Cereplast can expand its eco-friendly packaging activities for customers including food processors, having secured a US patent for biodegradable nanopolymer compositions.
Irish family-run business Keogh’s Crisps will use St Patrick’s Day as a springboard to launch its Shamrock & Sour Cream potato chip into the UK market for the first time.
Adams Food Ingredients (AFI) has developed a range of cost-saving clean-label dairy powders that enable manufacturers to replace all or part of a dairy ingredient.
Fish processors have access to a weigh scale launched by equipment manufacturer and supplier Marel that sets a new benchmark for throughput rates, according to the firm.
The UK government has announced that it will roll out new voluntary food industry targets for salt reduction, aimed at cutting average salt consumption by a quarter.
Weetabix has invested in a re-launch of its Weetabix chocolate variant in a bid to better communicate its positive health credentials, its brand manager says.
Norway’s US$710bn sovereign investment fund has pulled its investment from 23 Southeast Asian palm oil companies, claiming that they source palm oil unsustainably.
A US report claims high rates of injury and a “climate of fear” confront Alabama’s poultry processing workers and argues US Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposals will make things worse.
The chief of EFSA’s health claims panel will discuss where the agency stands on the topic in 2013, at this year’s Vitafoods conference and expo in Geneva in May.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has expanded its products range to include specialized medium-density (MD) low density polyethylene (LDPE) film grades used in applications requiring high clarity and stiffness.
Corn snacks fortified with omega-3 fish oil and fish protein powder through seasoning are accepted by children and stable but shelf-life is limited to 12 weeks, a new study finds.
Total has launched a metallocene polyethylene (mPE) film material that it claims enables flexible packaging converters to achieve films that are up to 25% thinner than existing films.
Ireland’s The Flat Bread Company has diversified into the retail market thanks to an extra-wide flow wrapper designed specifically for the firm by Italian supplier PFM Packaging Machinery.
Monsanto is threatening the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with legal action after the European Union’s central science agency published data relating to a Monsanto genetically modified (GM) maize form.
Snyder’s-Lance has extended its Cape Cod reduced fat line to include a consumer favorite and strong performer; Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper, its marketing manager says.
Branded snack titan Frito-Lay may appeal the year-long patent row it lost with private label specialist Ralcorp over use of ‘bowl’ shaped tortilla snacks.
Almost a third (30%) of American adults say they are trying to reduce or exclude gluten from their diets, according to The NPD Group, which conducted a consumer survey in January 2013.
Private label is not a typical client customer relationship, it is a partnership and that’s where Trace One comes in, said Phillippe Auroi, product and market director Europe at the company.
DS Smith Packaging will reap €100m of annual cost savings and €130m in cash savings expected from its integration of SCA Packaging, which it acquired last year, ahead of schedule.
Food manufacturers risk wasting millions in capital investment by failing to plan how new machinery will integrate with existing operations according to international food consultancy Coriolis.
Belmont Packaging claims to have established the UK's first on-demand digital sheet packaging plant, responding to demand for more eye-catching packs to help brands stand out from retailers' labels on shelf.
A US attorney has filed an objection on the Hostess bread business sale because the contract would release Flowers Foods from environmental liabilities.
KCC Packaging has developed a biodegradable barrier tray for ready meals that offers retailers an alternative to carbon-hungry crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) and aluminium.
Kerry Ingredients & Flavours has acquired South African sweet ingredients firm Orley Foods for an undisclosed sum, in a deal it hopes will expand Kerry’s presence in sub-Saharan Africa.
Dutch bakery ingredients supplier Zeelandia has established a joint venture with importer East West Services to expand its presence on the Russian and Kazakhstani markets.
A major new player in the flour milling industry will emerge later this year following the merger of ConAgra Mills and Horizon Milling (a joint venture between Cargill and CHS) to create a new company called Ardent Mills.
Bringing together teams to spark innovation and ideas is the driver behind Puratos’ €15m ($19.5m) investment in a new global research and development center, its R&D head says.
Finnish ag-food giant Raisio has sold its €7m a year oat, soy and rice foods business that includes its Soygurt business to €330m Norwegian food company Kavli.
Natural colours have overtaken their synthetic counterparts for the first time ever, and the trend towards clean label products is one of the key drivers according to new data from Mintel and Leatherhead Food Research.
A brine injection system and a customisable thermoforming machine capable of handling 100 packs a minute will be showcased by food processing equipment supplier GEA Food Solutions at trade show Seafood Processing Europe.
The independent complaints panel of the Portman Group has dismissed a complaint that suggested Burts Guinness flavored potato chips breached alcohol marketing rules.
A ‘unique’ mineral salt containing sodium chloride and potassium chloride is being launched in the US, offering to lower the sodium impact of any food product without sacrificing flavor or functionality.
EnWave Corp. the developer of a microwave/vacuum drying technique, has formed a 70/30 partnership with Lucid Capital Management to use the technology to manufacture and market a line of dried cheese snacks for sale in US markets.
Flowers Foods has won the bid for a majority of Hostess bread assets including Wonder Bread and Nature’s Pride outside of auction after no other bidders stepped forward.
Oxfam will step up its campaign to improve the treatment of people and resources that form part of the supply chain of the world’s biggest food conglomerates, after it cast industry responses to its damning Behind the Brands report as ‘bland’ and ‘complacent’.
