Duerr's builds skills through 'train to gain'
02-Sep-2009
Preserves maker Duerr's has put its workers through their paces via the government-funded Train to Gain programme. All 120 production line workers at...
Carlsberg makes suppliers wait longer for pay
01-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
Carlsberg has been slammed by an organisation representing small businesses for extending its payment terms to 95 days, counting from the end of the...
Telematics help trucks go the extra half mile
01-Sep-2009 By Rod Addy
Arla Foods claims an upgraded telematics system it has just fitted to its new vehicle fleet will enable its trucks to travel an extra half a mile per...
Streamlined Kerry Group is ready to go
01-Sep-2009 By Hayley Brown
The Kerry Group’s frozen food site in Carrickmacross, Ireland, is back on track after taking steps to streamline the business and slash its...
Traditional Grimsby smoked fish to get protected name
01-Sep-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Traditional Grimsby smoked fish looks set to be the latest UK product to be granted protected name status, following a nine-year wait.The product has...
01-Sep-2009 By John Dunn
Adnams, the family-controlled Suffolk brewery, has come under further attack from influential shareholder Guinness Peat Group (GPG) for its heavy...
28-Aug-2009
A new government scheme will help firms find the graduate specialists they need to help them grow, says Rod Addy
Chill out for maximum quality
28-Aug-2009
Two Airmax unit coolers from Alfa Laval are helping one of Scotland's premier processors of lamb and beef increase its market share by maintaining...
Intelligent weighing fills bill
28-Aug-2009
Maintaining the right blend of wrap and sandwich fillings requires the optimum in line control. That's why Marco has installed its LineMaster yield...
Croutons under the crumb
28-Aug-2009
Compliance with safety directives, production flexibility and operational mobility were key selection criteria when Chaucer Foods began researching...
Packing 'em in
28-Aug-2009
Packaging machinery is vital to any food manufacturing operation - and there are ways of maintaining machinery investment even in hard times. Lou Reade reports
28-Aug-2009 By Rod Addy
Nom's gleaming new dairy plant in Telford has brought a £60M investment and hundreds of new jobs to Shropshire, reports Rod Addy
28-Aug-2009 By Hayley Brown
Manufacturers are embracing a number of new processing technologies in a bid to perfect products. Hayley Brown reports
Doing a Dorset
28-Aug-2009
New product development has been recession proof for Dorset Cereals reports Hayley Brown
28-Aug-2009
We all know consumers aren't getting enough fibre. The question is, do they care? asks Elaine Watson
Inside out or upside down?
28-Aug-2009
There is money to be made from feeding your face, but the success of beauty foods and supplements will depend both on the state of the economy and the health claims regulation, says Paul Gander
New ideas under the microscope
28-Aug-2009
== Smart delivery ==Structural design principles for delivery of bioactive components in nutraceuticals and functional foods.There have been major...
28-Aug-2009
Probiotics are enjoying a level of growth that other products can only dream of in a recession, says Michelle Knott
Hearts and minds
28-Aug-2009
Being led by the heart instead of the head can be a recipe for disaster when deciding which new products to launch, Colin Dudley tells Elaine Watson
Clean-label innovation
28-Aug-2009
National Starch Food Innovation has launched Novation 6260, a clean-label alternative to instant modified starches offering viscosity, stability and...
GM blues threaten livestock sector
28-Aug-2009
The European livestock industry could be in serious trouble unless something is done to address the problem of asynchronous approvals of genetically...
Agave prebiotic probe
28-Aug-2009 By Elaine Watson
Clean-label ingredients specialist Ulrick & Short (U&S) is aiming to launch inulin from the agave plant this autumn if it can demonstrate...
Ajinomoto launches an appeal against High Court 'nasty' ruling
28-Aug-2009
Aspartame maker Ajinomoto has lodged the 'skeleton arguments' that will form the basis of its appeal against a recent High Court ruling about the...
Senomyx: it's not bitter ...
28-Aug-2009
Senomyx has made "notable progress" in its work to block the bitter tastes associated with high- intensity sweeteners and other ingredients such as...
Cranberry concentrate: it's going, going, gone ...
