Archives for February 29, 2016

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Mondelēz cuts gum cooling times

By Rick Pendrous

Mondelēz has dramatically improved the efficiency of its chewing gum manufacture, thanks to the help of a partnership between Cambridgeshire-based fluid dynamics consultancy 42 Technology and German cooling tunnel supplier Gabler.

Andy Murray invests in Dragons’ Den reject

By Laurence Gibbons

Tennis ace Andy Murray has helped Dragons’ Den reject ice cream manufacturer Oppo secure more than £300,000 of crowd funding by investing in the ‘guilt-free’ ice cream brand.

Traceability scheme raises consumer trust

By Noli Dinkovski

Food manufacturers are being invited to improve traceability by joining a network of primary producers that can validate claims about the origins of their products.

Brexit Debate

Food and Drink Federation bosses in Brexit meeting

By Michael Stones

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) executive committee is meeting today to discuss the organisation’s position on EU membership, ahead of the referendum on Thursday June 23.

Me and my factory

Eyes on the pies

By Noli Dinkovski

Wilf Lewis has set his sights on refocusing his company's priorities.

Maltster Bairds upgrades its Inverness drive systems

By Rick Pendrous

Bairds Malt, which operates six malt houses across England and Scotland, supplying 250,000t of malt a year to the brewing and distillery sectors, has upgraded the drive systems at its processing facility in Inverness with the help of the Gibbons...

Sales boost for Direct Food Ingredients

By Noli Dinkovski

Cheshire-based distributor Direct Food Ingredients (DFI) boosted sales by 52% in 2015 thanks to an influx of new clients, and is now predicting a further 30% growth in 2016.

Tulip boosts apprenticeship programme

By Michael Stones and Michelle Perrett

Pork processor Tulip is extending its apprenticeship programme for 2016, offering 30 butchery, nine engineering and nine technical apprenticeships.

British retail sector may lose 900k jobs by 2025

By Michael Stones

Up to 900,000 jobs could be lost from the British retail sector by 2025, partly due to rising costs linked to the National Living Wage and the new apprenticeship levy, warns the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Traceable pork rind to ‘improve meat texture’

By Noli Dinkovski

A functional protein made from fully traceable pork rind has been developed by Essentia Protein Solutions to meet the growing demand for the provenance of food ingredients.

Speciality Breads installs turnkey pack line

By Rick Pendrous

Artisan baker Speciality Breads has opened a new £3M 3,000m2 factory in Margate, which features a fully automated turnkey packaging line producing around 1,000 cases of product a day.