05-Dec-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Food Manufacture's second healthy new product development (NPD) conference brought together a host of experts who described the opportunities and pitfalls of this emerging area of business. Rick Pendrous reports
Time for frozen to come in from cold
05-Dec-2005
Price wars between the multiple retailers have brought the frozen food sector virtually to its knees, said Howard McEvoy of McEvoy Foods...
Harvestime fails and takes 400 staff with it
05-Dec-2005
Just weeks after it changed owner-ship for the second time this year, the baker Harvestime (2005) has gone into administration, making more than 400...
05-Dec-2005
Many food manufacturers "simply not interested" in export help
Kill or cure: industry lobby saves bacon
05-Dec-2005
Suppliers of cured ham, bacon and other traditional meat products have won a reprieve from Europe over the use of nitrates and nitrites in...
05-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson
Food Manufacture Award-winner promises to move frozen food category forward
Salt target is pie in the sky
05-Dec-2005
Speciality products, such as cured bacons and hams, should be excluded from Food Standards Agency (FSA) targets on maximum salt levels in meat,...
05-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson
Question over future of distribution business as rationalisation plan delivers profits
05-Dec-2005
Adrian Harding trained as a chemical engineer and is now implementing world class manufacturing and 'just-in-time' practices
Prim and proper beans
05-Dec-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Awareness of beans' health benefits and new cook/freeze techniques, could result in their more widespread use. Rick Pendrous takes their pulse
05-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson
Chance find in Italy pinpoints long-term contamination from chemical in food packaging ink
Cadbury joins rejection of traffic light nutrition labelling
05-Dec-2005 By Sarah Britton
Confectionery giant Cadbury is the lastest company to reject an official recommendation that food products declare their nutritional content by means...
05-Dec-2005 By Rick Pendrous
EFSA pushes for better risk management
No quick remedy for Uniq indigestion
05-Dec-2005
It will be at least 1218 months before Uniq's ill-fated desserts plant at Minsterley returns a profit, chief executive Geoff Eaton has admitted.The...
Stories published in the past month on our website
05-Dec-2005
An £800,000 research project has been launched to investigate and reduce carbon emissions released by the food industry.Manufacturing giants, such...
05-Dec-2005 By Elaine Watson
Retailer says its own distribution is no better than its suppliers'
News In Brief
05-Dec-2005
Cains Brewery in Liverpool will produce the official beer for the European Capital of Culture 2008, an award given to the city.It is the first...
Firms on back foot over flu
05-Dec-2005
Food companies are unprepared for the greatest threat facing their businesses today a flu pandemic according to risk management consultant Aon.Aon...
05-Dec-2005
Plans found wanting as health experts predict a quarter off sick
Views sought over symbolic gesture
05-Dec-2005
Suppliers unhappy with new packaging symbols designed by an industry group to identify cases in shops' warehouses should raise their objections now,...
Portion control scale is versatile and precise
05-Dec-2005
Industrial weighing specialist Weightron Bilanciai has launched a new scale designed specifically for manual portion control applications in the food...
Browned off with infrared technology
05-Dec-2005
Dutch company Infrabaker International has developed a modular quartz infrared continuous cooking oven which is now being used around the world.The...
Tulip reduces smoker fire risk
05-Dec-2005
Cooking and smoking is a central feature of Tulip UK, with its 23 factories, 7,000 employees and £1bn turnover representing the interests of the...
DEFRA works with poultry firms to keep avian flu at bay
05-Dec-2005 By Sarah Britton
Moy Park is “delighted” that poultry process workers will be involved in early warnings on avian flu after the Department for Environment, Food...
Off the deck and onto the rack
05-Dec-2005
Waterfields' bakery engineer Brian Hodson has been convinced of the merits of switching production to rack ovens following extensive trials at Double...
05-Dec-2005
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is in talks with stakeholders to examine extending new allergen labelling guidance to cover loose foods.The amended...
05-Dec-2005 By Sarah Britton
Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company, has been accused by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of potentially misleading the public by...
05-Dec-2005 By Rick Pendrous
A raft of new functional foods which help to improve bone, heart and gut health, protect against cancer and provide weight control, look set to...
05-Dec-2005
Sixty jobs are to be axed at UK dairy giant Arla Foods following a major restructuring move last month.The jobs, mainly senior and middle management...
05-Dec-2005 By Rick Pendrous
High-intensity sweetener suppliers are working with the bakery industry in an effort to change the rules preventing the use of such artificial...
05-Dec-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Farmer-owned business Milk Link Ingredient Services, which claims over 30% of the market for fresh dairy product ingredients in the UK, is planning...
21-Nov-2005 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Standards Agency expects this year to meet its target of reducing outbreaks of food poisoning by 20% from 2000 levels, according to the...
Aspartame cancer study gets peer review endorsement
21-Nov-2005 By Rick Pendrous
The final results of a study conducted by the Italian Ramazzini Foundation, which claimed to have identified a link between aspartame - a widely used...
21-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
A shelf-ready packaging (SRP) project spearheaded by Grampian Country Food Group has helped Asda achieve an annualised sales uplift of £6m in the...
Cadbury reaches new heights with energy bars for army Everest expedition
21-Nov-2005 By Sarah Britton
Cadbury Schweppes has designed two new cereal bars to provide the British army with the vital nutrients required to climb the treacherous west face...
21-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
Finsbury Food Group has scooped up a clutch of businesses in Scotland as it builds up its premium cakes and speciality breads empire.The company,...
Allergen-free expansion for Castle Kitchens
21-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
Gourmet food manufacturer Castle Kitchens has unveiled plans to open what it claims is Europe’s first allergen-free plant at Washington, West...
15-Nov-2005
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is planning to grow its Freedom Food scheme further in 2006. The strategy, which...
Cholesterol lowering cheese set to make millions
15-Nov-2005
Dairy firm Emmi UK is branching into the cheese market with Minicol, a cholesterol-lowering substitute for cheddar cheese. Minicol is made using the...
15-Nov-2005 By Sarah Britton
Taiwanese firm VeggieMaster may be new to the UK food manufacturing scene, but since taking over the supply of soy to one of Britain's best known...
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Non-stick gum scientist sets up new company
07-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
A scientist at Bristol University has set up a new company called Revolymer as a vehicle for developing the world’s first non-stick chewing gum and...
07-Nov-2005
Improve, the sector skills council for the food and drink manufacturing industry, is celebrating this week following news that it has secured vital...
07-Nov-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Britain’s big retailers have responded to calls for help and agreed to work more closely with their domestic suppliers in the red meat sector to...
Research project underway to cut down carbon emissions in food manufacture
07-Nov-2005 By Sarah Britton
An £800,000 research project has been launched to investigate and reduce carbon emissions released by the food industry. Carbon dioxide secretion is...
07-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
Smoothies, juice and soups maker The Serious Food Company is aiming to boost service levels, reduce wastage and improve communications between...
Ferndale in trouble as Asda business dries up
07-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
Ferndale Foods is consulting with staff at its Erith factory in Kent to discuss a swathe of redundancies after failing to secure additional business...
Dairy Crest to launch omega-3 spread
07-Nov-2005 By Elaine Watson
Dairy Crest is launching a new spread enriched with omega-3 in a bid to grab a larger slice of the burgeoning functional foods market.Details have...
Riverside gets technical manager
04-Nov-2005
Ernie Gedling has been appointed technical manager at Riverside Food Services. Based at Riverside’s new depot in Powys, Wales, Gelding’s role...
News In Brief
04-Nov-2005
Saucey stuffThe Office of Fair Trading has referred Heinz's £470m acquisition of HP Foods, which makes Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce and...
