DuPont tackles global food shortage on micro level
DuPont’s bakery team is focused on tackling waste by improving shelf life and processing, as part of a broader vision to manage an imminent global food shortage, it says.
Archives for November 12, 2013
Annies' $6 million plant acquisition will drive growth in all-important snack category, CEO says
Annies Inc. has announced the $6 million acquisition of a cracker and cookie plant in Joplin, MO that will more than triple the company’s volume in the important snacks segment.
It’s jerky Jim, but not as we know it… How KRAVE Jerky reinvented the meat snacks category
Looking for a healthy snack that is low in fat and calories, high in protein and a bit more tantalizing for the taste buds than your average nutrition bar? Try jerky, says the entrepreneur behind one of the most successful recent entrants to the US food...
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Infor freshens up Fresh Food Planner
Infor has tweaked its M3 enterprise resource planning software with a module that optimizes production and delivery of fresh food products
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Videojet tackles tough processing environments
Because food processing environments can be tough, they need equipment up and down the line to stand up to the harsh conditions.
Inventure Foods wraps up frozen food firm acquisition
Specialty processor Inventure Foods has completed acquisition of a frozen vegetable supplier.
Crown Food Europe partners with Bonduelle Group
Crown Food Europe, a business unit of Crown Holdings, has partnered with the Bonduelle Group, canned vegetables, to install a metal packaging production line at the company’s Novotitarovskaia plant in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
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Pinhole detection vital to protect packaging barrier
Pinhole detection in metallising is crucial in flexible food packaging where defects can affect the barrier performance of packaging structure and jeopardize the associated shelf life, said Bobst.
Packaging tells smartphone when fish has gone off
PhD candidate Jenneke Heising is working on packaging with a built-in nose that can tell a smartphone how fresh fish is, before consumers buy it.
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Regional differences: What have you got in your lunchbox?
Across most countries, sandwiches and fruit are popular in children's lunchboxes while the inclusion of chips, yoghurt and cheese snacks varies considerably across regions, according to a consumer report by the Irish Food Board.
Kellogg in trouble over "distasteful tweet"
Kellogg has issued an apology for a “distasteful tweet” in which it promised to donate one breakfast to a vulnerable child for each retweet.