Merlino Italian Baking Company, Seattle's premier wholesale Italian
bakery are expanding their snacks base, by selling Moto Bars in new
outlets including Robeks Juice - the American firm who already own
30 stores in the Los Angeles...
As if to confirm the Datamonitor report on organic food sales which
we reported on last week, the UK's Soil Association has this week
issued its own report showing that the British organic market is
alive and kicking, growing...
Grolsch is approaching a milestone on what it claims will be the
most efficient brewery in Europe. The project, which has been a
truly international effort, is the only greenfield brewery under
construction in Western Europe at the...
Chips Group, the Nordic snack maker, continued its steady growth in
the first nine months of the year, helped by acquisitions in Sweden
and Russia. But while the group said it expected further gains in
most markets this year, it also...
Major British sugar and sweetener group Tate and Lyle has reported
a sixper cent decrease in half year profits today and the success
of agreementsfor future prices for it starches and sweeteners will
have a major impact onthe profits...
Staff cuts and closures are looming at Frico Cheese as the company
sets out to restructure its cheese maturation and packaging
activities. The firm has warned that 192 jobs out of a workforce of
2,140 are likely to be lost.
Landec, a developer and marketer of technology-based polymer
products for food applications, launched the latest product
offerings of its food subsidiary Apio at the recent US Produce
Marketing Association (PMA)'s fresh summit...
Europe's largest sugar producer, Südzucker, has closed a five-year
convertible bond of €250 million, the proceeds from which will be
used to lift its stake in two subsidiaries.
Prompted by demand from the Philippines, Danish ingredients company
Danisco has
designed and launched two new citrus fruit flavours onto the Asian
market.
Following low wheat crop yields, analysts are warning that Ukraine
isthreatened with increasing food prices, particularly with respect
to breadand bakery produce. The rise in food prices is also
expected to have asignificant knock-on...
Graham Packaging is making its first entry into the salty snack
food market,supplying high-density polyethylene rigid canisters for
Frito-Lay's new Staxpotato crisps. The new Stax went into
nationwide distributon in the US inAugust...
The European Parliament has cleared amendments to the sweetener
directive, but only after setting up a trail of conditions -
including a closer monitoring of new sweeteners.
Food and drink products targeted at children could be seriously
damaging their health, according to claims by the UK Consumers'
Association. It said that many products targeted at childen had
higher salt or sugar contents than...
A current trend among food manufacturers has been the adoption of
high speed production methods. Swedish-based packaging firm Tetra
Pak has launched a new product, Film Wrapper 68 - Speed, which is
the latest addition to the firm's...
Voridian has launched a new PET resin that provides ultraviolet
(UV) light protection for food and beverage products. The product
contains an FDA-approved UV absorber that protects delicate
colours, flavours, vitamins and nutrients...
Cadbury India has announced that it is to change the packaging for
its Dairy Milk chocolate bar following last month's allegations
that a batch had been infested with insects. The consumer scare is
believed to have seriously...
British Sugar's parent company, cash-rich Associated British Foods
(ABF), delivered a strong set of results for the year with the food
and agriculture division pulling in the highest operating profit
for the full year for the...
Finnish giant Stora Enso is the latest packaging firm to address
growing environmental concerns. The firm has stated that it aims to
maximise the volume of wood it uses originating from third party
certified forests.
Irish dairy firm Kerrygold has installed Ilapak's Delta 3000 HSR
inverted, electronic flow-wrapper system and the Vegatronic 2000
fill and seal (VFFS) series. This is hoped to boost production
capacity.
The addition of two major grocery brands (Mazola and Ovaltine)
helped lift sales and profits at Associated British Foods in the
last 12 months. But the traditional ingredients, agriculture and
retail businesses also improved during...
UK supplier of oriental chilled ready meals, Kwoks Foods, has
launched a new product range for one of the UK's largest
supermarkets. The new Asda range of Thai food has already launched
in one trial store, with another planned...
The UK has come in for a great deal of criticism from environmental
bodies following the release of figures that show the country is
lagging behind much of the rest of Europe in terms of can
recycling. Pressure group Friends of the...
Food manufacturers such as US-based Litehouse are increasingly
using technology to improve output and quality. By using software
to link up the supply chain, wastage can be easily cut out and
problems identified quicker. Is this the...
Kellogg, the cereal and snacks maker, has raised its full-year
profit forecast after an excellent third quarter performance which
saw both sales and profits rise significantly. The gains came as a
result of new product launches, brand...
