Lab is no longer out on a LIM
The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), a UK-based government organisation, has implemented the Thermo Scientific Nautilus laboratory...
Archives for September 29, 2009
Stevia could be an intense force of future sweeteners
Aspartame and sucralose could face serious competition in the European intense sweeteners market by late 2011/early 2012 if high purity stevia leaf...
Make your industrial mark on panini bread
UK oven designer and manufacturer, Double D Food Engineering, which is now a division of JBT FoodTech, has developed an industrial bar marker for the...
Weigh up the benefits
Ishida Europe's new multi-lane checkweigher has up to six lanes to handle the same volume as several checkweighers for cost and space savings.Ideal...
Starch reality
The use of starch in the food industry has a long history, which can be traced back to the blockade of Napoleon Bonaparte's France in 1806, when...
Antioxidant claims need sound science
There's a new Dorian Gray film showing at cinemas. I love this story Dorian stays young, beautiful and virile whilst his portrait in the attic turns...
Waste of space
The decision to drive firms towards more sustainability is a simple one, according to Richard Laxton of dairy company Arla: "Reduce your waste,...
Tiptoe through the footprints
Kingsmill would have us believe that carbon labelling is well, the best thing since sliced bread.Operations director Nick Law explains that the...
Lean bean machines
Give it five years and split peas, not goji berries and hybrid cars, will be gracing the cover of our lifestyle magazines, according to the marketers...
Perfect form of pH measurement of food
The measurement of pH in the food industry has historically been fraught with problems as the products are not commonly a simple aqueous solution,...
Judges shortlist industry's rising stars
The shortlist for the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards has been announced.Contenders include Cambridge Manufacturing Company, H J Heinz Company,...
Quick way to identify Cronobacter
The ongoing development of a new horizontal CEN-ISO standard method for the detection of Cronobacter species by the ISO/TC 34, SC9 ad hoc group for...
The retro branding trend is here to stay, says expert
There will be continued growth in consumer interest in retro brands, especially within the 30+ age groups, while the future of the economy remains...
Emulsified sugar binds inclusions
A new liquid binding agent produced by Unifine Food and Bake Ingredients uses new technology for the enhancement of biscuit production and extruded...
Silver lining for poultry cloud
A recent trial has shown that protecting chicken crates with antimicrobial silver can help reduce the risk of Campylobacter cross-contamination...
Good process technologists are key in NPD
Everyone knows that a development chef or an 'ideas person' is the key to innovative concepts. But few appreciate that a great process technologist...
Watching the metal detectors
Speciality ingredients supplier and powder blend manufacturer Calleva has installed metal detection equipment from S+S Inspection as the final stage...
Tap into savings
The food and drink industry in England and Wales uses 430 mega litres of water per day, according to Envirowise, which offers companies practical...
Enzyme increases volume of bread
Ingredients specialist Mühlenchemie has developed a new enzyme, which makes use of substances naturally present in flour to increase the volume of...
Redundancy bell 'won't toll' for Scottish brewery
Greene King, the parent firm of Belhaven brewery in Dunbar, Scotland, has hit back at claims that the site's future is uncertain.Since the firm...
Mop up the super bugs
An 11-month independent study at Manchester Royal Infirmary has indicated that Arco's Byotrol cleansing agent has cut levels of MRSA on wards by one...
Flexible friend for north Wales
UK-based Excelsior Technologies has begun converting films and pouches at its new £20M, 8.5-acre site in north Wales.The site, said to be the...
Bonuses for shooting aliens
The little boy concentrated on his portable Nintendo, his fingers frantically pressing the buttons. The tip of his tongue stuck out of his mouth...
Spotlight on safety
Is food poisoning a growing problem in Britain? After a number of years of declining outbreaks, concerns are beginning to be expressed about rising...
Aerating emulsifier for cakes
Cognis' Spongolit EP 320 helps manufacturers of cake mixes, concentrates or retail mixes to make food products which have desirable properties such...
Tinplate undented by price and alternative formats
Increases in the cost of steel have had a major impact, canned food brand-owners admit, but neither this nor continued interest in plastics and...
Arla uses lean manufacture to give power to the people
Arla Foods is expecting increased efficiencies and capacity boosts from the adoption of 'lean manufacturing' principles at its national distribution...
'Churnalism' gives food a bad name
Ever heard of the Biscuit Injury Threat Evaluation? Me neither probably because (I suspect) it does not really exist. But that didn't stop some...
Energy boosted - not health
New energy drink launches are not getting any healthier, despite constant media criticism of too much sugar, caffeine and taurine within them,...
Firms miss a trick with condition monitoring
Wider use of condition monitoring (CM) tools could significantly improve efficiency in the food industry, but many firms are not benefiting because...
May contain ...
Would thresholds for adventitious presence of soy, nuts and sesame make allergen management any easier for manufacturers? Elaine Watson reports
Purer genius
At the recent Drinktec exhibition in Munich, brewers' familiar and apologetic responses to accusations of being a conservative bunch were starting to...