The gene is out of the bottle
Authentic, regional and traditional ingredients add quality to foods and attract a premium price. John Dunn discovers how advances in DNA technology ensure that what the food producer offers is pukka
Archives for June 29, 2004
MPs green-light traffic signal labels but industry puts the brakes on
Pressure grows for legislation to tackle rising levels of obesity
Systems provide the key to flexibility
British food and drink manufacturers are failing to take advantage of the operational efficiency improvements offered by adopting Manufacturing...
The key KPIs are what matter
I remember a whisky distiller that had 36 key performance indicators (KPIs) which occupied a whole wall in the chief executive's office. They gave a...
New label warnings for high vitamin or mineral content
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has advised manufacturers that food supplement products with high levels of certain vitamins or minerals should carry...
The new agricultural revolution
More farmer-controlled food manufacturing businesses will emerge as the agricultural sector tries to cope with CAP reform. But, without the right collaboration and expertise, many are destined to fail, says Rick Pendrous
Baked to a tee
Fast, energy efficient ovens and cookers that result in good looking products and also provide excellent taste and mouthfeel, are in high demand. Lucia Cockcroft reports on some of the latest equipment now available
Laboratory mixer
Full-scale production conditions can be reproduced in the laboratory environment
Tesco accused of manipulating supply to drive down prices
move into convenience stores gives supermarket "stranglehold"
Passion for NPD brings student two top awards
Sarah West-Sadler came up smiling when she won two prizes at the Foodex Meatex Student Foodexcellence Awards. But her journey to the podium has not been plain sailing, as she tells Stefan Chomka
Extra £45m for Manor, but plants close
RHM-owned Manor Bakeries is closing some of its cake-making facilities in a bid to cut operating costs and eliminate overcapacity.It will close its...
Atkins supporter has high hopes for new British-made low-carb snacks
When city lawyer and Atkins diet follower Hannah Sutter became jaded with the US snacks on offer for low-carb dieters in the UK she decided to try...
Plants must fold if bakery is to rise again, firms are told
analyst's apocalyptic warning as rationalisation gets underway
Demand for healthy products seen as opportunity for firms
food Manufacture's latest survey shows plenty of confidence
Brakes accelerates salt reduction process
Brakes is the latest company to heed government pressure on manufacturers to improve the health credentials of processed foods with the announcement...
Contaminants in foodstuffs
Contaminants create problems that seem to plague meat and fish producers, as was highlighted in the press earlier this year with the Scottish salmon...
Titration gives speedy solution
Salt measurement comes to the fore as regulators focus on food aimed at children
Westler slashes ?dead stock' by taking control of warehousing
Westler Foods has significantly reduced supply chain problems it had been experiencing by replacing a third-party contractor based in Coventry and...
Greggs hunts new site to feed south with savouries
Baker and retailer plans large factory for bake-off products
Doubt surfaces about industry's confidence over traceability rules
Most food and drink manufacturers claim to be ready for product traceability rules which take effect next January, according to Food Manufacture's...
Stackable flexible ?box' challenges rigid packs
A vertical bag-making system which creates ?boxes' from flexible materials is taking on rigid packaging in an area where it has always held the...
Probiotic benefits for patients
New work being carried out by the University of Reading hopes to discover whether probiotic products can be beneficial in the treatment of autistic...
The beauty parade
Stories of rejected fruit and vegetables have made for sorry reading in recent weeks. Their crime? Not passing the supermarkets' beauty...
ashworth sale
Ashworth Foods has sold its frozen unbaked savoury business to pie and slice producer Peter Hunt's Bakery Foods, a part of theLyndale group.The sale...
Collaboration can minimise damage to packs, says group
Collaborative research into damage in the supply chain could usefully be applied to a number of different packaging types, says the convenor of a...
Seriously obese
Obesity has been in the headlines a lot recently, and quite rightly so. It is the second biggest killer in the world with over 400,000 deaths a year,...
UBF consolidates ambient distribution at Cannock
Unilever Bestfoods (UBF) has selected Power Europe, an Exel company, to develop and manage a new automated national distribution centre at Kingswood...
Arla milk deal shakes up retail market
Milk processors Robert Wiseman and Dairy Crest are seeking customers elsewhere following Asda's decision to make Arla its sole milk supplier.The...
FSA backs further study into impacts of additives on kids
project involving 900 youngsters looks for additives answers
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Tea giants square up for summer
A tea war is brewing following extensive new product development from the UK's two largest tea producers.Both Typhoo and Tetley have made large...
Wake-up call for vital investment
For over 50 years investment in manufacturing has been an issue for the UK economy. The result has been the decline of many industries for which the...
Active service
Frantschach has designs on becoming the leader in active packaging in Europe. Stefan Chomka went to the company's Neoplex plant in Denmark to discover how it intends to do it
TrenStar rolls out all 1.2m barrels for Coors
Coors Brewers in the UK has sold its 1.2m beer kegs and casks to the supply chain company TrenStar which will manage them under a 15-year...
Tulip gets bigger
One of the UK's largest meat companies will be created following the purchase of Flagship Foods by Danish Crown's UK subsidiary Tulip. It will have...
New test facility lets you keep an eye on the consumer
Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA) is stepping up the service it offers manufacturers in the new product development (NPD)...
The orange drink that promises super results
An orange juice drink that its makers claim can help boost awareness and wellbeing among Britain's youngsters has been developed through a...
Halal stamp
The inspection company EFSIS has introduced a halal standard for the first time.The standard is certified by UK Halal Corporation, which advises food...