The great and the good of academia and the industry got together last month in an attempt to resolve the impending crisis in food science. Rick Pendrous heard what they had to say
With plastics soaring in price, John Dunn investigates what developments are taking place to keep costs down while meeting consumer demand for convenience
This year's Metal Packaging Manufacturers' Association (MPMA) awards recognised the advances made by cans in the glass-dominated ready-to-drink (RTD)...
When it comes to flavours, consumers have increasingly sophisticated expectations. But manufacturers and flavour houses are rising to the challenge, as Susan Birks discovers
With high fat, sugary and salty convenience foods under fire, healthy ingredients could not be more crucial. Susan Birks previews the new trends at this month's Healthy Ingredients Europe show
Wincanton operates Heinz's national distribution centre (NDC) at Wigan under an open contract which runs until 2009. Rick Pendrous describes an arrangement where both parties benefit financially from efficiency gains made
You know how bad news nearly always seems exaggerated by the media -- that is, until you are faced with just that problem yourself. Well, it happened...
Researchers are canvassing opinion from producers and users of packaging about a proposed International Packaging Centre of Excellence, with options...
Following the success of its plastic top down ketchup bottle, introduced in June 2003 on its 570g tomato ketchup variant, Heinz has decided to extend...
The bakery industry faces a shortage of good quality wheat, after the August rain hammered much of the UK's crop.Despite the fact that wheat used for...
Trans fats are the latest food story to hit the headlines. Cereal bars and biscuits are in the spotlight as consumers learn of the dangers associated...
Consumers will by now probably be familiar with the concept of low-carb pasta, but Italian pasta manufacturer Pasta Lensi has gone one stage further...
Attempts by the food industry to squash Sid the Slug's low-salt advertising campaign have failed.The 1.8m tall, animated mollusc was created for the...
Aggrieved Tesco suppliers will in future be able to complain anonymously to the retailer about poor treatment. In a move designed to appease critics,...
Belgium cutting equipment specialist FAM has launched a new mid-size slicing machine to join its popular range of flexible dicers.The Mantis is said...
Kanes Foods, based in the Vale of Evesham, has taken delivery of a turnkey process weighing and traceability system from Marco Weighing Systems which...
With a typical curry sauce plant now producing up to 1500t of product a week to gourmet standards, control engineering has become a key ingredient.A...
When Skipton-based frozen ready meals producer Christopher Foods needed a new heat sealing machine to cope with increased production and replace its...
While a nicely browned surface is attractive in a home-baked cake, to a manufacturer the lack of uniformity can present difficulties. The evenness of...
A wide variety of brat pans, kettles and other specialist cookers are manufactured by BPT Skerman at its site at the former Brooklands racing circuit...
A specially-built oven system, incorporating the latest carbon infrared technology, is helping Geest achieve perfectly browned toppings on a range of...
Fast mixing times and easy and complete discharge are just two of the reasons why food processors, confectioners and bakers are encouraged to add the...
Malted ingredients company Holgran, part of the RHM group, has entered into a strategic alliance with cereal mixes and food improvers firm H O Short...
