News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
A leading consultancy argues that if companies install cross-functional planning across their operation and rationalise their supplier base, they can make savings of 30 per cent on procurement operations, achieve 60 per cent higher return on...
Intralox claims that its new 7.5" Sideflexing Flat Top belt should allow manufacturers to carry out retrofits of high-maintenance steel chains and fragile plastics chains on curved conveyors much more easily.
Manufacturing output growth in the UK slowed in the three months to July, but the overall position continues to improve in most regions according to the latest Regional Trends Survey published this week by the CBI and Experian.
The market for fats and spreads in Asia Pacific is evolving rapidly, with increasing numbers of launches concentrating on the low fat and fortified products. The latest look at the Mintel databases also reveals that dairy and vegetable fat combinations...
The complex issue of carbohydrate labelling fired up by the low-carb trend will move up a gear next month when the FDA is expected to release proposed rules on how information about carbohydrates should appear on the nutrition facts panel of food...