Frozen planet
Frozen is fresher, more sustainable and better value, Brian Young tells Gary Scattergood
Archives for February 4, 2013
Premier Foods parts company with Geoff Eaton
Four months after joining Premier Foods, its chief operating officer Geoff Eaton has left the firm, on the same day (February 4) its new ceo Gavin Darby, joined the debt-laden food manufacturer.
Jobs threat at Silvercrest after BK and Tesco cancel meat contracts
Uncertainty hangs over the future of 112 Silvercrest workers, after Burger King, Tesco and the Co-operative Group severed contracts with the supplier, according to the union Unite.
Demand for Asian snacks creates 100 jobs
Increasing demand for Asian snacks has led to an expansion of food manufacturing that will create 100 jobs at Euro Foods in the West Midlands.
Food manufacturers offered advice on allergen management
European manufacturers’ association FoodDrinkEurope (FDE) has urged food businesses to adopt allergen management systems that consider all operations − from raw materials sourcing and manufacturing to packaging of the finished product.
Worth its salt
Cheese's salt content is bad for its image but it's there for a good reason, reports Michelle Knott
Scottish food hub plans to match suppliers with buyers
The Scottish government has revealed plans to launch a food hub to match food manufacturers with suppliers of Scottish produce.
Scandal and weather torpedo British food ingredients
Burger King’s announcement that it has switched to German and Italian beef suppliers in the wake of the horse meat scandal is the latest in a line of broken food industry pledges to ‘buy British’.
'Natural' tops product development trends for 2013, says report
'Natural' will continue to be the dominant force in food and beverage product development in the coming year, according to the latest edition of New Nutrition Business's trend-spotting report.
Chattering classes call for food regulation
Since December the increasing clamour among the chattering classes for greater regulation of the food industry to curb the obesity epidemic has become more shrill.
Legal action may follow ‘Halal meat’ pork fed to prisoners
The food safety watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is considering legal action after the Ministry of Justice revealed meat pies and pasties supplied to prisons in England and Wales were labelled and served as Halal but contained traces of pork DNA.
The gold crush
Crushing rapeseed is a booming business, as Gary Scattergood discovers