Drinks company Stock Vital has launched its new product line, Carpe
Diem fresh, using the latest packaging technology from Amcor. The
company felt that Amcor's PET system provided the best barrier
protection, and that the firm's...
Food processors and manufacturers have long been urged to take
greater responsibility for the environment. Unbiodegradable food
packaging for example has proved to be a huge litter problem, and
even a health risk in certain circumstances.
Recently published sales figures from Sartorius indicate that 2003
has not been a great year for the German biotechnology group.
Third-quarter earnings have been negatively affected by the
impending insolvency of the group's...
Even four years into its five-year Path to Growth programme,
Unilever still has plenty of non-core brands to offload. The latest
are Ambrosia and Brown & Poulson, two well-known ambient food
brands in the UK market, which have...
Swiss-based technology firm Buhler has always been keen to move
beyond its European base and into new global markets. This
decades-long strategy has proved highly successful, as the recent
completion of a state of the art mill in...
Deliveries of aluminium foil recorded for the third quarter of 2003
have declined compared with the same period last year, according to
the latest figures from the European Aluminium Foil Association
(EAFA).
The PFM Group has announced the take over of SPS Packaging, the
Italy-based packager specialising in the design and production of
automatic wrapping systems for snacks, biscuits and confectionery.
The UK's Joint Health Claims Initiative has reduced the minimum
amount of soy protein required in a product for the soy health
claim, allowing a greater number of foods to display the
cholesterol-lowering message.
Epoch Biosciences has entered into a partnership with BioControl
Systems. Under the license and supply agreement, BioControl
receives a license to specific probe sequences from Epoch for use
the field of food safety testing.
Organic food sales in the UK are set to grow by 12 per cent by
2007, reaching €2.6bn. But this is still half the size of the
German market, with further growth still hampered by the high
prices and dubious claims about the alleged...
Malaysian plantations giant Golden Hope Plantations (GHPB) is
planning to expand its operations in Europe. The company, one of
the top 20 companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange,
wants to establish a new plant for the...
US-based packaging firm Smurfit-Stone has reported a net loss for
the third quarter of 2003, topping off a year that the company
would most likely wish to forget. A major factor in the firm's
reversal of fortunes has undoubtedly...
UK-based heat seal machinery specialist Seal-it-Systems (SIS) is
another company eager to display its wares at the forthcoming Total
Processing & Packaging exhibition in Birmingham. The firm
believes that its latest innovation...
UK-based firm Delcam is the latest sponsor of Total Innovation
Design Centre of Excellence. The announcement follows the recent
opening of company headquarters in China, another illustration of
how packaging technology is becoming...
UK bakery group Warburtons is set to construct a new £14 million
(€20.3m) extension to its Bellshill bakery. The firm says that the
project will enable the company to increase its bread output in
Scotland from 600,000 loaves to 900,000.
Research published findings in the Journal of Food Protection
suggests that the presence of undeclared peanut protein in European
chocolate is much higher than in North American confectionery.
Good plant maintenance is vital to efficient food processing.
Significant cost savings can be made through regular servicing and
the use of modern analytical techniques - while a break down in
machinery can lead to impressive losses.
Leading Scottish baker, Warburtons, is set to construct a new £14
million(€20.3 million) extension to its Bellshill bakery, which is
set to more thandouble the company's output for the region.
Glanbia, the Irish dairy product maker, has joined forces with
Cussons, the UK group best known for its Imperial Leather soap, to
produce and market milk powder for the Nigerian market.
The second foodlink Awards for Communicating Food Safety in the UK
have highlighted the work of several local authorities in raising
public awareness and tackling food hygiene issues. Blackburn with
Darwen Borough Council and Wyre...
Anglo dutch consumer goods group Unilever posted an 11 per cent
rise inprofits today after announcing their results for the third
quarter, animproving margin even though sales stagnated.
It has been quite an eventful year for Rock-Tenn. Two acquisitions
were made, and in September, the firm sold its plastic packaging
assets to global packaging giant Pactiv. In addition, recently
published results suggest that a degree...
Another packaging company, another set of disappointing financial
results. This time it's consumer packaging specialist Huhtamaki,
which has reported earnings before interest, tax and amortisation
(EBITA) of €34 million in the...
FMC FoodTech subsidiary Stein is launching the newest addition to
its line of XL Series Breading Applicators today at the AMI
International Meat, Poultry & Seafood Convention and
Exposition. The event, part of Worldwide Food Expo...
