Cranswick streamlines its lubrication management
Simplifying lubrication management and ensuring only food-grade lubricants are used throughout its processing plants have led one of the UK’s...
Archives for October 5, 2005
Air socks keep things cool without drafts
Leicester-based Euro Air UK has introduced a range of fabric ducting products that are ideal for maintaining low temperatures in cold rooms while...
Coombe Farm automates fat regulation
Organic milk and cream products producer, Coombe Farm dairy in Crewkerne, Somerset, has replaced its manual standardisation equipment for regulating...
Double spiral mixes products in double quick time and offers easy discharge
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...
Generation 2 radio frequency solution
Paxar, a supplier of bar code and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies for the retail supply chain, demonstrated EPCglobal’s...
High temperature food-grade chain oil launched
Kluber Lubrication has released a specially formulated food-grade oil for chains exposed to high temperatures in the food industry.Ideally suited for...
Detect heat exchanger cracks
The dairy industry could benefit from a new tester from Easytest that can detect cracks within five minutes in heat exchangers used to pasteurise...
New convenience store strategy for Heinz
Heinz is aiming to significantly boost its convenience sector sales over the next 12 months with more product development, promotions and a...
Italians mass evidence against aspartame
Italy’s Ramazzini Foundation has released new evidence to reinforce its claim that the artificial sweetener aspartame is linked with...
Spiralling costs could end non-GM stance
The supermarkets’ anti-GM stance is becoming increasingly unsustainable as the cost of keeping genetically-modified materials out of the food chain...
Fast and accurate weighing of mini chocolate bars
For faster and more accurate weighing of its mini chocolate bars, Dubai-based confectionery manufacturer Seville Products has installed two...
Mettler puts weight behind inline and static hygiene protection
Mettler Toledo’s recently launched BBA scale range and Garvens S3 Shark checkweigher ensure manufacturers have the best equipment for both inline...
Lancashire goes loopy for bizarre ice cream flavours
The dairy has sourced beetroot from Lancashire’s Red Velvet beetroot firm, which already supplies M&S with fresh and cooked beetroot. The...
No hiding place
It is interesting how few food manufacturers have a hard measure of the profits they really make from individual customers. An ambient food...
Get down to the nitty gritty
Ingredients company Roquette has unveiled plans to develop a functional boiled sweet, which retains a pleasant taste while providing oral care. The...
Finsbury on look-out for innovative bakery firms
Finsbury Food Group has unveiled a £10m war chest to spend on acquisitions in premium cakes and speciality breads .The chief executive Dave Brooks...
Gap left by Podger unlikely to be filled this year
Dr Herman Koëter, the deputy executive director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), will become acting executive director from November 26...
Titration at a touch
Intelligent and flexible potentiometric titration
Olympic flame ignites mighty row as smokery shouts ‘foul’
London businesses face uphill task to find new affordable homes
Radical overhaul needed for foodservice supply chain
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has commissioned new research to explore ways of reducing costs in the distribution leg between frozen food...
Canterbury’s tale of woe prompts urgent review to staunch losses Troubled meat and pastry products firm promises new thinking
Canterbury Foods is reviewing its operations in an attempt to prevent 2006 turning into its sixth consecutive year of losses.The review will be...
We didn’t do the dirty on anyone - Asda
Wholesale redundancies were likely among the 600 workers at Ferndale Foods following the firm’s loss of its main supply deal with Asda, said...
Housings for all air filters
The UK’s oldest independent filter manufacturer, Jasun Filtration, is promoting a new range of Filbox housings that can hold all air filters, no...
Metal detection system gives Aimia flexibility
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...
Metal kept out of Kraft’s cappuccino
Kraft Foods is using S+S metal detection equipment to ensure the ingredients used in the production of its cappuccino powder are free from...
Cranswick’s bangers get all wrapped up
Cranswick Country Foods’ state-of-the-art sausage production centre, Lazenby’s, in Hull, is equipped with some of the latest processing...
Test kit
Campylobacter screening
Technical deficit
In today’s world, workers require more technical abilities than ever before. But, as John Dunn discovers, there is a serious skills shortage
Cain is more than able
Me & My Factory Ajmail Dusanj. Joint md, Robert Cain brewery
Loading robot proves a cracker for United Biscuits
United Biscuits’ Aintree factory has improved production efficiency and reduced labour costs in the packaging of its Jacob’s Cheddars cheese...
