Brazilian processors eyeing Grampian Country Food Group?
08-Oct-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Grampian Country Food Group could be targeted for acquisition by major Brazilian food processors in a move to reduce their dependence on commodity...
E-sourcing to become an essential buying tool
08-Oct-2007 By Sarah Britton
Finding suppliers on the internet is set to become a major trend throughout the food and drink sector, helping firms make massive...
08-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Cadbury's decision to shift more chocolate production to Poland is not indicative of a widespread trend towards off-shoring in UK food manufacturing,...
How do you ensure a return on investment in IT? Your personal invitation to a free round-table debate organised by Food Manufacture next month
08-Oct-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Food Manufacture magazine is hosting a round-table debate in Leamington Spa, UK, from 10am to 2pm on November 15 focusing on maximising return on...
02-Oct-2007 By Rod Addy
A revamped south coast unit aims to help grocery and foodservice businesses hone workers' talents and products, reports Rod Addy
'No pressure' accumulator conveyor
02-Oct-2007
The latest zero line-pressure roller conveyor to be announced by Excel Automation incorporates a miniature 24V DC drive and gearbox within one of the...
Multivac and Ishida co-operate
02-Oct-2007
Two leading packaging companies, Multivac and Ishida, are to co-operate to provide customers with fully integrated packing line solutions.Multivac...
Finnish spiral conveyor maker targets UK firms
02-Oct-2007
One of Europe's leading designers and manufacturers of spiral conveyor systems for the food industry, Finnish company Vulganus, is targeting the UK...
Sauce chiller speeds cooling
02-Oct-2007
A solution for the rapid and continuous chilling of mayonnaises, sauces and pastes has been launched by Air Products. Developed as an alternative to...
Pneumatic cylinder takes a wash-down
02-Oct-2007
The ICS pneumatic round cylinder from Bosch Rexroth is suited for use in wash-down applications. The cylinder meets all levels of corrosion...
Tea bag packing is shaken not stirred
02-Oct-2007
Finlays, the UK's largest packer of own-label tea, is using a versatile Schubert automated packing system incorporating a robot programmed to shake...
Sweet choice for Thorntons
02-Oct-2007
Braby, the world's leading manufacturer of silos, tanks and fabrications has recently upgraded a non Atex-compliant sugar handling system for...
Susie sews up loading safety
02-Oct-2007
Frozen food maker Birds Eye has chosen Castell's Salvo to protect warehouse workers at its Hull factory from unscheduled trailer departure.Birds...
The true cost of stretch-wrapping
02-Oct-2007
Do you know what your annual spend is on packaging and what proportion of this goes on pallet stretch-wrap film? If you do know the true cost per...
02-Oct-2007
Buying lift trucks for use in the food and drink sector can be a lot more complicated than it sounds. So what sort of things do buyers tend to overlook? Robin Meczes finds out
02-Oct-2007
From Spain to Wales, each Kellogg site has its own unique culture, as the man in charge of its successful Wrexham factory soon discovered
02-Oct-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Nestlé UK's supply chain director has called for greater investment in Britain's rail freight infrastructure, as the food giant embarks upon its...
02-Oct-2007 By Hugh Williams
You know it will happen, every time: you grab that slice of pizza by the crust; you give it a nudge with the knife in the hope of a clean cut; then,...
Storage key to cartoning efficiency
02-Oct-2007
The duration and nature of carton storage can have a significant effect on subsequent cartoning performance, research from Pira International has...
02-Oct-2007 By Paul Gander
Medium-sized food companies, traditionally slow to adopt high-cost robotic automation, are showing a greater willingness to invest in this...
02-Oct-2007
It is extremely rare for a regulatory person to express sympathy for marketers, but in the current climate I do feel a bit sorry for those seeking to...
Hybrid tray takes on ready meals
02-Oct-2007
Practical rather than sustainable, a hybrid board and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) tray material from Stora Enso is now being used by leading...
02-Oct-2007 By Sarah Britton
New Brussels-based ingredients firm Bakbel Europe is hoping to appeal to the bakery, confectionery and foodservice markets with its range of glazes,...
