Dairy Partners America, the joint venture between Switzerland's
Nestlé group and Fonterra, New Zealand's leading dairy company, has
completed the second phase of its roll out, beginning liquid and
powdered milk production...
Haydens Bakeries in the UK is the latest company to take advantage
of a hiring scheme operated by Packaging Automation, allowing
companies to benefit from the latest advancements in heat sealing
technology without the cost of buying...
EPCglobal, a US-based RFID standards-setting body, recently
selected VeriSign to maintain electronic product codes found on
retail and grocery store shelves. VeriSign will operate and manage
the data for EPCglobal, whose members include...
Food producers in the US are unlikely to be happy with the new
traceability regime in the EU. The NFPA argues that the regulations
represent a serious barrier to international trade, writes
Anthony Fletcher.
Leading Philippines food and beverage company San Miguel has
announced plans to open a soft drinks factory in the Shunde
district of Guandong Province, southern China.
Japan's number one producer of instant noodles says it has reached
the initial stages of an agreement to form an alliance with the
Hebei Hualong Food Group, a major Chinese food processer.
Sugar prices look set to rise in the accession countries by up to
60 per cent, warns the European chocolate and confectionery body
CAOBISCO this week, predicting major set backs for food
manufacturers installed in the zone. The warning...
Most food companies are too short-term focused when it comes to
adopting new technology, claims a packaging expert. They need to
adopt long-term strategic planning and pay closer attention to
changing trends if they wish to stay ahead...
The key findings of a new study reveal that Radio-Frequency
Identification (RFID) is high on the agenda for European retailers,
food manufacturers and logistic service providers. This contrasts
with a resent survey of food manufacturers,...
The European Commission has announced a rural development programme
to the value of €250 million for the Czech Republic. The funding is
expected to provide a significant boost to the country's processed
agricultural products...
Competition between lower-priced resins and higher-performance
variants is set to intensify, according to a soon-to-be-released
report. The development of upgraded commodity thermoplastics is
challenging established higher-performance...
Sugar giant British Sugar helped boost six month results for its
parent, food and ingredients firm Associated British Foods, which
this week reported double-digit growth in profits. But
international agency Oxfam has criticised the...
Technology group 3M has launched a new version of its 3M Integrated
Packaging Tool. The software is designed to enable food
manufacturers to integrate electronic records and facilitate
adherence to new legislative requirements on...
A high frequency metal detector designed to offer food
manufacturers and packers heightened sensitivity for non-ferrous
and stainless steel metals has been launched. Pure, high resistance
non-ferrous and stainless steel metals have...
German consumers eat more organic food than their counterparts in
both France and Britain combined, according to a new report from
market analysts Mintel. The German market alone is worth
more than €3.2 billion, but significant future...
The active, controlled and intelligent packaging sector in the US
has experienced significant growth over the past few years,
according to a new report published this month. Does this signify a
trend towards the widespread adoption...
Switzerland's sweet and savoury biscuit sector saw a return to
growth in 2003 due entirely to a strong upswing in export sales -
but domestic sales fell for the second year in succession as a
result of cheaper imports from the...
Evidence continues to mount suggesting a link between various
stages of depression and low blood levels of the B vitamin folate,
according to research funded by the Agricultural Research Service
in the US.
The Ukraine region of Odessa has reported a 35.7 per cent growth in
food production in 2003. This is partly due to the influx of major
global food manufacturers to the country - Heinz for example has
become a major manufacturer of...
Amersham, an international bioscience company with a background in
the pharmaceutical industry, is turning its expertise to the dairy
industry. Its separating technique - designed to filter
biomolecules from DNA - may be used to finely...
Number one flavours and fragrance firm Givaudan ambles along in the
first quarter with higher sales in flavours offsetting a drop in
the fragrance division, suggesting that strategies to boost profit
announced back in January this...
Vietnam Dairy Products (Vinamilk) has been given approval by
Vietnamese authorities to merge with Saigonmilk. Vietnam Dairy
Products already holds a 20 per cent stake in the company which
manufactures both soy and milk products.
Anticipating growing pressure on UK food manufacturers to cut the
trans fats from food products, UK fudge and toffee ingredients firm
Food Design joins the growing number of ingredients companies to
offer alternatives, launching a...
A British Pig Executive (BPEX) delegation is visiting Beijing at
the end of the month to encourage British exports to China, the
world's biggest market for pork.
Despite Italian food giant Parmalat's financial crisis its
divisions in both Romania and Hungary continue to operate. Indeed
Parmalat Hungary is expecting that in the ramp up to accession,
production will increase in response...