Smarties move into hex cartons
With the old-style board tube boasting plastic stoppers, Smarties could have gone either way – but Nestlé has opted for an all-cartonboard...
Versatile steam blancher/pasteuriser processes products up to 60% faster
Key Technology has introduced the Turbo-Flo, a steam blancher/pasteuriser offering greater assurance of food safety and food quality for blanching...
Iron lady
Encapsulated nutrients open up new applications
Cadbury develops a taste for gum
While the majority of manufacturers are frantically launching low calorie adaptions of their products in a bid to cling on to the health conscious...
The Firm
:Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 63. Finsbury Food Group
Brussels bogeyman blasted
More than 40% of suppliers say new health claims regulation will damage their business
Changeovers
John Kermode has joined Scottish food manufacturer Golden Crumb Produce as development chef. He will be responsible for introducing innovative ideas...
Inadequate contracts revealed by firm’s loss of its main deal
Manufacturers outraged by supermarket’s dumping of supplier
Bach calls for extended milk contracts to stabilise prices and build trust in market
Longer-term milk supply contracts could help tackle yo-yo pricing and even out supply and demand in a sector plagued by instability and mistrust, the...
Coors strengthens PET as an option - but a niche one
Despite public and local authority concern about city-centre drinking and alcohol-related violence, brewers aim to keep beer in plastics as a niche...
Authentic wakes up to the big breakfast opportunity
Early morning products to underpin company diversification
Northern Foods drives a cool £30,000 plant saving
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...
Sugar blending gets mobile discharger
Liquid blending contractor Solutech has had a new Spiroflow mobile bulk bag discharger connected to an existing flexible screw conveyor, for use in...
Heat sealer of pretzels to the stars
Pretzel manufacturer Union Snack has installed a Packaging Automation Vision 182 heat sealer to keep up with increased demand for its seasonal lines...
Level of gangmaster policing to be reviewed under pressure
Gangmasters could escape detailed investigation before licensing
FSA joins call to send traceability rules back to the drawing board
Confidence in the practicality of new legislation remains low
Appetite control
Slapping ‘low-GI’, or ‘omega-3 inside’ on the label might look like a sure-fire way to boost margins.
Taste matters with NPD
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...
Getting sniffy about flavours
Sniffing out new analytical methods; infrared technology that helps detect spoilage; and ‘talking’ bacteria. John Dunn reports
Further salt reductions prove hard
The food industry is “getting to the flat part of the improvement curve” on salt reduction in terms of technical capability and consumer...
Smaller companies are ripe for the picking as retailer power increases
Deeply fragmented market has seen 450 businesses go to the wall
Drummond Hall
CEO Dairy CrestCAREER PATH:Began his career at Procter & Gamble after graduating in economics at Edinburgh. Held marketing roles at Procter &...
Road to the top
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
Cereal gets surreal swirls
Weetabix has given its Ready brek brand a makeover to widen its appeal to youngsters and their mums with new flavours and portion sizes.Chocolate and...
RHM spends a cool £2.2m
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...
Yoghurt Rebalance solution set is top of the pots
Tate & Lyle has been researching ways of reducing sugar, energy and fat in yoghurts to meet European consumer demand for healthier food.The...
Novel foods speeding up?
The Novel Food Regulation (NFR) (258/1997) has come in for significant criticism over the years for being too expensive, cumbersome and...
Open Arena analysis
Discrete photometric testing of food and drink samples
Better dispersion of gums in soft drinks
Pursuit Dynamics’ PDX technology is delivering dramatic process improvements and energy savings to companies that use thickening agents and...
Retrofit block former makes sense for cheesemakers
CPS is now offering a range of optional retrofits and upgrades for existing cheese block forming machines.The original Wincanton block former was...
UK bakery market targeted following Europain launch
Middlesex-based supplier Ambit International is introducing two machines to the UK bakery market, following their successful launch earlier this year...
Compressed air dryers solve overheating
The new Magellano range of refrigeration compressed air dryers launched by Quantech removes the problem of underperformance or safety-tripping due to...
Detector customised for frozen food
Looking to increase manufacturing capacity for its range of frozen and chilled meals supplied to the foodservice sector, The Authentic Curry Company...
Intensifier in the mix solves baker’s spotty problems
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...
Checkweigher has USB stick data save facility
The Sartorius EWK 3000 checkweigher enables data archiving on to a USB memory stick.Until now the recording of process data for dynamic checkweighers...