News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
German confectionery and bakery producers have strongly criticised the current EU system designed to keep sugar prices artificially high, arguing that it makes European companies uncompetitive when it comes to exports.
Recent food & drink highlights from Mintel's gnpd (Global New ProductsDatabase) include a number of innovative new snack products.
Sidel will be featuring its latest technological innovations in the blow moulding sector, which will include the Actis treated PET beer bottle for the German market, as well as highlighting its expanded international presence at the forthcoming BRAU...
The Linde Gas division of Germany's Linde Group introduced a number of new products at the InterCool show in Duesseldorf, Germany, this week. Among the products on display were the LIX-shooter and Droplet systems, designed to help cool foods quickly...
Tetra Top, a packaging system provider within the Tetra Pak group, has recently launched the Carton Bottle - a new packaging concept that is said to be neither a carton packaging nor a plastic bottle.
The president of Millers International Union has responded to reports that rising labour costs were the root cause of Interstate Bakeries' decision to "rationalise its operations".
Maximum quality and minimum acrylamide content were on the agenda for a recent link-up between Swiss food scientists. The results of their quest? The optimum conditions are now defined.
The UK's Food Standards Agency has published details of an investigation and audit, carried out by UK scientists which shows discrepancies in current testing methods for shellfish toxins.
Schaaf, the German-based food extrusion systems provider, will be featuring a selection of its latest technologies at the forthcoming Anuga exhibition.