New £4M facility for Katsouris Fresh Foods
The construction of a £4M processing facility for fresh produce and prepared food manufacturer Katsouris Fresh Foods has commenced. Based in Wembley, London, the firm is a subsidiary of Bakkavör.
Archives for May 31, 2011
Big plans aim to raise appeal of careers in food and drink
Jobs in the food and drink manufacturing sector look set to become more attractive, thanks to plans to create a novel series of professional qualifications. Employees will be able to map out their career paths from the shopfloor to the boardroom and...
The iPad guide to sensory testing
Leatherhead Food Research (LFR) scientists constantly help food firms reformulate products to respond to, or create, new markets.
Tunnel vision for high-speed pasteurisation
Swedish ready meals manufacturer Gooh! has implemented a new in-pack microwave cooking and pasteurisation concept into its premium meal production that results in a shelf-life of at least 30 days at 8°C.
Meet the candidates
It’s once again time to register your vote for the individual who you believe has done most over the past year to raise the profile of food and drink manufacturing. By visiting our web site – www.foodmanawards.co.uk – you can make your choice from...
Don’t follow that taxi!
The uncomfortable ride and the fact that we were overtaking every car on the motorway indicated my taxi driver might be breaking the speed limit. I glanced over his shoulder and realised what was wrong. According to the speedometer, we were doing zero...
Government must step up to meet responsibility targets
Government may need to intervene to give teeth to the voluntary Responsibility Deals it has launched if the desired changes to behaviour are to be achieved, it has emerged.
Skinpack key to vending success
International take-up of a ‘gourmet’ hot meal vending system is being fuelled by Sealed Air Cryovac’s retortable tray-and-skin vacuum pack, says the company.
Concerns remain over HSE site
Concerns remain over the fate of the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) website, amid a stringent government budgetary review of a host of such sites.
Kraft ceo Rosenfeld counters UK hostility
Kraft ceo Irene Rosenfeld has countered criticism of her no-show at a parliamentary select committee looking into Kraft’s takeover of Cadbury, and says she has spoken to the ''folks that really matter to me'' in the UK.
Put more chewy in the cookie
Ulrick & Short has created a tapioca-based ingredient to reduce fat and prolong the chewiness of American-style cookies.
Go goat’s milk ice cream
Following a deal between frozen food distributor Belfield and Northern Irish manufacturer Mullins, Bally Bleat goat’s milk ice cream will now be distributed to British retailers.
Legislation that is past its 'use-by' date
Assuming the European Commission, Parliament and Council can agree on some outstanding issues, the EC Food Information Regulation will be adopted shortly.
It’s a man’s food world
As I was preparing concepts for a retail presentation in a kitchen last week I became aware that I was the only female in the room. And I was surrounded by chefs. The British food retailers’ expectation for culinary skill within development has escalated...
GS1 adds sample product checks to data quality scheme
Simplifying and speeding up product recalls would be the next logical step along the road of GS1 UK’s mission to refine data quality, according to chief executive Gary Lynch.
Anuga launches foodservice tradeshow
In response to the increasing volume of sales in the out of home market, the world’s largest trade fair, Anuga, is launching a tradeshow for the foodservice sector this October.
Fresh focus on overall equipment effectiveness
Food manufacturing and packaging firms may be investing less in new machinery, but they are looking to overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) analysis to hone their competitive edge, according to Bosch Packaging Technology.
Smart reformulation ‘starts from scratch’
Food manufacturers that are looking to make a significant reduction to the salt, fat and sugar content of their products should start the development process from scratch, rather than reformulate existing products, according to Dr Wayne Morley, head of...
Offer us your ‘best price’, Boparan tells suppliers, as around half face chop
Northern Foods/2 Sisters Food Group began meeting suppliers yesterday, with the professed aim of shedding around half ‘‘over time’’ in a bid to boost supply chain efficiency and increase turnover to £3bn by 2015.
Symrise targets bilberries
Symrise aims to introduce bilberry to the food ingredients market, claiming that it will be the next major superfruit.
Changeover challenge
Get food industry engineers reminiscing and they'll tell you about a golden age when yogurt was yogurt and there was only one type of cottage cheese. They'd start production in the morning and stop at the end of the day for a good old-fashioned clean...
Cometh the hour, cometh the food scientist
The popular BBC TV programme, Jimmy's Food Factory raised the image and profile of the UK food industry, according to the new president of the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST), professor Colin Dennis.
‘We can’t afford a policy vacuum around food,’ say industry heads
Leading scientists and industry bosses have called for more public investment in agricultural, biotechnological and food research to enable the UK to address the huge challenges facing the world.
Microwave snack that keeps the bread crispy
A Sussex butcher is on a mission to get his “revolutionary” new microwavable Welsh Rarebit stocked on supermarket shelves.