Inside food & drink manufacturing
The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, now in their sixth year, recognise the very best in the UK's food and drink sector. An independent panel of judges, including experts in continuous improvement and customers from retail and foodservice, will select...
With the responsibility for fire safety shifting to the employer, it is now more important than ever for manufacturers to ensure their systems are as...
Moving through every part of the factory, from raw material intake to final product packaging, today's conveyors have to meet the same standards of hygiene as other parts of the process. Mike Spear describes what's new
A new generation of programmable cookers from Double D Food Engineering is giving recipe developers another string to their bow.The Revorack...
Avoiding hazards associated with the use of organic and natural ingredients proved a hard nut to crack for snack bar manufacturer Healthbars...
Packaging machinery supplier T Freemantle is one of two companies to land a deal with seafood firm Young's Bluecrest.Its pre-glued sleever has been...
The most radical reform of fire law to date puts the onus for fire safety onto employers. But while it might seem like a chore, it could save them money in the long run. Rebecca Green reports
As you measure the real costs to serve your customers and can see the true trading margins created, you will be faced with some interesting dilemmas....
With volumes going through the roof and a new warehouse and data capture system to bed in, Jordans' operations director (designate) Kevin Smithson has his work cut out
Having successfully hammered away at the purée market, Hosokawa Micron is now aiming its Rietz RA angle disintegrator at baby food manufacturers.The...
The term 'food miles' is a phrase often bandied about by the food industry, but is it an issue that's taken seriously?A recent Department for Food,...
As this is my last column for Food Manufacture before I move on to pastures new, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look back over the last...
The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has accused the Salmon Farm Protest Group (SFPG) of scaremongering after it claimed 500 jobs could...
Poland is now the top Eastern Europe location for foreign food company investments, according to a new study looking at the relative attractiveness...
Fears that the European Food Safety Authority would not be able to meet its commitments next year after a budget freeze have been allayed following...
New limits for resistant toxins make decontamination difficult
The research and development company Leatherhead Food International (LFI) is looking for collaborators for a proposed study into how various...
Confectionery and snack foods group Zetar has made its third takeover since joining the Alternative Investment Market in January 2005, with the...
Research will allow equipment makers to design snack machines for better flavours
Vague wording in the new nutritional standards for school food could allow manufacturers to pass off unhealthy food as healthy, warned the director...
The Competition Commission (CC) has been accused of going over old ground with the issues it plans to cover in its investigation into the grocery...
Fears over relationships with employers
Training scheme needs financial commitment by firms if it is to get go ahead
Long chain fatty acids found in oily fish are recognised as the most beneficial form of omega-3, but it has been well publicised that consumers...
Dairygold Food Ingredients (UK) has bought Dan Dairies of Leeds for an undisclosed sum, largely as a production base for its new Ezycheese liquid...
Lack of funding stalls trial into effects of omega-3 supplements on all children
With the announcement of the 2006 Starpack winners looming - among them a category recognising efforts to reduce household waste - several finalists...
Safety experts have fought off a challenge from a US fast food chain to relax advice to consumers, caterers and manufacturers on the cooking of...
Unilever could launch “near-zero fat” ice creams and similar products in the UK in a couple of years thanks to the sort of ice structuring...
Food packaging could be one of the main beneficiaries of advances in nanotechnology, says a cross-sector industry network - but funding for a major...
A heavy-duty pallet handling system, which provides buffer storage between production and cold store, has been installed by European Conveyor Systems...
Companies using the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) - a global yellow pages supported by retailers such as Tesco and Asda, which...
Food and drink employers need to focus on staff retention and motivation techniques, not recruitment, if the industry is to tackle falling employment levels. Rebecca Green reports
Liquid processing specialist Alfa Laval is stirring up the beverage market with a new range of Clara 200 centrifugal separators.Designed principally...
A new insulated panel system has been launched by Hemsec Manufacturing in response to the need for greater fire protection in food, hygiene and...
Anyone building a new development in the food manufacturing industry needs to think very carefully about fire protection, but when dealing with oils...
Pack-Vac leak detection kit maker Witt Gas Techniques has adapted its low-cost 'bubble' system to handle vacuum packaged food products for the first...
The diabetic debate has swung into overdrive following the Co-op Group's decision last month to stop selling foods aimed at people with...
The government is to fund two research projects to improve the energy efficiency of food refrigeration and distribution as new research by the Carbon...
Cadbury has vigorously denied allegations that it broke the law by failing immediately to inform the authorities that some of its products had been...
Competition from Australian and new Zealand imports threatens Europe's suppliers
Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels may be divided by language and tastes, but they offer very loyal customers for UK suppliers prepared to make the effort. Sue Scott reports
Children are notoriously fussy when it comes to food, so trying to include fruit in their diets has proved challenging for even the most doting of...
Firms are often not showing the commitment needed in order to see R&D projects through to fruition, as John Dunn discovers
Food firms don't welcome student visits
If you want your children to enjoy a wide variety of healthy foods, you might be able to set the perfect example before they are even born, according...
Operators on shopfloor will be allowed to act on flow of better factory information
A group of 'early adopter' food manufacturers have started uploading product data into the new GS1 UK data pool as part of an industry drive to...
At least one major US food corporation is taking part in trials this summer to evaluate the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for...
Asda has dismissed as "frankly baloney" claims by the GMB union that it was compromising the quality and safety of products by failing to maintain...
Prepared foods company Uniq is to sell its French spreads and Belgian salads businesses. The sell-off is part of a recovery programme that has...