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Just in time

Just in time

By Elaine Watson

The ambient food supply chain will gradually follow in the footsteps of chilled, the boss of Baylis Logistics informs Elaine Watson

Culinary capers

Culinary capers

By Sarah Britton

In a nation where consumer tastes change almost as often as Posh Spice's wardrobe, food developers must dig deep to find inspiration for the next new product. Sarah Britton investigates

Some like it hot

Some like it hot

By Elaine Watson

After sleepless nights in chilled food manufacture, Greg Harrison turned down the pace but notched up the complexity when he took the helm at the world's largest Indian food factory

Release that hidden power

Release that hidden power

I am told by big food manufacturers that innovation in product and packaging design is the key to medium-term profit growth. The message is clear -...

Savour the benefits of production scheduling

Savour the benefits of production scheduling

By Rick Pendrous

Peter Hunt's Bakery Foods, the Bolton-based savoury products baker, is starting to see the benefits of improved production planning since installing...

Opening up the superfood highway

Opening up the superfood highway

Superfood is a term which has become well established with consumers. The term, initially associated with produce such as leafy vegetables and...

Omega-6 linked to obesity

Omega-6 linked to obesity

By Sarah Britton

Food manufacturers' careless use of omega-6 could be partly to blame for rising obesity levels, according to Reading University's professor of animal...

Local sourcing is miles better

Local sourcing is miles better

I always have and always will prefer to purchase British produce. I believe that it is important to support our nation's farmers and growers. And...

Commission makes law look an ass

Commission makes law look an ass

Over the years, there have been several occasions when the European Commission has decided to repeal or replace EU legislation that did not work.In...

Heinz claims omega-3 first

Heinz claims omega-3 first

Heinz has claimed to be the first manufacturer to add omega-3 to ambient food.The food giant has included the functional ingredient across its canned...

Coke leaves Tesco at factory gate

Coke leaves Tesco at factory gate

By Elaine Watson

Coca-Cola and Tesco ‘mutually agreed’ to axe a factory gate pricing trial last Christmas, blaming ‘availability issues’, the soft drinks...

Peter Hunt’s Bakery for sale

Peter Hunt’s Bakery for sale

By Sarah Britton

Lyndale Foods has put its Peter Hunt’s bakery up for sale in order to focus on its bakery retailer outlets Sayers, Hampsons, and Maison Blanc....

Seaweed: the great fibre provider

Seaweed: the great fibre provider

By Elaine Watson

Soft drinks and bread fortified with fibrous seaweed extracts could hit UK supermarket shelves next year following collaborations between...

Icebergs on the horizon for meat processors

Icebergs on the horizon for meat processors

By Rick Pendrous

Meat processors face challenging times ahead with public health, overseas competition and environmental issues having an increasingly important...

Dawn of a new age in Europe

Dawn of a new age in Europe

Bakery products supplier Dawn Foods has appointed Jean-Francois Duquesne as its new senior vice president for Europe as part of its global expansion...

Manufacturers adopt traffic lights

Manufacturers adopt traffic lights

By Sarah Britton

New Covent Garden Food Company is the UK's first chilled food brand to introduce the Food Standard Agency's (FSA's) traffic light signposting...

Free advice on new compressed air code

Free advice on new compressed air code

By Rick Pendrous

Free advice is being offered to manufacturers of food and drink to help them comply with a new Code of Practice on the use of compressed air,...

Start-up patents new pest-control pallets

Start-up patents new pest-control pallets

By Elaine Watson

A Paisley-based start-up company has launched an innovative device, which enables manufacturers and distributors to identify and isolate contaminated...

Age-defying juice

Age-defying juice

If he really wanted to stay young, it seems Peter Pan should have ditched Neverland for the Netherlands. The country is home to the Beauty Juicer - a...

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