28-Aug-2009
Selling cranberry concentrate via online auction has made the purchasing process faster and fairer, Ocean Spray has claimed after successfully...
FSA: sugar targets for drinks 'not onerous and not arbitrary'
28-Aug-2009 By Elaine Watson
Calls for a 4% reduction in added sugar in selected soft drinks are neither arbitrary nor especially onerous, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has...
Farm fresh
28-Aug-2009
Diversification and flexibility have proved rewarding friends to Place UK. Rod Addy reports
28-Aug-2009
Fuelled by high-octane ingredients, functional drinks promise a raft of health benefits. But not for much longer reports Graham Holter
28-Aug-2009 By Hayley Brown
With Europeans consuming macadamias in their millions, South African producers are raising their game to meet demand, reports Hayley Brown
28-Aug-2009
Health, value and taste are key for cereal bars, says Rod Addy
28-Aug-2009
Management buy-ins, raging factory fires and million-pound investments. Running an artisan bread bakery is no run of the mill job
Tetley cuts costs to beat Eastern promise
28-Aug-2009
Tetley Tea is having to cut supply chain costs as a result of fierce competition from low-cost production in Eastern Europe, according to operations...
28-Aug-2009 By Rod Addy
Confectionery firm Swizzels Matlow has overhauled its supply chain operations, rolling out radio frequency scanning and supply chain software...
28-Aug-2009
There I was: ready, prepared, and motivated. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon and the garden needed some attention. My wife and I had consulted on...
28-Aug-2009 By Paul Gander
Despite a flurry of recriminations over the summer, UK dairies appear to be back on track to incorporate a 10% proportion of food-grade recyclate...
Dawnfresh lines up new capacity
28-Aug-2009
Dawnfresh Seafoods has completed a complete refurbishment of its processing plant at Bothwell Park, Uddingston in Lanarkshire at a cost of over...
Strategic partner ... not whipping boy
28-Aug-2009
It was an idea first mooted in last year's Cabinet Office Food Matters report and one that was supported recently in a Parliamentary inquiry...
It's time to chew the saturated fat
28-Aug-2009
I recently discovered that it's easy to reduce saturated fat in the diet. A new Dutch study reported in the British Journal of Nutrition showed that...
Plant design walk-through prevents painful problems
28-Aug-2009 By Rick Pendrous
For manufacturers designing a new installation or carrying out major alterations to existing plant there is nothing worse than starting the work only...
28-Aug-2009 By Hayley Brown
Manufacturers will have to use ingredients that appeal to parents if they are to penetrate the growing children's food and drinks market in the UK,...
Poultry firm eggspands products
28-Aug-2009
Western Brand Poultry is to undergo a new product development drive, after investing £4.4M in its poultry and egg site in Northern Ireland.The...
28-Aug-2009
Derided as a fad favoured by hippies and middle class goody two shoes in the seventies, organics have come a long way since those early years of...
Sweet market not in mint condition
28-Aug-2009
Sales of mint sweets and confectionery have been performing poorly, according to research from Mintel.Over the last five years alone, the mint sector...
28-Aug-2009 By Hayley Brown
As the issues surrounding food security and depleted fish stocks loom high on the political agenda, processors and retailers have been responding by...
Wrestler battles back with new flapjack launches
28-Aug-2009
Seed Stacked, a flapjack designed by a professional wrestler, is being launched in two new flavours, after more than a quarter of a million of the...
28-Aug-2009
Beware the battle of bloated bureaucracy
28-Aug-2009 By Elaine Watson
Alcohol base derived from fermented fruit can be used in ready-to-drink products
Scottish seafood firms plan ambitious processing and packaging investment
28-Aug-2009
Scotland's fish processors are investing millions of pounds into building and refurbishing factories across the country.Macrae Fraserburgh, part of...
Tate & Lyle swallow bitter sucralose pill
28-Aug-2009
The gradual chipping away at Tate & Lyle’s monopoly of the global sucralose market is continuing apace with news that another rival is...
Computer program says no to faulty foodstuffs
28-Aug-2009
Scientists at Kingston University in Surrey have launched a computer program to enable food manufacturers, retailers and food safety authorities to...