Food prices on both sides of the Atlantic are being held down by a
number of factors, not least highly competitive conditions among
supermarkets, according to a recent report from analyst Ernst &
Young. This is putting a squeeze...
A group of cereal scientists is looking to rewrite the definition
of a wholegrain to help consumers identify the healthy ingredient
in foods and lift their intake of wholegrains.
A novel source of omega-3 fatty acids, seeds from the South
American plant chia, could soon reach the European market after a
UK scientific panel concludes the ingredient is safe for
consumption.
Participants at the annual meeting of the Association for
Chemoreception Sciences later this month will learn that cinnamon -
as a flavour or fragrance - could boost brain simulation related to
attentinal processes, according to...
Hungarian company Master Good has become the first in the country
to establish an organic poultry processing plant, which will
largely serve the EU export market.
Food Design, a leading UK supplier of toffee and fudge ingredients
to the confectionery industry has announced the development of a
replacement fat for unhealthy hydrogenated palm kernel oil, which
could prove to be a key ingredient...
Rising prices for ingredients sourced from raw materials may find
little relief in 2004 with the UN-backed Food and Agriculture
Organisation yesterday predicting a fall in cereal stocks again by
the end of the 2003/2004 season. 'Soaring...
Roasted ground coffee is still by far the biggest category in the
German coffee market, but sales dropped by 2 per cent last year as
consumers switched to more exciting variants such as Cappuccino and
Espresso, writes Chris Jones.
A brand of wine packaged in Tetra Prisma 500ml packaging has been
launched in the US. This is the first wine to packaged in this way,
and the company behind it believes it offers consumers greater
convenience and freshness.
The food processing division of German-based Handtmann Group is the
latest processor to install product lifecycle management (PLM)
software. Technology provider Agile has created an integrated IT
environment for the division that...
Intensified competition in the ingredients marketplace and
disappointing orders for Cocoa Butter Equivalents (CBE) following
the new chocolate rules leads to job losses at Danish fats and oils
firm Aarhus United.
Management solutions provider BridgePoint has developed iPlex
Vendor Process Management (iPlex VPM) software to help food
processors achieve increased efficiency in their plant operations.
The company argues that the growth in outsourced...
High protein diets may in fact boost bone health, shows new
research, that contradicts fears by nutritionists that increasing
protein intake could lead to calcium losses.
Cadcam developer Delcam has reported that sales for the year to
31st December 2003 were £20.5 million, an increase of 8.5 per cent
on the previous best annual sales of £18.9 million. Food and
beverage packaging has increasingly become...
After repeated warnings that the spiralling cost of raw materials
would impact profits this year, US-based breakfast cereal producer
Kellogg yesterday said that it had got off to a
better-than-expected start to the year and forecast...
US technology firm Franwell has developed a new partnership with
the University of Florida's Center for Food Distribution and
Packaging. The partnership was formed to develop the requirements
for using Radio-Frequency Identification...
A line of herb enhanced soft drinks will receive wider distribution
in Canada with V-Net Beverage, the acquisitive supplier of Rush
Cola, signing an agreement with natural foods marketer Tree of
Life.
Product lifecycle management (PLM) provider Formation Systems has
launched a best practice solution for the food and beverage
industry. The company says that the system, called Optiva, provides
customers with a functional, value-added...
Global chocolate supplier Barry Callebaut said that recent
acquisitions had boosted its six month figures, with net profit
showing double-digit growth. But low cocoa prices affected
activities at the processing arm of the company.
Natural colours UK firm Overseal Foods is set to carve a deeper
position in the US market, signing a new distribution deal with US
company RFI Ingredients and meeting growing demand for natural
colouring foodstuffs, writes Lindsey...
DSM Food Specialties, the leading producer of ingredient solutions,
has launched a new scanning kit that it claims can identify the
presence of antibiotics in milk more accurately. The product is in
line with traditional testing systems...
Heineken, keen to increase its presence in the all-important
Russian market, is said to be considering a huge investment to
develop facilities in the Sverdlovsk region.
A prototype label for PET bottles has been developed by packaging
giant Alcoa. The label features cutting edge technology that could
open up a number of new packaging design possibilities.
Rathbones Bakeries, one of the leading suppliers of own label bread
and baked goods to the UK retail trade, has been sold by Greencore,
the Irish food group which is keen to focus on building its
convenience food operations.
Swedish probiotics firm BioGaia has developed a screw cap for use
on PET bottles, which releases ingredients such as its probiotic
bacteria or vitamins into the beverage,writes Dominique
Patton.
