoodTech, has developed an industrial bar marker for the...
Weigh up the benefits
30-Sep-2009
Ishida Europe's new multi-lane checkweigher has up to six lanes to handle the same volume as several checkweighers for cost and space savings.Ideal...
Mop up the super bugs
30-Sep-2009
An 11-month independent study at Manchester Royal Infirmary has indicated that Arco's Byotrol cleansing agent has cut levels of MRSA on wards by one...
Quick way to identify Cronobacter
30-Sep-2009
The ongoing development of a new horizontal CEN-ISO standard method for the detection of Cronobacter species by the ISO/TC 34, SC9 ad hoc group for...
Judges shortlist industry's rising stars
30-Sep-2009
The shortlist for the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards has been announced.Contenders include Cambridge Manufacturing Company, H J Heinz Company,...
Stevia could be an intense force of future sweeteners
30-Sep-2009
Aspartame and sucralose could face serious competition in the European intense sweeteners market by late 2011/early 2012 if high purity stevia leaf...
Firms miss a trick with condition monitoring
30-Sep-2009
Wider use of condition monitoring (CM) tools could significantly improve efficiency in the food industry, but many firms are not benefiting because...
Redundancy bell 'won't toll' for Scottish brewery
30-Sep-2009
Greene King, the parent firm of Belhaven brewery in Dunbar, Scotland, has hit back at claims that the site's future is uncertain.Since the firm...
Survey: RFID business case still unclear
28-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
RFID (radio frequency identification) tagging’s early adopters in grocery have had mixed success because they have not brought trading partners...
Food poisoning rise in elderly linked to stomach drugs
28-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous
The rising incidence of campylobacteriosis food poisoning in people over 60 in the UK could be partly ascribed to medication for suppressing stomach...
Reb A suppliers need to promote its safety
28-Sep-2009
Stevia-based sweeteners could suffer the same negative publicity that aspartame has unless suppliers of the ingredient, which has received qualified...
Food science needs support, Tory meeting will hear
28-Sep-2009 By Rod Addy
The government must address food security by strengthening support for scientific innovation, experts will argue at a forthcoming Conservative Party...
Findus Longbenton to recover by 2011
28-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
The new owner of the former Findus factory at Longbenton has revealed the factory will return to full production by the end of 2010.After receiving...
28-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Two thirds of the article 13.1 health claims submitted for assessment under the health claims Regulation do not stand up to scrutiny, according to...
Quirky products lift recession-hit shoppers
21-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
Flavour changing confectionery and wasabi flavoured chewing gum are among the fun products launched globally in the past year that have boosted...
Good Food Company faces fines
21-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
The Good Food Company may face a fine of up to £40,000, after a number of illegal workers were found working at its premises on the Horton...
New centre will drive healthy food innovation in Scotland
21-Sep-2009 By Rod Addy
Scottish Enterprise has issued a call to contractors to support the development of a Food & Health Innovation Centre costing from £3M to £6M to...
Transitional courses launched for ‘non-food’ engineers
21-Sep-2009 By Rod Addy
Reaseheath College, Cheshire, is launching a drive to convert engineers to food processing from other sectors.The institution, which is based near...
Pea protein could challenge soy as meat analogue
21-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Researchers in Canada have produced meat analogues from pea proteins with a fibrous texture closely resembling chicken and fish.Soy protein-based...
Construction of UK’s largest food waste plant
21-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous
The UK’s largest £20M anaerobic digestion plant in Yorkshire is inviting regional manufacturers and retailers to help supply it in a major...
21-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Sales of organic and ‘extra healthy’ bread plummetted 30% and 15% respectively, while white bread sales soared 13% in the year to July 2009,...
Meat packaging: waste not, want not
18-Sep-2009 By Carina Perkins
Legislative and consumer pressure are coming to bear on the packaging used by industries, including the meat sector. Carina Perkins looks at the most recent efforts made to tackle packaging and food waste
15-Sep-2009
Tulip has appointed Steve Murrells into the newly created role of chief executive officer for its UK operation. Murrells will take up his position...
14-Sep-2009
Cooked poultry specialist Kookaburra has appointed Tony Gilroy as md of its Peterlee operation.Gilroy, 43, joins the company after 11 years at the...
Salsa scheme targets micro breweries
14-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Salsa, the Safe and Local Supplier Approval scheme for food hygiene, is considering a module for the UK’s growing number of micro breweries,...
Premier drives Supernoodles efficiency
14-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Premier Foods has dramatically increased the efficiency of Batchelors Supernoodles production at its Worksop factory following a three-month project...
Experts challenge pilot aspartame study
14-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous
The pilot study launched by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) into the health effects of individuals “self-reporting as sensitive” to aspartame has...
14-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
The Anaphylaxis Campaign’s allergen control standard has been axed less than two years after its launch after failing to achieve sufficient buy-in...
07-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
The UK would be a “net beneficiary in terms of jobs” were Kraft successful in its bid to acquire Cadbury, its bosses have insisted.In a document...
Ethnic food sales suffer from recession
07-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
Sales of Westmill Foods are down on last year, as the UK’s ethnic food sector continue to suffer from the effects of the recession, according to...
Sainsbury tightens up pricing data and invoices
07-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Sainsbury expects to roll out a new IT system by the end of the year, which will reduce invoicing problems and greatly improve the accuracy of...
Deals could stunt Premier’s growth, says firm
07-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Premier Foods’ sales growth has become too dependent on promotional activity, putting its ability to “translate top line fizz into the bottom...
DVD helps firms lead sheep to sacred slaughter
07-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous
The growing importance of the UK’s Muslim community to the food industry was highlighted by last week’s launch of a new DVD discussing issues...
More melamine-style scares ahead, warns FSA
07-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
There is no room for complacency when it comes to food contamination, with another melamine or Sudan 1 potentially lurking around the corner unless...
Firms need to raise their GMO game, says expert
07-Sep-2009 By Elaine Watson
Food manufacturers are “burying their heads in the sand” when it comes to dealing with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a leading supply...
