26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
McDonald's head of supply chain Dean McKenna talks to Elaine Watson about life working under the golden arches
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
Food processors are having to take the bad with the good in the ever-changing world of organic food and drink, reports Elaine Watson
26-May-2009 By Hayley Brown
St Austell Brewery is experiencing a record rise in its beer sales. Roger Ryman explains why the company is performing so well
M&S and Gist sign £2bn supply contract
26-May-2009
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has signed a 10-year contract with supply chain specialist Gist worth £2bn.Gist has provided supply chain services for...
26-May-2009 By Rod Addy
An initiative to ringfence thousands of tonnes of malting barley for UK brewers, coordinated by collaborative networking group Farexchange...
26-May-2009
What's the average memory span of a business? Judging by how quickly they make the same mistakes again, I would say six months. In fact, six months...
26-May-2009 By Paul Gander
Dynamic growth in the use of stand-up food pouches masks a reluctance to innovate in materials and equipment technology.While many of today's...
26-May-2009
Good news for advocates of clearer on-pack nutrition information. Two significant European studies back guideline daily amounts (GDAs) as the best...
Death to the coating and flavouring drum
26-May-2009
A new dual-chamber electrostatic coating system for food production lines has been launched, which is claimed to signal a further nail in the coffin...
26-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Suppliers of machinery to the food and drink sector are being urged to take on board new rules taking effect at the end of this year, which place...
Obesity: there's no magic bullet
26-May-2009
I recently attended the Vitafoods International conference and exhibition in Geneva where hundreds of companies demonstrated the latest developments...
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
A collaborative project exploring new applications for cryo crystallisation is being launched this summer after it emerged that the technique could...
26-May-2009
Will your products comply with the salt regulations due to take effect in 2010?I was once very sceptical about the link between sodium intake and...
26-May-2009
Good process technologists are worth their weight in gold. It is their responsibility to take the approved concept product and trial it through...
Consumers turn to 'real food', claims festival organiser
26-May-2009
Consumers are starting to turn away from cheap, plentiful, unsustainable food, as world supplies continue to dwindle, according to Philip Lowery,...
26-May-2009 By Hayley Brown
The UK is significantly behind the US when it comes to using nanotechnology in new product development, according to Sheri Schellhaass, vice...
300 jobs under the axe as crisp factory closes
26-May-2009
The Tayto Group has set in motion a two-year plan to close its crisp-making site in Wednesbury, West Midlands, which will affect around 300...
26-May-2009 By Hayley Brown
Officials move quickly to shore up UK export market in response to industry criticism
26-May-2009 By Rod Addy
Evidence-based policy making will be key
26-May-2009
Events take a turn for the ludicrous
New ingredients could be made from 'waste'
26-May-2009
Schemes recycling food waste will only make commercial sense if manufacturers can utilise all of the waste stream to create a range of different food...
Taste cloning technology is worth its salt, says firm
26-May-2009
A technological breakthrough building on work by scientists who have cloned human taste receptors could help manufacturers achieve the most...
Organics emerge as shoppers' cup of tea
26-May-2009
Tea has emerged as one of the only categories in which organic lines have outperformed the market in the recession.According to TNS Worldpanel, sales...
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
Palm oil supplier claims that Certified option is only available for crude and refined oil
26-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Industry welcomes change after criticising 'impossible' reduction targets for 2012
26-May-2009
Innovation in the soft drinks market in 2008 increased in comparison with 2007, according to the British Soft Drinks Association's (BSDA's) 2009 UK...
Poor maintenance and skills are killing efficiency
26-May-2009
UK food processing efficiency is hampered by a lack of joined up thinking, lack of skilled staff and poor maintenance standards.That's the verdict of...
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
Expert highlights allergen label overload
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
Survey showed over a quarter of raw materials production sites didn't manage systems
Tesco advises bakers to learn from cereals
26-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Plant bakers could learn a lot from breakfast cereals producers when it comes to promoting the benefits of the product range and growing the sector,...
Bank holiday blaze at 2 Sisters in Morecambe
26-May-2009 By Hayley Brown
Up to 80 firefighters were called to a 2 Sisters factory over the bank holiday weekend to tackle a blaze, which resulted in locals being evacuated...
Robots on the march in food and drink
26-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Britain’s food and drink manufacturers are showing renewed interest in robotics and automation as equipment costs fall, labour costs rise and the...
Food research bodies set for Autumn merger
26-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Processing Knowledge Transfer Network (FPKTN) will join with the Bioscience for Business KTN and the animal-genetics based Genesis Faraday...
Gist to increase automation in M&S food chain
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
Gist aims to introduce further mechanisation to Marks & Spencer’s (M&S’s) distribution centres after signing a new 10-year contract with...
Samworth boosts capacity at Leicestershire plants
26-May-2009 By Rod Addy
Samworth Brothers is boosting capacity in two factories in response to increased demand, creating at least 150 new jobs over the next two years,...
Health claims timetable on target, says EC
26-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
The European Commission (EC) has insisted that it is still on course to meet its legal deadline of January 2010 for publishing the ‘Community...
22-May-2009 By Rod Addy
The illegal food dye Sudan 1 has reared its head again in the UK food supply chain after the major food scare in February 2005.The Food Standards...
20-May-2009
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has appointed Melanie Ruffell to the post of nutrition manager.Ruffell joins FDF after a career in dealing with...
19-May-2009
Javed Ahmed will join Tate & Lyle, as its new chief executive by November 15, 2009.Iain Ferguson, currently chief executive of Tate & Lyle,...
FSA publishes 2012 salt targets
18-May-2009 By Rod Addy
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published its revised salt reduction targets for 2012 for 80 categories of foods.The FSA said the new voluntary...
FSA tackles date marking issues
18-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is tackling the thorny issue of date marking on food at a stakeholders meeting on June 3.
Farming methods encourage growth in viruses
18-May-2009 By Hayley Brown
Global industrial agricultural systems are creating breeding grounds for viruses, which can mutate and spread to humans, environmentalist Zac...
11-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
The market for products boasting satiety claims has not grown as fast as many market observers had predicted, ingredients suppliers at the Vitafoods show in Geneva have admitted
Suppliers warned of possible data privacy issue
11-May-2009 By Rod Addy
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has raised fears that the draft protocol between supermarkets and the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) might...
Polluters risk prosecution under new laws
11-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
Food and drink manufacturers risk incurring even greater financial penalties if they pollute the natural environment following the introduction of...
Vitafoods exhibitors defy omega-3 doom mongers
11-May-2009 By Elaine Watson
New product development with omega-3 fatty acids is continuing apace, despite reports that the market has run out of steam, according to exhibitors...
11-May-2009 By Hayley Brown
Asda has slammed the government for failing to provide a comprehensive policy framework to address the future of food security in the UK.The...
Food science research centre to close in July
05-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
British food science research faces another serious blow unless a new home can be found for the Food Refrigeration and Process Engineering Research...
Call for government support for the food sector
05-May-2009 By Rick Pendrous
President of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Ross Warburton has called on the UK government to create a policy framework that puts sustainable...
Recruitment agency struggles to detect fake IDs
05-May-2009 By Hayley Brown
Fraudulent identification is becoming “incredibly difficult” to spot, warned recruitment agency Barker Ross after it was served a notice of...
