Dawning of a new age
Finding the right person for the job has never been easy, but new age discrimination laws coming into force this autumn could bring a whole new set of difficulties to the recruitment process, says Rebecca Green
Archives for January 12, 2006
Screening: a sensitive subject
Experts in sensory evaluation are urging manufacturers to reject artificial tasting devices in favour of training up and screening taste...
Pure vegetation
The heart health category is likely to broaden significantly in the next couple of years as manufacturers start to incorporate cholesterol-lowering...
Additives review
Additives are again hitting the headlines, particularly in relation to the sweetener product aspartame.Media attention was certainly focused on...
Make it mini
After the Christmas festivities, many consumers looking to lose a few pounds will be struggling to swap canapés for carrot sticks. Savoury snack...
Uni research networks offer R&D lifeline for businesses
Pushed one way by ever-tighter budgets and another by the need to innovate, brands and their packaging suppliers are increasingly looking to academia...
FDF calls in the spin doctors
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has appointed an external communications company to help convey a more positive message about the industry after...
LETTER
Time for transparency at the Joint Health Claims Initiative
Gene diets slammed as a 'con' that puts wealth before health
Multi nationals accused of pedalling nutrigenomics rather than raising dietary standards
Don't mention the c-word
Functional ingredients might sound like a licence to print money, but suppliers need to do more to stand out in a crowded market, says Elaine Watson
Eye spy some functionality
Ingredients claiming to improve eye health will gradually shift from the supplements market to the functional foods arena, the UK boss of ingredients...
Sweet dreams for sugar campaigner
Although he started out as a chemical engineer focusing on kit, Steve Williams soon realised that success was largely down to the way you motivate the people who operate your machinery
Tasty pastry lights the way
Dieters craving a guilt-free pastry fix will be rejoicing over the news that a cheese and onion savoury pastry roll has been developed under licence...
IT failures continue to pose the biggest risk for firms
Customer and service related issues - such as a temporary loss of sales and a reduction of service levels - are the biggest concerns facing those...
Pickled products - that's shallot!
Pickled Shallots and Onions in Balsamic Vinegar are the two latest additions to Petty, Wood's range of pickled products under its Epicure brand."Our...
Fire chief slams food factories as death traps
Food safety takes priority over fire safety
Is additive-free the future?
Until a few years ago no one other than diet obsessives read the back of food packs. Now, we're all food detectives, comparing fat content and...
FSA's nutrient model is 'fundamentally flawed'
The final nutrient profiling model designed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to improve children's diets by reducing the amount of junk food...
Frustration mounts as delays bedevil gangmasters' law
'Someone, somewhere doesn't want this Act'
Flexible futures
It's been a tough year for ready meal producers, faced with continually squeezed margins. Rebecca Green finds out how they have responded
Early public debate needed to allay fear over 'risky' products
The food industry could avoid consumer backlashes over food safety by being more proactive and engaging with the public at a much earlier stage in...
Out of the frying pan?
Backlash feared as producers adopt alternative fat technologies
Rockwell's new system links boardroom to back room
Rockwell Automation, one of the world's largest control and instrumentation suppliers, is targeting the European food and beverage sectors over the...
One up, one down does not go far enough, warns food lawyer
Suppliers need to look farther up the supply chain if they are to prevent a repeat of sudan 1
Hospital meals sink to a critically poor condition
Competitive tendering is preventing hospitals from serving food that will make patients well, according to evidence presented to a Westminster Diet...
Europe's biggest industry fails to keep pace with research and development spending
The food industry is still at the bottom of the global league table for research and development (R&D) spending, according to the latest European...
UK machinery suppliers rethink their approach to competitiveness
As the focus for international packaging machinery manufacture shifts to eastern Europe and the Far East, UK engineering companies are finding it...
Multiple product launches really take the biscuit
Snack specialist United Biscuits UK (UBUK) has announced its plan of action for 2006 after identifying three main consumer trends: pleasure;...
Nestlé cuts crisis costs by taking risk management to shop floor
'Responsibility is now focused on every manager that provides a service. that's a huge change'
Five rules to decide whether to store externally
From time to time food manufacturers run out of warehouse space and are faced with the dilemma of either using outside storage or moving to a bigger,...
Wrapped up and re-vamped
Kliklok-Woodman has introduced several new features to further enhance its successful range of CertiWrap wrap-around cartoning machines, the...
CHANGEOVERS
Pioneering moves in finance and ops