Interest in the benefits of lupin grows
21-Jul-2008
Interest in the benefits of lupin is growing as manufacturers experiment with new sources of vegetable protein, according to a leading manufacturer...
Fungal fermentation offers the promise of low-cost omega-3s
21-Jul-2008
Fungi could serve as a more cost-effective source of omega-3 fatty acids than fish or microalgae, according to researchers at CABI: a not-for-profit...
Satiety products: manage expectations or new launches will fail, warn manufacturers
21-Jul-2008
Products that make satiety-related claims based primarily on studies showing their effects on gut hormones rather than subjective assessments of...
Unilever sells Bertoli olive oil and vinegar
21-Jul-2008 By Rod Addy
Unilever has sold its Bertoli olive oil and vinegar business to Spanish food firm Grupo SOS for euro 630M.The transaction includes the sale of the...
Goodbye celebrity chefs, hello celebrity firms
21-Jul-2008 By Sarah Britton
The rise of local produce means that large-scale manufacturing, celebrity chefs and functional foods are on their way out, according to an expert...
War on waste steps up a gear
21-Jul-2008 By Rick Pendrous
The assault on food industry waste has intensified with the launch of comprehensive research enabling treatment firms to target investment to meet...
Co-op shifts to 100% recycled plastic bottles
21-Jul-2008 By Rod Addy
The Co-operative Group has shifted to 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) bottles across all of its own label carbonated drinks and...
Meat processors welcome relaxed cattle controls
21-Jul-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Britain’s meat processors have welcomed European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommendations to relax controls on cattle for bovine spongiform...
21-Jul-2008 By Elaine Watson
Fear of inadvertently breaching competition law is thwarting the progress of important collaborative initiatives in the food industry, retail bosses...
Minister calls for out of hours deliveries
21-Jul-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Food and farming minister Lord Rooker has called for a review of restrictions on lorries making ‘out of hours’ deliveries to supermarket stores,...
18-Jul-2008
In order to reflect the Food Standards Agency’s core business strategy of 'Safe food and healthy eating for all' its existing structure has been...
Taste of Arran tastes success
14-Jul-2008 By Sarah Britton
Scottish food firm Taste of Arran has secured £40,000 funding towards a £67,000 project to develop a joint production facility and tourism centre...
Supply chain needs a fresh look
14-Jul-2008 By Rod Addy
The food and drink supply chain needs to reassess its priorities and methods, according to Paul Steedman, research fellow at The Food Ethics...
Bakkavör signs energy management contract
14-Jul-2008 By Sarah Britton
To drive down lighting and energy costs, fresh prepared foods firm Bakkavör has signed a contract with energy management company Dalkia to service...
Body shaping ingredients prepare for EU entry
14-Jul-2008 By Elaine Watson
Functional foods on a body-shaping platform could hit European supermarkets next year now that fat-busting ingredient conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)...
14-Jul-2008 By Rod Addy
Soaring costs are plunging the chilled food sector into crisis and threatening to damage processing standards, according to experts within the...
Colours warning amounts to ‘de facto ban’
14-Jul-2008 By Elaine Watson
Confectioners have pledged to rid products of the colours used in the controversial University of Southampton study rather than apply warning labels,...
Stop meaningless marketing terms, warns FSA
14-Jul-2008 By Elaine Watson
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published clear criteria for using phrases such as ‘hand-made’, ‘fresh’ and ‘natural’ on food...
09-Jul-2008
General Mills has announced the promotion of four senior people within its global and UK businesses.Linda Hipkiss, General Mills UK’s marketing...
First bottling line for Universal Beverages
07-Jul-2008 By Elaine Watson
The first bottling line at a brand new contract manufacturing facility run by Universal Beverages will become operational at the end of this month. A...
07-Jul-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s plans to create a Food Strategy Task Force to co-ordinate and drive forward new UK food policy recommendations have...
Kellogg continues to expand its snack range
07-Jul-2008 By Rod Addy
Kellogg is continuing its assault on the snacks category with the launch of several new products into the market and a project to transform retail...
Egg giant finally set to unscramble
07-Jul-2008 By Elaine Watson
The long-awaited break-up of egg giant Noble Foods is finally expected at the end of this month following a long period of protracted...
Thumbs up for African superfruit pulp
07-Jul-2008 By Elaine Watson
Smoothies, cereal bars, biscuits and other products containing pulp from the exotic baobab tree could soon find their way onto UK supermarket shelves...
