10-Oct-2005 By Elaine Watson
The new owner of the Altú cereal bar range will re-launch it early next year in a bid to broaden its appeal.Low carb snack bar maker Go Lower, which...
10-Oct-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Equipment manufacturers have a small window of opportunity in which to get the government to adopt the sort of regulatory policies they would like to...
10-Oct-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Growing staff shortages are forcing more and more UK food manufacturers to source expertise from abroad, claimed the chief executive of the...
06-Oct-2005
Me & My Factory Ajmail Dusanj. Joint md, Robert Cain brewery
Compressed air dryers solve overheating
06-Oct-2005
The new Magellano range of refrigeration compressed air dryers launched by Quantech removes the problem of underperformance or safety-tripping due to...
Housings for all air filters
06-Oct-2005
The UK’s oldest independent filter manufacturer, Jasun Filtration, is promoting a new range of Filbox housings that can hold all air filters, no...
RHM spends a cool £2.2m
06-Oct-2005
Star Refrigeration has completed projects valued at £2.2m in total at RHM’s Charnwood Foods site in Leicester and at Avana Bakeries in Newport.The...
Air socks keep things cool without drafts
06-Oct-2005
Leicester-based Euro Air UK has introduced a range of fabric ducting products that are ideal for maintaining low temperatures in cold rooms while...
Detector customised for frozen food
06-Oct-2005
Looking to increase manufacturing capacity for its range of frozen and chilled meals supplied to the foodservice sector, The Authentic Curry Company...
Metal kept out of Kraft’s cappuccino
06-Oct-2005
Kraft Foods is using S+S metal detection equipment to ensure the ingredients used in the production of its cappuccino powder are free from...
Checkweigher has USB stick data save facility
06-Oct-2005
The Sartorius EWK 3000 checkweigher enables data archiving on to a USB memory stick.Until now the recording of process data for dynamic checkweighers...
Metal detection system gives Aimia flexibility
06-Oct-2005
The need to produce more lines for shorter product runs is forcing companies to look at producing more products on the same line. To metal detect...
Mettler puts weight behind inline and static hygiene protection
06-Oct-2005
Mettler Toledo’s recently launched BBA scale range and Garvens S3 Shark checkweigher ensure manufacturers have the best equipment for both inline...
Fast and accurate weighing of mini chocolate bars
06-Oct-2005
For faster and more accurate weighing of its mini chocolate bars, Dubai-based confectionery manufacturer Seville Products has installed two...
Northern Foods drives a cool £30,000 plant saving
06-Oct-2005
Northern Foods has saved £30,000 a year in electricity costs, thanks to the installation of three ABB variable speed drives at its Riverside Bakery...
Heat sealer of pretzels to the stars
06-Oct-2005
Pretzel manufacturer Union Snack has installed a Packaging Automation Vision 182 heat sealer to keep up with increased demand for its seasonal lines...
Generation 2 radio frequency solution
06-Oct-2005
Paxar, a supplier of bar code and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies for the retail supply chain, demonstrated EPCglobal’s...
Cranswick’s bangers get all wrapped up
06-Oct-2005
Cranswick Country Foods’ state-of-the-art sausage production centre, Lazenby’s, in Hull, is equipped with some of the latest processing...
Versatile steam blancher/pasteuriser processes products up to 60% faster
06-Oct-2005
Key Technology has introduced the Turbo-Flo, a steam blancher/pasteuriser offering greater assurance of food safety and food quality for blanching...
Double spiral mixes products in double quick time and offers easy discharge
06-Oct-2005
Fast mixing times and complete product discharge are two features of the latest addition to the Kemper mixer range.The Power Mixer PM 150 D is a...
UK bakery market targeted following Europain launch
06-Oct-2005
Middlesex-based supplier Ambit International is introducing two machines to the UK bakery market, following their successful launch earlier this year...
Intensifier in the mix solves baker’s spotty problems
06-Oct-2005
Hosokawa has worked with a major baker on producing a single-step process for mixing fats into flours using its Vrieco-Nauta conical mixer.With the...
Sugar blending gets mobile discharger
06-Oct-2005
Liquid blending contractor Solutech has had a new Spiroflow mobile bulk bag discharger connected to an existing flexible screw conveyor, for use in...
