02-Apr-2007 By Elaine Watson
Manufacturers can determine the shelf-life of new drink products in record time using ‘microfluidic’ systems, according to a start-up firm...
02-Apr-2007 By Elaine Watson
Unilever has struck a deal with the makers of tomato extract Fruitflow to develop new products to boost its heart-friendly portfolio.Developed by...
02-Apr-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Tesco is expected to start installing radio frequency identification (RFID) readers throughout its UK supermarkets later this year following trials...
02-Apr-2007 By Elaine Watson
Newcastle Business School (NBS) at Northumbria University has been awarded a £180,000 grant from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
30-Mar-2007
We’ve all spotted them lurking in a darkened, cobwebbed larder at home or on the top shelf in the development stores, wrapped in nondescript...
27-Mar-2007
The National Skills Academy for food and drink manufacturing opens this month. Gail Hunt finds out what it will mean for the industry
Automatic weigher packs the puddings
27-Mar-2007
A bespoke automated weighing and packing system from Ishida Europe is allowing Tryton Foods to automate the packing of its Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire...
Flowmeter ensures right fat level for milk standardiser
27-Mar-2007
GEA Westfalia Food Tec, which designs and manufactures dairy separation systems, is using Krohne's Optiflux 6000 electromagnetic flowmeters in its...
Dosing pump has six parts
27-Mar-2007
A universal rotary dosing pump that is manufactured from high-performance plastics and has only six components has been launched by Netzsch Pumps.The...
Bacon cold store holds 1,100 pallets
27-Mar-2007
The newly opened Direct Table Foods bacon processing factory in Bury St Edmunds gave the company the opportunity to design and build a...
27-Mar-2007 By Sarah Britton
Food firms are blitzing the heart health market from all angles as consumers look for food with added benefits, reports Sarah Britton
Abattoir floors stand up to steam
27-Mar-2007
Two recently completed abattoir construction projects have both installed Sikafloor Purcem flooring systems.One installation was at the new...
Evaporative relief for Cherry Valley staff and ducklings
27-Mar-2007
When temperatures in a hatchery at duck producer Cherry Valley peaked at 35°C last summer, the company looked for a cost effective and ecologically...
27-Mar-2007
Extensions must meet current building and environmental regulations. Mike Spear examines how this affects factories built to less rigorous standards
27-Mar-2007 By Sarah Britton
Founder of Tangerine - the UK's largest independent sugar confectioner - Chris Marshall tells Sarah Britton why he's on to such a sweet deal
27-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
He might have ditched his 'wings' to try his hand at production engineering, but Richard Bain has risen up the ranks at Thorntons faster than a fighter jet
27-Mar-2007
Before anyone begins to think it, let me say that I have no'green' bees in my bonnet, despite several articles on green issues. I cover the subject...
27-Mar-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Tesco could soon start looking at ways of taking the cost out of manufacturers' inbound supply chains, following its success in raising efficiencies...
Hands-free snacking
27-Mar-2007
The ultimate consumer convenience pack has arrived in the form of a flow-wrap that you can open cleanly - with your teeth.Sigpack Systems, part of...
27-Mar-2007 By Paul Gander
A wave of first-time applications for polylactide (PLA) in peelable and die-cut lidding, laminated boards, pouch materials and sandwich packs is set...
27-Mar-2007
While doing some background research for a presentation on prebiotics I was fascinated (in a slightly juvenile 'how gross' way) to discover that the...
27-Mar-2007 By Sarah Britton
With global sales of organic food and drink approaching £20bn, manufacturers are well aware of the market's potential. This was clearly demonstrated...
Raisin innovation
27-Mar-2007
California Raisins is welcoming applications for its innovation award. Last year, the firm received entries ranging from honey products, to sauces...
A guilt-free finger of fudge
27-Mar-2007
Confectioner Burnt Sugar claims consumers can buy its new 80g fudge bar without feeling guilty, because the product is made with 100% Fairtrade...
Omega-3 enriched cheddar makes children say cheese
27-Mar-2007
The omega-3 fatty acids phenomenon has spread further into the dairy sector as Cricketer Farm launches an enriched cheese for children. The firm...
27-Mar-2007 By Sarah Britton
Dorset Cereals' fresh approach to breakfast foods has caught the attention of the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA). The group awarded the firm an...
27-Mar-2007 By Sarah Britton
Crop failure this year could trigger shortages and price hikes
27-Mar-2007
Unhappy meals - the dangers of the nanny state diet
27-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
EFSA hints at derogations for whole host of product categories, including dairy
Ethnic producers to get free business help
27-Mar-2007
A new mentoring scheme for ethnic entrepreneurs running small food and drink companies in the West Midlands has been launched by Heart of England...
Contaminant levels reset
27-Mar-2007
Three new European Commission regulations have come into force governing contaminants in food.They set maximum levels for mycotoxins, heavy metals...
LETTER
27-Mar-2007
Green agenda is an incentive to repatriate UK business
27-Mar-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Campaign group slams revised advice on cooking times and temperatures as 'unsafe'
New IT helps Waitrose improve forecasts
27-Mar-2007
All Waitrose supermarkets should be plugged into a new demand forecasting system by the end of the year, increasing its accuracy of forecasts by 10%,...
Kellogg boosts availability
27-Mar-2007
Powerful new number crunching tools from the company that processes Tesco's ClubCard data have helped Kellogg boost availability at the multiple's...
Carb shock
27-Mar-2007
Consumers who have a craving for carbohydrates do not necessarily have a nutrient-deficient diet, according to preliminary results from a new US...
27-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
Chief admits bosses didn't know what the firm's margins were until it hit the buffers
27-Mar-2007
Concerns about whether eco-labelling of food and drink should take account of the social benefits of products to third-world producers are likely to...
Foodborne parasitic disease under-reported
27-Mar-2007
Many millions more people than previously thought could be infected with the foodborne parasitic disease toxoplasmosis.It is estimated that up to 10M...
27-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
A bidding war between the big guns in private equity is now expected to decide the fate of Cadbury's soft drinks division and foodservice giant...
Study exposes weak links in grain chain
27-Mar-2007
Detailed analyses of the cereals supply chain have revealed shocking inefficiency, a resistance to change and poor communications, according to the...
27-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
Outside investors blamed for preventing much-needed consolidation in the sector
Food agency appoints new Board members
23-Mar-2007
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has appointed Nancy Robson and Tim Bennett to its management Board.Robson was the former chair of the FSA Consumer...
19-Mar-2007 By Rick Pendrous
The problem of rising levels of listeria in the UK was reinforced last Friday when the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Health Protection Agency (HPA)...
19-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
The UK's second largest biscuit maker, Burton’s Foods, has been acquired by private equity firm Duke Street Capital for an undisclosed sum....
19-Mar-2007 By Rick Pendrous
UK food manufacturers are leading the world when it comes to reducing the salt content in processed foods, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has...
19-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
It is difficult to see a long-term future for ambient food manufacturers in the UK, unless they significantly up their game in order to compete with...
19-Mar-2007 By Sarah Britton
Union bosses are in urgent talks with pork processor Tulip to try and save jobs after the company announced plans to stop production of fresh pork...
19-Mar-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Manufacturers have been urged to involve their production teams in rationalising product portfolios to remove less profitable products - or “cull...
19-Mar-2007 By Elaine Watson
Walnut powder, mushroom extracts and black sesame seed for the immune system; hawthorn berries, sour apple, bitter gourds and gamma-aminobutyric acid...