30-Jun-2008 By Rod Addy
Corporate change may be painful for the staff involved, but it can be made easier, says Rod Addy
Aluminium rivet bar makes conveyor belt splicing easy
30-Jun-2008
Flexco in the US has released its improved aluminium multi-rivet driving tool to assist in the splicing of conveyor belts in working environments...
Equipment collaboration speeds up sauce making
30-Jun-2008
Two of Europe's food equipment companies have joined forces to bring manufacturers new options in cold-fill sauce production. Pursuit Dynamics and...
Wizard way to maintain production after a fire
30-Jun-2008
Power support company, Merlin Power Management, has enabled Randall Parker Foods, a producer of high quality meat products, to continue production...
Light and sound combo beats the bugs in water disinfection
30-Jun-2008
The Lazur is an advanced water disinfection system combining ultraviolet (UV) radiation and ultrasound in a single unit. Recently introduced by water...
Sweet temperature control is the solution for confectionery
30-Jun-2008
Tricool has supplied custom-built heating and cooling systems for Baker Perkins' confectionery depositors that are at the heart of the...
The traffic lights of factory safety
30-Jun-2008
European Safety Systems (E2S), Europe's leading manufacturer of sounders and beacons, has developed Spectra to extend its industrial range of visual...
Meat slicer built for operator safety
30-Jun-2008
Butcher's-style meat and ham slicers have to be sharp, quick, clean and, above all, safe to operate.The high power Galileo 350 butcher's-type meat...
Robot meat and cheese slicer claims to be fastest in class
30-Jun-2008
Interfood Technology has introduced the new Food Robotics slicers from Weber to help processors automate food handling.Weber Food Robotics can be...
Tortilla sheeter controls roll gap by product piece weight
30-Jun-2008
No manual adjustment is needed to produce consistently uniform corn tortillas and chips with the Paragon automatic weight control sheeter from...
30-Jun-2008 By Mary Carmichael
Increasing demand has brought the cost of oil to record levels. Mary Carmichael reports on a commodity that is liquid gold to manufacturers
Space-saving solution for tin handling
30-Jun-2008
RTS Flexible Systems has joined forces with Excel Automation to roll out a space-saving solution for automated tin handling to help independent...
Tunnel vision adds power to gluten-free bakery plant
30-Jun-2008
European Process Plant has installed the first Gouet double action tunnel oven in Britain at Village Bakery's new £3M gluten-free bread bakery in...
30-Jun-2008 By Rod Addy
With rocketing wheat prices, bakers are having to find some ingenious routes out of a very sticky situation. Rod Addy reports
30-Jun-2008 By Sarah Britton
The new Food Creation Centre at National Starch sees culinary and technology experts joining forces to help the firm offer a more streamlined approach to development. Sarah Britton reports
30-Jun-2008 By Sarah Britton
Sugarcoat it all you want, but health concerns are impacting the bakery and confectionery sector. The BCCC's Barbara Gallani tells Sarah Britton of her quest to get her sector heard
30-Jun-2008
The official opening of a Dagenham recycling plant for plastic bottles highlights the hotly-debated fate of mixed plastics, reports Paul Gander
The modern alternative to 3PL
30-Jun-2008
One of the fastest growing trends is the outsourcing of logistics to so-called third-party logistics (3PL) operators. The reason is that companies...
Is your maintenance engineer a bright spark or an explosion risk?
30-Jun-2008
An increasing number of forklift trucks operate in potentially explosive atmospheres. Explosion protection specialist Pyroban argues that factory...
Robot is the star of stack handling
30-Jun-2008
Changing consumer habits, environmental pressures and traceability requirements are making efficient logistics ever more important.Freshness and food...
Walkers makes a crisp job of palletising snacks in Coventry
30-Jun-2008
Pallet logistics systems supplier CSi has completed a £3.7M project to design and install an automated sortation and palletising system for Walkers'...
30-Jun-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Producing a line of own-label ethnic ready meals for Asda is no mean feat. S&A Foods talks to Rick Pendrous about life on the short shelf
30-Jun-2008 By Michelle Knott
When it comes to making a profit in the food and drink industry, mastering supply and demand is essential. Michelle Knott reports
30-Jun-2008 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards celebrate the very best in UK food and drink manufacture. The closing date for entries is now July 14, so you'll need to hurry. To download an entry form, visit www.foodmanawards.co.uk
30-Jun-2008 By Elaine Watson
Over 12 years ago, Sam Wrist took a temporary job on the production line of an ice cream factory. Now he's general operations manager and ready to muck in
30-Jun-2008 By Hugh Williams
I bought a new calculator recently. I thought my old one was faulty: the numbers didn't add up! Let me explain. Over the past 10 years businesses...