Loading robot proves a cracker for United Biscuits
06-Oct-2005
United Biscuits’ Aintree factory has improved production efficiency and reduced labour costs in the packaging of its Jacob’s Cheddars cheese...
Coombe Farm automates fat regulation
06-Oct-2005
Organic milk and cream products producer, Coombe Farm dairy in Crewkerne, Somerset, has replaced its manual standardisation equipment for regulating...
Detect heat exchanger cracks
06-Oct-2005
The dairy industry could benefit from a new tester from Easytest that can detect cracks within five minutes in heat exchangers used to pasteurise...
Retrofit block former makes sense for cheesemakers
06-Oct-2005
CPS is now offering a range of optional retrofits and upgrades for existing cheese block forming machines.The original Wincanton block former was...
High temperature food-grade chain oil launched
06-Oct-2005
Kluber Lubrication has released a specially formulated food-grade oil for chains exposed to high temperatures in the food industry.Ideally suited for...
Cranswick streamlines its lubrication management
06-Oct-2005
Simplifying lubrication management and ensuring only food-grade lubricants are used throughout its processing plants have led one of the UK’s...
Better dispersion of gums in soft drinks
06-Oct-2005
Pursuit Dynamics’ PDX technology is delivering dramatic process improvements and energy savings to companies that use thickening agents and...
06-Oct-2005 By John Dunn
In today’s world, workers require more technical abilities than ever before. But, as John Dunn discovers, there is a serious skills shortage
Changeovers
06-Oct-2005
John Kermode has joined Scottish food manufacturer Golden Crumb Produce as development chef. He will be responsible for introducing innovative ideas...
The Firm
06-Oct-2005
:Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 63. Finsbury Food Group
Road to the top
06-Oct-2005 By Elaine Watson
Who runs the UK's top food manufacturers, and did they follow a predictable path to the top? Elaine Watson finds out how to climb the greasy pole
Drummond Hall
06-Oct-2005
CEO Dairy CrestCAREER PATH:Began his career at Procter & Gamble after graduating in economics at Edinburgh. Held marketing roles at Procter &...
Titration at a touch
06-Oct-2005
Intelligent and flexible potentiometric titration
Open Arena analysis
06-Oct-2005
Discrete photometric testing of food and drink samples
Test kit
06-Oct-2005
Campylobacter screening
Iron lady
06-Oct-2005
Encapsulated nutrients open up new applications
Brussels bogeyman blasted
06-Oct-2005 By Elaine Watson
More than 40% of suppliers say new health claims regulation will damage their business
06-Oct-2005 By Elaine Watson
Slapping ‘low-GI’, or ‘omega-3 inside’ on the label might look like a sure-fire way to boost margins.
06-Oct-2005 By John Dunn
Sniffing out new analytical methods; infrared technology that helps detect spoilage; and ‘talking’ bacteria. John Dunn reports
Radical overhaul needed for foodservice supply chain
06-Oct-2005 By Elaine Watson
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has commissioned new research to explore ways of reducing costs in the distribution leg between frozen food...
No hiding place
06-Oct-2005
It is interesting how few food manufacturers have a hard measure of the profits they really make from individual customers. An ambient food...
Smarties move into hex cartons
06-Oct-2005
With the old-style board tube boasting plastic stoppers, Smarties could have gone either way – but Nestlé has opted for an all-cartonboard...
Novel foods speeding up?
06-Oct-2005
The Novel Food Regulation (NFR) (258/1997) has come in for significant criticism over the years for being too expensive, cumbersome and...
06-Oct-2005 By Paul Gander
Despite public and local authority concern about city-centre drinking and alcohol-related violence, brewers aim to keep beer in plastics as a niche...
Cadbury develops a taste for gum
06-Oct-2005
While the majority of manufacturers are frantically launching low calorie adaptions of their products in a bid to cling on to the health conscious...
06-Oct-2005 By Sarah Britton
Tate & Lyle has been researching ways of reducing sugar, energy and fat in yoghurts to meet European consumer demand for healthier food.The...
Taste matters with NPD
06-Oct-2005
Retailer to supplier:“I want you to develop a premium product that is better than anything our competitors make. Oh, and by the way, can you make...
