Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI) is highlighting the clean label credentials of its functional flours that can be used to help address some of the challenges faced by cake and pastry manufacturers.
Bread ingredients supplier, Sonneveld, claims its takeover by Orkla Food Ingredients (OFI) will not result in a narrowing of the bakery ingredients supplier base due to OFI’s decentralized business model.
There is a pile of evidence linking artificial trans fats with heart disease, so why is it still in our food? It’s time to get real and recognize that artificial trans fat is an adulterant with no place in the global food supply.
Alfa Laval Group has acquired a majority stake in a leading Chinese fluid handling company as it seeks to capitalise on growth in the country’s flourishing food processing industry.
An inventor behind a novel packaging concept that would enable food manufacturers to package multiple snack bars, coffee granules and other products at up to 12 times the speed of conventional flow wrappers, is looking for a partner to take his idea to...
Swedish bakery company Lantmännen Unibake said it is partnering with a Japanese frozen food company to leverage the power of an established distribution network to aid future market penetration for its bake off range.
Stora Enso said its first quarter operating profit of €119m represented a “remarkable improvement” in its year-on-year results as its packaging business maintained strong performance.
The Flax Council of Canada has partnered with Cibus Global to develop new non-GM flax traits to increase flaxseed production while ensuring a supply that has broad global appeal.
One of NutraIngredients.com’s sister websites, www.foodmanufacture.co.uk, received a new look this week with a full redesign, daily dedicated news updates, easier navigation, and many new features.
Formulating cookies with erythritol may allow for partial replacement of sugar without the consumer tasting a difference, says new research from Taiwan.
Fine tuning of the blade technology behind its band slicers means that they can now provide cleaner cuts, continuous operation and less waste, claims a US supplier that is set to conduct trials with leading UK bread makers.
Strong performance in the Americas, particularly for bakery ingredients, has seen Associated British Foods (ABF) post an operating profit up 25 per cent.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in adoption of opinions on three further food colours used in bakery and confectionery products, has confirmed intake levels for one colour, halved the ADI for another and could not determine a risk assessment...
Interesterified trans free bakery shortenings (IETFS) can be used effectively to replace hydrogenated shortening (HS) and still give better spread ratio, lesser hardness and higher sensory acceptability for baked products such as biscuits, claims new...
A new robot-supported processing system for fish and shrimps combines both processing and packaging functions to reduce time, space and product giveaway, said manufacturer Cabinplant A/S.
Upgraded pneumatic clutch brakes that can withstand washdown could eliminate bacteria build-up and reduce downtime for bakery and other food processing operations that require repetitive stop-start torque control.
Consuming a gluten-free or a casein-free diet may not offer any benefits for people suffering from autism or its related disorders, says a new review of the science to date.
Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) announced today the completion of the deal to buy Mondi Group’s UK corrugated packaging business as part of €51m asset swap deal.
An innovative way to recycle costly nanoparticles could accelerate the application of the technology across a vast range of sectors, including food packaging, said new research.
“Many in industry are pinning their hopes on EFSA showing them the light at the meeting, including the likes of Danone, which withdrew three probiotic immunity/digestive health article 13.5 claims in April, citing clarification it is expecting on Big...
BoPP film producer Taghleef Industries (Ti) has announced plans to enter the bioplastics polylactic acid (BoPLA) packaging market by the end of this year.
Political decisions encouraging biofuel production from palm oil is causing deforestation in Indonesia and not the low tonnage sourced by Kit Kat maker Nestlé, according to the chairman of the Swiss based food company.
Smurfit Kappa Group’s (SKG) proposed acquisition of Mondi Group’s corrugated packaging division has been given the go-ahead by UK competition authorities. But the deal will not be a game-changing one for the market, said analysts.
The Louisville Metro Council has suggested a rewards system for food manufacturers that stop using trans fats in their products, after a proposed ban in the city failed to attract support in February.
The second instaltment of the Baking Industry Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham had a record number of attendees and proved to be particularly effective for small to medium businesses, with huge interest recorded at the craft baker stands, claimed the...
The bakery and confectionary division of Vivartia, Greece's largest food production company, is being bought by a group led by Saudi Arabia's Olayan in a move that is claimed will reduce the firm’s exposure to risk in a turbulent Greek economic...
Banning artificial trans fats in the UK could prevent 11,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths a year, according to two senior doctors writing in the British Medical Journal.
Oxo-bio company Symphony has hailed a ruling by the South African Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that bread bags made with its d2w additive can be advertised as biodegradable.
A combination of buckwheat and rice flour may produce gluten-free breads acceptable to consumers without the need for hydrocolloids, says new research from Eastern Europe.
UK speciality bread manufacturer Country Style Foods has received a fine and was also ordered to pay costs after a court found that it failed to protect a worker and ruled that the firm has been in breach of equipment regulations during an incident at...
NatureWorks said its Ingeo resins are the first polymer to be awarded four stars from the European renewable certification organisation Vincotte of Vilvoorde in Belgium.
General Mills has become the latest major food manufacturer to announce a sodium reduction strategy, pledging a 20 percent reduction in about 40 percent of its product portfolio by 2015.
Restrictions on guar gum imported from India into the EU have been revised on fears that the risk of dioxin contamination of the product remains too high.
Sales of smart tags and labels such as radio frequency identification (RFID) devices will experience the fastest gains among food safety products, driven by their ability to providing traceability throughout the food supply chain, predicts market analysts...
Women with a diet rich in carbohydrates from eating high glycemic index (GI) foods such as bread have an increased risk of coronary heart disease, according to new research.
Bakery workers were nearly eight times more likely to have an asthma exacerbations than those working in other industries, reports a new analysis of 2003 European research data.
Tetra Pak inaugurated its newest technology centre in China today as part of its on-going strategy to consolidate its position in the domestic processing and packaging sectors.
Demand from packaging equipment manufacturers was the driver behind the development of a new smaller, robust and powerful linear actuator, said Thompson.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Kellogg Company, claiming it failed to warn consumers that some of its products could have been tainted with salmonella.
Hefestus said it is to launch its innovative modified atmosphere packaging system in Australia in a bid to make the country a major market for the company.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is living on borrowed time. And not just in the United States but now in Europe too where mounting consumer hostility and scientific concern over its safety have combined to push the chemical towards the point of no return.
Solvent-free inks that offer low migration and low odour risk are suitable for a range of primary and secondary food packaging substrates and ensure cost efficiency, according to the developer.
Planning permission has been secured for a site modernisation project at privately owned Frank Roberts & Sons’ Rudheath bakery in Northwich, Cheshire in the UK, reports our sister site Food Manufacture.