The flavour of nuts - with no nuts
A new ingredient enables manufacturers to substitute nuts and save money at the same time.
Archives for October 1, 2012
SOFHT services
The new chair of the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology (SOFHT) shares her plans with Rick Pendrous
Quality and cost fears over wheat harvest
Manufacturers are being warned that the worst wheat harvest for 35 years will drive up prices and could impact on the quality of their products.
Baby boomers
The baby food sector is one of few organic success stories, reports Gary Scattergood
Novel composite pack for meals
A new ready meal packaging format is said to be attracting interest from retailers, thanks to a novel design that offers greater convenience for consumers.
Edible water-soluble film finds interest from foodservice
Specialist film supplier MonoSol says its latest edible and water-soluble film is more robust than a first-generation product, and reports particular interest among companies supplying the foodservice sector with pre-dosed ingredients.
Brewer told to pay £14,600 after ignoring safety warning
Oxfordshire Ales has been ordered to pay £14,606 after ignoring safety warnings issued by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Nestlé in £9.28M partnership R&D plan to find salt alternatives
Food giant Nestlé has teamed up with a US life sciences company, Chromocell Corporation, to identify compounds with the potential to be used as “taste-giving ingredients” as replacements for salt in a range of foods.
Fresh approach to promotions
A fresh approach to a 'try me free' promotion is now offering an extra tasty treat for shoppers.
Shades of grey
Clean-label reformulation of food is not always black or white, as Lynda Searby discovers
First ready meal to include dillisk sea vegetable
An Irish food manufacturer is introducing a frozen ready meal that contains the sea vegetable dillisk to the UK market.
Alcohol-free halal vanilla
A manufacturer is targeting the halal market with its alcohol-free vanilla extract.
Arla churns out extended range at Westbury
Arla's investment in a bespoke butter facility at Westbury in Wiltshire, is allowing the company to extend its UK manufactured butter offering with production of Anchor block butter, which began at the site in August.
Coca-Cola recycles 10.5M Olympic bottles
Coca-Cola Enterprises has revealed it succeeded in the “bold ambition” set out before the London 2012 Olympic games to collect and recycle every left over product put onto the Olympic Park.
Board talk
Board packaging is manoeuvring its way into new food markets. Paul Gander looks at the routes it is taking
Mash maker
Cold rainy weather always boosts sales at Mash Direct. Not surprisingly, 2012 has proved a busy year, general manager, Neil Houghton tells Mike Stones
Firms are wasting cash on complex IT
Half of UK businesses are wasting thousands of pounds on IT support when they could be spending less by streamlining their systems for business advantage, according to a enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems specialist.
And the most excellent shortlist of winners is ...
The shortlist of candidates for the Food Manufacturing Excellence Awards (FMEAs) has now been announced, following decisions from an independent panel of 13 experts from across the industry. The judging took place at the offices of William Reed Business...
Aseptic use in UK to remain modest
Despite the cost and supply chain benefits, consumer preferences remain the main barrier to greater uptake of aseptically filled - rather than short shelf-life, chilled - products, according to the authors of a new report.
Editor's view...We must accept the new industry structure
Are riots across the developing world similar to those prompted by soaring food prices in 2007/8 set to return to our TV screens?
Cool plant upgrade at Apetito brings greater efficiency
Star Refrigeration has completed a major overhaul of frozen food and catering specialist Apetito's refrigeration system. The upgrade has boosted efficiency, cut running costs, reduced downtime and improved energy efficiency.
Portion cutter raises smoked salmon yield
The addition of a Marel I-Cut 10 PortionCutter to the processing line at Swedish salmon smokehouse Falkenberg Laxrökeri in 2011 has improved the company's yield and profits.
2013 is the last chance saloon for Premier Foods
The coming year looks set to be a pivotal one for Premier Foods. City analysts suggest that the UK's largest food producer would need to have turned around its fortunes by 2014 or risk breaching its financial covenants.
'Landmark innovation' claimed in red drinks
Chr Hansen is claiming that the "outstanding stability" of its new range of bright and intense red, vegetable-based colours is a "landmark innovation" .
Labour Party conference
Food manufacturers need a proper ‘agri-food strategy’
Skills, research and development (R&D) and access to funding need to be combined into a ‘proper agri-food strategy’ in order to feed people in Britain and abroad in the years to come.