Competing with PepsiCo: How to be a top 10 snack player
PepsiCo holds six slots in the top 10 global snack brands and fighting for a space is a huge challenge for other snack makers but not impossible, an analyst says.
Archives for November 20, 2013
Special edition: Super grains!
Chia and quinoa lead the field - by miles - when it comes to product launches with ancient grains and seeds, says Datamonitor
The percentage of new US food product launches featuring ancient grains or seeds has almost tripled since 2008, according to Datamonitor. But the bulk of activity is focused around just two ingredients: Chia and quinoa.
Live from FiE
Who won what at this year’s FiE awards?
Roquette, Novozymes and Chr. Hansen were among the winners announced at last night’s Europe Excellence Awards ceremony at the industry event FiE, we take you through who else won what at the show.
HayssenSandiacre gets a slice of the Cranswick pie
Cranswick has installed two HayssenSandiacre’s Merlin HSE flow wrappers for its business division supplying beef, chicken and pork to Yorkshire Baker.
EXCLUSIVE FROM ISHIDA EUROPE HQ WITH VIDEO
Making heat with sound: Ishida takes ultrasonic sealing to snack packs
Ishida Europe has developed a new snack pack sealing system that uses ultrasonic technology – enabling manufacturers to make drastic film savings.
Food conveyor belt is cutting ‘Edge’
Cambridge Engineered Solutions, a division of Cambridge International, has launched Duraflex Edge, the next generation of open metal conveyor belting for poultry and food manufacturers.
PMMI taps into $108bn private-label market
PMMI: The Association for Packaging and Processing Technology has launched content geared toward the private-label business at an upcoming conference.
Food-safe packaging adhesives on the rise
‘Time and time again we hear reports about ingredients used in packaging materials migrate into the comestible contents. Frequent causes include printing inks on labels or the use of contaminated waste paper.