Regulators request more information on Unilever's 'anti-freeze' ice cream ingredient
Regulators say they need more information before they can give Unilever the green light to sell products made using a genetically modified (GM) fish...
Archives for August 6, 2006
Equipment sales booming
The European market for food processing equipment is still growing at 4% a year, despite moves by many manufacturers to tighten purse strings in...
Sunny D slammed, but manufacturer fights back - again
Sunny Delight has faced a fresh barrage of criticism from the Food Commission, which dismissed its latest reduced sugar 'reinvention' as a triumph of...
New research to investigate link between binge eating and food cravings
A new research project has been launched in the US exploring the link between food cravings and obesity. The work, conducted by the Monell Chemical...
Balanced thinking
Life has just got more complicated for weighing equipment users, with new rules on the use of kit and pressure to integrate systems. Bob Brooks reports
Continuous Improvement - Where are they now?
Establishing an accurate, honest, and, where required, critical picture of 'where we are now' in improvement programmes is never easy. However, it is...
Industry rises to challenges
Essex-based spices and seasonings supplier Unbar Rothon has carried out a major product flow redesign to ensure 'clean' supplies to its customers in...
Corrections
In the NPD Insight section in the March issue (p14), the name of the isotonic powder being developed by Santeau has been changed to O2go Sport...
PM reassures industry over traffic lights
Prime minister Tony Blair has given a clear indication that the government is in no hurry to impose the traffic light labelling system bitterly...
Pink beer makes the boys blush, but for how long?
A new fruit beer, named Roisin (pronounced Rosheen), has been developed by Williams Bros Brewing Company in Alloa using the tayberry, which is native...
Isn't it time we banned the BOGOF?
Several people have remarked recently that when foods are offered at reduced prices sales have fallen. It is suggested that this may be because...
Ethical bin men offer a cheap way to get rid of food waste
Fareshare claims it can undercut conventional waste disposalcharges by 20%
UK set for launch of easy-pour stand-up pouch for milk
The UK dairy market has never been one to mix fresh milk and flexibles, but that could be about to change with the launch of stand-up Ecolean...
Solutions for small deliveries
A small logistics firm offering creative solutions to the problem of distributing small loads to supermarkets and foodservice outlets is on course to...
Waste not, want not
The Institute of Food Research (IFR) is hoping to patent new methods of extracting valuable ingredients from food waste.IFR senior scientist Keith...
Green slur on sector as firms fail to deal with waste issue
Environment Agency unveils initiative to improve food and drink's Green planning
Employee shelf-life
People don't generally like to think about age, but new laws will force employers to pay careful attention to it, says Richard Lee of Wragge & Co
Hot rules for a new kitchen
Most chefs need a kitchen. Now there's a statement you can hang your hat on.But where does the kitchen come from? If I asked you to build me a...
Cadbury salmonella defence is weak, claims lawyer
The case against Cadbury for breaching food safety laws looks “very compelling”, a product liability expert at legal firm Reed Smith has...
'Stitch in time' lesson to be learned from Salmonella scare
When one of the biggest names in food manufacturing finds itself in hot water over the interpretation of regulations - as is the case with Cadbury...
Sleek can signals swing to aluminium
Rexam plans to launch its Sleek, slender can shape in Europe in the 330ml size, challenging steel in key markets as the balance across the EU shifts...
VMI seals it for Salvesen
The ability to support vendor managed inventory (VMI) was key to temperature-controlled logistics specialist Christian Salvesen winning a five-year...
Union squeezes last dregs of hope from HP closure
The Transport & General Workers' Union (T&G) has drawn up a cost savings package for the HP Sauce plant at Aston Cross, Birmingham, in a...
Degree course changes fail to cut a career path for packaging
Proposed changes to degree-level qualifications in packaging technology still leave the UK lagging behind other parts of Europe where the discipline...
Food researchers hoping to power ahead with cost-cutting process energy project
Researchers behind a proposed project to explore novel ways of using waste energy from food manufacturing plants will find out this month whether...
Dairy Crest milk round gets a £33M Express delivery
Takeover gives big boost to doorstep sales
Food firms at risk from money laundering
Global food traders must safeguard themselves against the risk of exposure to money laundering, urged International law firm Eversheds following the...
Heinz strikes suspended
Two 24-hour strikes at Heinz's frozen potato factory in Westwick have been suspended while the Amicus trade union ballots members on new proposals...
Uniq opens £4M dessert factory extension
Riviera Desserts, Uniq Prepared Foods' recently renamed desserts business in Paignton, has opened a £4M extension to its high care production...
In vitro GI test could save expensive NPD
Scientists at Campden & Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA) have developed techniques that could predict a product's glycaemic index...
Cereals spark debate
A leading nutritionist has accused consumer watchdog Which? of misleading people in its Cereal Re-Offenders report, which claimed that many cereals...
Summer scorcher adds to fear of rise in autumn sugar price
Silos could be empty for the first time in years as post-CAP reform harvest begins
Big retailer slams Cadbury for salmonella outbreak
Chocolate maker could face prosecutions
All you want for Xmas?
New licensing laws could mean casual labour is in short supply
The big shake up
It's training, but not as we currently know it. Rebecca Green examines the radical reform of food and drink qualifications being led by sector skills council Improve to help address the industry's skills problems
Vive la difference
Brits' love-hate relationship with France has waxed and waned for centuries. But, as Rick Pendrous discovers, the French still have a thing or two to teach us about food
Spiralling costs help make the business case
Reduce, reuse and recycle could at long last be a phrase that has moved out of the classroom and is now being discussed at Board level. Rick Pendrous reports
A chilling tale of poor forecasts
New research hopes to cut the huge amount of waste generated by poor demand management in the chilled food supply chain. John Dunn reports
Slimline meat: a matter of fat
Demand for low fat products is currently going through the roof, inspiring a wave of innovation in fat replacement ingredients for processed...
Creamery of the crop
The future has already begun, so keep up, says the boss of the UK's fourth largest cheese making plant
Aja takes the cables aweigh
Manual weighing might be the only solution in some fresh food environments, but it's also proved inherently difficult to manage, with poor yields and...
Firm strikes gold with coated honeycomb
The sweet toffee flavour of honeycomb means that it has long been a favourite with confectioners and bakers, but its hygroscopic nature causes it to...
Monks' cheese asks for Europe's blessing
Staffordshire cheese should gain European protected designation of origin (PDO) status by the end of the year.An application to register the crumbly...
Oven helps bakery Flourish
You need an oven of distinction if you're going to supply posh pastries, breads and morning goods to some of the most elite dining rooms in London.So...
All Asda's eggs in one basket
Until it was called off, Asda stores across the country were threatened with empty shelves following a vote in favour of strike action by staff at 20...