Inside food & drink manufacturing
New research suggests that, although glass packaging will face fierce competition from other materials over the next decade, it is already retaking ground lost in some categories and showing stubborn resistance in others.
Food and drink manufacturers should involve consumers in the development of new scientific techniques and technologies at a much earlier stage, if past mistakes are to be avoided, according to consumer watchdog Which?
Leading food industry companies are backing the Food Vision Summit – the two-day event dedicated to revealing future trends in the global food industry − due to take place in Cannes, France, between March 20–22, 2013.
Food manufacturers are facing a skills time bomb as many engineers edge towards retirement, there is little new blood in the pipeline to replace them.
UK branded chocolate sales will show growth over the next three years, according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Mintel.
Consumers’ appetite for assured, quality beef has remained “robust”, despite the horse meat scandal, says the English Beef and Lamb Executive (EBLEX).
British and European governments have been advised to “think like criminals” in the battle to uncover how thousands of tonnes of beef products came to be contaminated with horse meat.
The falling cost of DNA sequencing is leading more companies to invest in bioinformatic studies – which analyse genetic information – to aid research and development