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Fun and function
The latest issue of Food & Drink Technology should be with you by now, the front cover of which serves as an indication of not one, but two themes in the issue: beverages and functional ingredients. The October issue got me thinking about sports nutrition; it is true that such products have become more widely […]
All packaging should be recyclable, full stop
During the recent PPMA Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham, UK on 30 September-2 October, I chaired a lecture in the seminar programme entitled Adapt or Die: the evolution of consumer packaging. Presented by Kevin Vyse, packaging technologist at Marks & Spencer, the audience heard how, much like man has evolved over the years, […]
Machinery aplenty
Last week I travelled to Birmingham, UK to visit the PPMA Show, the UK’s largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition. Taking place 30 September-2 October at the NEC and promising more than 300 exhibitors and in excess of 8,000 visitors, I was in for a busy few days! The latest technology – from machinery, industrial […]
Show up or miss out
When I joined Food & Drink Technology back in July, I wrote in my first blog that I was pleased to be joining just ahead of ‘show season’ and looking forward to making contact with many of the magazine’s readers and contributors at the various exhibitions taking place before the end of the year. As […]
A week in the life of an editor
I had a busy few days last week – I visited Cornelius, Leatherhead Food Research and Marketing Sciences; attended the FDF Awards in London; and had the opportunity to test my sensory acuity.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
Safe and sound
The September issue of Food & Drink Technology is due to hit desks this week and as we have super-sized the issue this month, I apologise if it makes a dent in your desk when it lands! The first of some major shows coming up throughout autumn are upon us, so we’ve included comprehensive previews […]
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Adapt or die
As part of the PPMA Seminar Programme 2014, on Wednesday 1st October from 12pm-12.45pm, I will be chairing a session entitled Adapt or Die – The evolution of consumer packaging. Presented by Kevin Vyse, packaging technologist at M&S Food Group, the session will ask the question: Do any of us really know how environmental concerns […]
Sense and sensibility
I have just received an invitation to tour a sensory testing lab next month and I am looking forward to it already – I will learn if I have the sensory acuity to be a sensory taste panelist.
From horsegate to chickengate
Shortly after the FSA confirmed that no horsemeat has been found in latest testing it released news that more than half of shop-bought chickens are contaminated with campylobacter.
Anyone for cricket?
Having spent the last couple of weeks getting to grips with my new role, this week I visited Leatherhead Food Research in Surrey to tour the facilities and find out what the company has been up to recently. Whilst there I was asked, “How would you feel about drinking a cricket smoothie?” Being new to […]
A welcome message
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new editor of Food & Drink Technology and to thank my predecessor Katrine Callander for imparting her knowledge of the sector upon me. I have just finished working on summer’s bumper issue covering both July and August. In the issue, we continue the […]
Pick of the crop
Summer has arrived, along with the nice, fresh-looking pineapple cover of this month. Our product focus on fruit and vegetables peels the layers off the different aspects of this sector. I’ve looked at handling, processing, logistics and new products so you get a good overview of new developments across the line. In terms of overviews, […]
The ‘Pack’ is back
I hope you have packed the comfortable shoes. If you have entered the industry within the last three years and have yet to experience an Interpack tradeshow, you will not quite be prepared for the vastness of it compared to other trade shows. The 2011 event had 2,700 exhibitors from 59 countries and 165,000 visitors […]
An under-current of connections
When I started compiling this issue of Food and Drink Technology, I naturally looked at the individually scheduled features. The aim it to provide you, across the year, with a wide range of topics that highlights the many segments relevant to the food and drink industries. Apart from this relevance, they are not directly linked. […]