Bradman Lake is just finishing its largest-ever presentation of
fully automated, integrated, high-speed flow wrapping cartoning and
shrink wrapping equipment at Interpack 2005.
After three years of R&D, Sidel is using Interpack 2005 to
demonstrate how it can help manufacturers improve their cost
effectiveness, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Inspection equipment manufacturer Lock is using Interpack to
showcase its new MET 30+ range of metal detectors, which it claims
offers up to 30 per cent higher sensitivity than standard
detectors.
Azdel is currently evaluating the potential advantages of the Cage
System, an innovative, high-speed and cost-effective composite
moulding technology for use with its own composite materials.
Efforts by food manufacturers to create 'user-friendly' food labels
that present clear nutrition profiles for the increasingly health
conscious consumer are the focus of a new initiative from the UK's
food industry...
Nestlé UK has followed the lead of General Mills across the
Atlantic, announcing today that from June 2005 every box of Nestlé
breakfast cereals will be made with whole grains.
The steel packaging industry must promote its strengths better if
it is to survive difficult market conditions, reports Anthony
Fletcher from the 2005 International Steel Packaging Congress
in Dusseldorf.
Superfos is at Interpack 2005 to demonstrate why it believes its
new SuperSeal concept can save packagers money on the processing
line and consumers time in the kitchen.
UK's food watchdog issues new warning after illegal colour in food
chain, chemically similar to Sudan 1, detected in Mexican food kits
supplied by General Mills.
Pressure on soy prices likely to continue with a new report
revealing China is expected to reduce its principal soybean
planting area, while increasing corn and rice planting in 2005.
Russian firm Kampomos plans to bring brand new ranges of premium,
fresh meat products to the Russian market using globally recognised
processing and packaging equipment techniques, Angela Drujinina
reports.
Demand for barrier resins continues to boom, with the latest market
report estimating that the US market will continue to grow in
excess of 8 per cent up to 2009. With the European market expected
to see similar levels of growth,...
Forcing the traceability card, the European Union has voted to
block imports of certain US grain unless they prove to be free of
the genetically modified maize Bt10.
Danish sugar and ingredients group Danisco leaps into the number
two enzyme position as the firm announces control of 98.2 per cent
of the shares in US biotech firm Genencor.
A Spain-based research institution is directing a working subgroup
to develop new thermoplastic polymers, which could eventually
benefit the food industry, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Responding to consumer and legislative pressures, international
food firms are slicing artery-clogging trans fatty acids from their
formulations. We spoke with Nestlé to find out how the world's
number one food player is handling...
South American and Asian yeast markets bring strong gains in the
first half, offsetting weaker markets in the US and Turkey,
London-based sugar and ingredients group Associated British Foods
reports today, writes Lindsey Partos.
Settling UK wheat prices have helped Carr's Milling Industries to
get its food business back on track in the first of half of 2005,
despite freak floods and fire hitting sales hard, reports Chris
Mercer.
Supply chain solutions provider Manhattan Associates has released
an enhanced version of its EPC Manager solution designed to enable
customers to boost accuracy, ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements and experience greater...
An extensive nanotechnology network has been established in the
Netherlands, a move that could expand the number of possible food
applications that the science could offer.
The world's largest barley storage and malting plant combination
has installed innovative technology in order to realise cost
savings and real-time quality control.
Inter Link Foods has installed a multi-station Vantage recipe
formulation and traceability system at its newly acquired facility
in Poland in order to satisfy the stringent requirements of the
Tesco audit on quality and traceability.
Ambitious US ingredients supplier Cargill boosts its war chest,
announcing a 35 per cent rise in profit for the third quarter of
2005, on gains from commodity trading and its animal feed and steel
businesses.
Condemned for contributing to the worsening health problems in the
population, food makers are under orders to slash salt levels in
their processed food formulations but replacing this cheap flavour
enhancer is a challenge for food...
Packaging Automation has helped to develop a revolutionary new
laser sealing and inspection system for food packaging, which could
bring important benefits to both food manufacturers and consumers.
Could concern over obesity lead to significant changes in the
regulations governing food labelling and see the implementation of
a traffic light system, asks Anthony Fletcher.
Globalised livestock markets offer processors and suppliers
increased income and direct cost savings, but they are also posing
the threat of market exclusion, according to the FAO.
In a €197.5 million deal food and pharma group DSM sheds low growth
bakery ingredients operations to private equity firm Gilde, freeing
up the Dutch firm to increase its focus, and opportunities, on high
margin, health promoting ingredients,...
High protein source lupin flour continues to attract attention
following new reports that this food ingredient used in pasta and
bread products could provoke severe allergic reactions, reports
Lindsey Partos.
Tanis Food Tec, an aeration equipment supplier for the bakery,
confectionery and dairy industries, claims its Temp Twin Barrel
system can crystallise trans fatty acid substitutes significantly
faster than its rivals - offering opportunities...
Kellogg has moved to slash salt in its Corn Flakes by a quarter as
the UK's Food Standards Agency promises to focus in on cereals in
its public campaign to reduce consumer salt intake, reports
Chris Mercer.
With the UK general election less than a month away and food as hot
a topic as it ever has been, Anthony Fletcher spoke to
Liberal Democrat shadow agriculture secretary Andrew George about
his party's plans and promises for the...
Novis seeks a bright, driven enthusiast with several years'
post-graduate experience in food manufacturing as a staff
journalist to be based in southern France. The primary mission will
be to deepen FoodProductionDaily.com's...
Trans fat concerns hit Australia with consumer groups calling for
trans fat to be highlighted on food labels after more than a third
of 50 food products tested had levels 'well above what is
considered safe by many experts',...
Tetra Pak has launched wine packaged in the firm's Tetra Brik
aseptic package, a move that could redefine how vintners and
retailers position and merchandise wine.
Dutch bakery ingredients leader CSM continues to shed activities in
non-core countries, selling off its Swedish subsidiary BakeMark
Sweden to private equity group Accent, Lindsey Partos
reports.
In a new brand partnership tie-up, UK ingredients firm Tate &
Lyle hunts for growth in the competitive breakfast market raising
brand awareness for a new product that contains the company's
flagship golden syrup, reports...
A poultry production plant believes it will be able to generate all
the electricity it needs from animal by-products to run its
business and also provide a 2MW surplus to sell on, writes
Anthony Fletcher.
A fresh round of price cuts from the two biggest UK food retailers
increases the pressure on suppliers' margins and intensifies
competition between own-label and branded producers, forcing them
to find new ways to adapt, writes...
Convenience and indulgence in the breakfast market set to bring
gains to ingredients suppliers and their customers: our round up of
new product designs shows how industry is reacting to this
potential market, writes Lindsey Partos.
Givaudan, the world's number one fragrance and flavour player, saw
sales in its flavour division slipping by 6.5 per cent for the
first quarter, impacted by a loss of products and a fall in prices,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Graphic Packaging has developed a new line of functional
microwaveable packaging in answer to increasing demands for more
choice and greater cooking flexibility from consumers, writes
Simon Pitman.
Prices for cereals still vulnerable to upside risk in 2005/06 as
world crop predictions suggest supplies could fail to meet demand,
resulting in a drawdown of already vulnerable global stocks,
reports Lindsey Partos.
A poultry plant in Norfolk, England, has installed a combination of
pyrolysis and gasification technologies to process waste materials,
the first time this combination of technologies has been used to
provide this type of energy requirement,...
French food watchdog recommends slashing trans fat levels in a wide
range of bakery products, including biscuits and cakes, following
findings from a new report released this week, reports Lindsey
Partos.