May 2014

• Product Focus: Organic and Fair Trade
• Ingredients: Sweeteners, Allergens
• Packaging: Liquid filling
• Processing: Mixing and blending, Dairy processing

April 2014

• Product Focus: Frozen Foods
• Ingredients: Gelatin and gums
• Packaging: Conveying and Handling, Interpack
• Processing: Water and Waste Management
• Show Coverage: Vitafoods, Interpack

March 2014

• Fighting agaisnt food fraud
• Aroma study of potable spirits
• Complying with new food allergen labelling
• Hygienic eco-design

February 2014

Regulars:

• News and Views
• Equipment
• Ingredients

Features:

• Seven trends in contemporary baking
• A natural outcome
• Optimising performance

December/January 2014

Regulars:

• In my view: Tony Hines
• Ratty’s Reflections
• In my view: Terry Jones

Features:

• Recipe formulation
• Frozen pizzas come clean
• Mature tastes for cheddar

November 2013

Regulars:

• News and Views
• Euro News
• Ingredients

Features:

• A Clean Slate
• Explosive Matters
• All Aboard the Wine Train!

October 2013

• The organic movement
• Robots come of age
• Ingredients matter
• Counting on sustainability
• Protecting precious cargo

September 2013

• Farm gate to plate
• Naturalness rules
• Appearance matters
• A crisp finish
• The rise of gelatine

July / August 2013

• The practical aspects of sustainability
• Food grade lubricants
• Compelling cartonboard
• Pack Expo heats up Vegas

June 2013

• Zooming in on potential problems
• Soft drinks
• ‘Don’t get floored by flooring’
• Learning to build a sustainable future
• Science matters

May 2013

• Healthy solutions
• Bowing to beer pressure
• Emulsional intelligence
• Notebook innovation

April 2013

• Plasma brings preservation progress
• Labelling the future
• Vitafoods Europe turns sweet sixteen
• Making the most of meat

March 2013

• Meat & poultry
• Process technology
• Scale-up
• Equipment news
• Wastewater management
  

February 2013

• Factory facts
• Industry thirst for new ideas
• Factory maintenance
• Leaders of the pack

December 2012/January 2013

• Chain reaction
• A taste for clean label
• The automatic choice
• Cold storage

November 2012

• The sweetest feeling
  The secret of successful reformulation
• Top of the crops
  Future sustainability of pesticides
• A taste for trouble
  Taints – and what can be done about them

October 2012

• A thirst for success
  RC Cola’s 107-year legacy and its plans for the future
• Play it safe
  Managing food chain hazards
• Compliance with a competitive edge
  The future of detection revealed

September 2012

• Technological advances bear fruit
  Behind the scenes at a top European supplier of processed fruit.
• Right up your street?
  Sarah Pearson, from Synergy, explores the street food trend and its implications for manufacturers.
• Don’t get left on the shelf
  Dr Gail Betts, of Campden BRI, examines how best to ensure product safety and stability.
• Scrapping the small print
  Lorraine Eve reveals how the EU regulation on the provision of food information to consumers will affect the industry.
• Hygiene
  To help food and drink processors meet hygiene requirements, Arco has compiled a step-by-step guide.
• Fishing out PCB screening solution
  Kenneth Lynam and Doris Smith, of Agilent Technologies, explore an alternative approach to gas and mass spectrometry.
• Chilling out
  Kaarin Goodburn, of the Chillled Food Association, looks back at the first 12 months of its bid to create food scientists of the future.
• Science matters
  The IFST analyses acrylamide
• Innovations in ingredients
  Leatherhood Food Research’s latest conference.

July/August 2012

• Ratty’s reflections
  Industry stalwart Richard Ratcliffe gets misty-eyed at the prospect of a prawn cocktail and Party Seven…
• ’20-mile trek is an Olympic challenge’
  Joy Thomas of Cornelius Group explores the range of sports nutrition products on offer to aid her charity efforts.
• A thirst for new ideas
  Mike Fairley looks at the latest technologies for beverages
• A paradigm of innovation
  Steve Osborn looks at the sweet success of confectioners through the years.
• Taken on trust
  Analytical results from the basis of major operational and commercial decisions, But how can you be sure of their accuracy?
• Ahead of the pack
  This year’s PPMA will focus automation, innovation, efficiency and technology.
• The drive to thrive
  In tough economic times, NPD is vital. So, too, is an in-depth knowledge of key drivers for consumers.
• Pesticide poser for spinach
  Limian Zhao and Joan Stevens of Agilent Technologies talk toluene…
• Science matters
  The IFST looks at the hazards of chemical contamination.

June 2012

• A taste for technology
  From humble beginnings, Sensient Technologies has become a flavour and ingredients phenomenon. Here, CEO Kenneth Manning reveals the secrets the secrets of the company’s rise to success.
• New nuggets of knowledge
  Low fat, deep frozen snacks with a coating that stays crispy when microwaved may sound like an impossibility. But the first products boasting such a claim are about to hit the market…
• Keeping the wheels of industry well oiled
  Gearing up for the right lubricants is not always a smooth process says John Sander, vice-president of Lubrication Engineers.
• Breath of fresh fare
  When it comes to fresh produce, the right equipment is key to unlocking market share, says Robert van Mol, product manager at Bosch Packaging Technology.
• Getting your fats straight
  When it comes to calculating meat fat content, the need for accuracy has never been more critical.
• Big benefits of biomass
  Andrew Lyle, managing director of Locogen, explains why biomass heating systems are particularly suitable for food and drink manufacture.
• Science Matters
  The IFST looks at genetic modification.