Snap, heat and eat snack
02-Oct-2007
Heinz is adding a new 'Snap Pots' format to its Beanz and Pasta ranges to cater for consumers who want a quicker way to prepare a light snack.Similar...
02-Oct-2007
Unless afforded the luxury of basking in the southern European heat wave for the last three months, you cannot escape the fact that the good old...
Bob does the job for children's natural cheddar cheese
02-Oct-2007
The Good Food Village has launched the first natural cheese containing 'Secret Shapes'. The product was created using a new process, which enables a...
02-Oct-2007 By Sarah Britton
Derby-based food firm Marbran has received an £18,000 grant from the Home-Grown Cereals Authority enabling the company to improve its new 'Crips'...
Dual nutrition and carbon footprint labelling to come
02-Oct-2007
A combined nutritional and environmental food labelling system has been made possible by Sheffield Hallam University's discovery of a link between...
02-Oct-2007
DEFRA's FMD fight hampered by lack of resources
02-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Apple ingredients said to be at the heart of good vascular health
02-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Sainsbury and M&S lead the retail charge to stock up on selenium-enriched food items
02-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Manufacturers face egg and poultry shortages as producers pass on a 'feel-bad' factor
02-Oct-2007
Risk strategies key in a market increasingly governed by hedging and forward planning
E-Nose could sniff out the early signs of food spoilage
02-Oct-2007
Portable electronic 'noses' being trialled in UK hospitals to detect tell-tale bacteria on patients' breath could find their way on to food...
Air freight trade risk
02-Oct-2007
ban could threaten growers' livelihoods, warn produce importers
Uniq upturn in fortunes
02-Oct-2007
Uniq has lodged a planning application to extend its Smedleys Salads factory at Pinchbeck in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in a move that could see up to...
Price-fixing could be industry-wide curse
02-Oct-2007
Lack of resources at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT ) may explain why more food companies haven't been busted for price-fixing, law experts have...
Food industry has fanned flames of E-number hysteria
02-Oct-2007
Suppliers want rational debate on additives
02-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Scientist queries attempt to weed out toxic additives without doing fuller impact study
02-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Finsbury Food Group has snapped up low fat cake maker Anthony Alan Foods in a £3.75M deal.Anthony Alan, a sales and marketing business which has the...
01-Oct-2007 By Rod Addy
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) backed prime minister Gordon Brown's vision of the UK as a world leader in modern manufacturing at a Labour party...
Getting premium products right
01-Oct-2007 By Sarah Britton
Premium brand extensions were set to fail, processors were warned at Product Premiumisation, an event organised by Food & Drink Innovation...
Manufacturers not whiter than white on food colourings
01-Oct-2007 By Sarah Britton
Consumers are wising up to foods that claim to be natural, yet contain colours that aren’t derived from food sources, warn experts.“There’s a...
Scottish lamb crisis looming
01-Oct-2007
A mounting welfare crisis in the Scottish hills, where 250,000 lambs are running out of feed, could threaten supplies of prime lamb for processors...
Brewers predict fermentation times using new software tools
01-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Predictive software tools developed by researchers at Newcastle University have helped brewers Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) and Charles Wells...
Manufacturers aim to slash water use in £3.5M project
01-Oct-2007 By Elaine Watson
Academics at three British universities have teamed up with food manufacturers on a £3.5M project aiming to slash factory water consumption by 50%,...
2M investment in technology for Premier
01-Oct-2007 By Sarah Britton
In a UK first, Premier Foods has developed premium sauces for foodservice, using patent-pending technology to cook the product inside the bottle,...
Cobell opens new £500,000 aseptic facility
24-Sep-2007 By Elaine Watson
Exeter-based fruit ingredients supplier Cobell has opened a £500,000 aseptic juice blending and packaging facility enabling chefs, restaurateurs and...
EC measures to press beet producers to renounce sugar quota
24-Sep-2007 By Elaine Watson
Announcements regarding a major withdrawal of quota sugar from the market plus measures persuading European beet producers to exit production and...
Nestlé-branded kids’ cakes revamp planned for 2008
24-Sep-2007 By Elaine Watson
Finsbury Food Group is planning innovative bakery product launches under the Nestlé brand in the first quarter of next year in a bid to revitalise...
