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Cargill buys Fugeia dietary fibre technology
Cargill’s starches and sweeteners business has revealed that it has bought the technology for the extraction and purification of the dietary fibre and antioxidant source of wheat bran from health and nutrition firm Fugeia. The acquisition is, says Cargill, a natural extension of its starches and sweeteners’ strategy to ‘continuously explore new markets and technologies […]
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IFST backs search for teen scientists
The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) and Heinz have announced that they are to sponsor the TeenTech ‘Future of Food’ award later this year. TeenTech, headed by former UK television presenter Maggie Philbin, was founded in 2008 to engage UK secondary school students with STEM subjects and inspire them with the opportunities open […]
Coca-Cola Company reveals strong global growth
The Coca-Cola Company has this week reported full-year results revealing four per cent global volume growth, with the Coca-Cola brand growing three per cent. “We are pleased with the results,” says Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola company. “In a year marked by continued uncertainty in the global economy, we delivered solid volume, […]
Dalehead investment to bring home the bacon
Dalehead Foods has unveiled its refurbished abattoir and production facility in Spalding, UK. The multi-million pound project, part funded by Defra, the EU and in partnership with East Midlands Pork Producers, is the culmination of 18 months’ work. “The refurbishment of our Spalding facility reaffirms Dalehead Foods’ commitment to invest in the British pork industry. […]
Tate & Lyle bid to make ideas easy
Food and beverage ingredients firm Tate & Lyle has launched a new web portal to make it easier for potential partners to submit ideas. The new portal, at www.tateandlyleopeninnovation.com, is designed to encourage universities, start-ups and companies specialising in food science to submit proposals aligned with Tate & Lyle’s innovation priorities of sweeteners, texturants and […]
Extended deadline for carbon reduction awards
The deadline for entries to the Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS) awards has been extended to 22 February. The awards, which were launched in September, will be presented in May. Developed to celebrate the efforts of green leaders in the freight industry, the awards will recognise the efforts of individual LCRS members to reduce their […]
Warm reception for pioneering refrigeration technology
A world-first in refrigeration technology, which harnesses the latest generation of low global warming HFO refrigerants in a Waitrose branch in London, has won a national award for the supermarket and its project partners, Klima-Therm, Frascold and Geoclima. The project, at Waitrose Bromley, secured the retailer the End User of the Year Award in the […]
Campden and IFST launch student food innovation awards
Campden BRI and the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST), is boasting a UK industry first with the launch of ‘Ecotrophelia Europe’ – a Europe-wide food innovation competition promoting innovation, creativity and sustainability to students pursuing a career in the food sector. Backed by the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship and […]
Food firms urged to work together for slice of government cash
The opportunity for food businesses to make a united bid for a slice of a new £150 million (€184m) government training handout represents a defining moment for the sector, according to Justine Fosh, chief executive of the National Skills Academy for Food & Drink. Competition from other industries for the cash, including retail, will no […]
Prestigious green award for Continuum Recycling
Continuum Recycling – ECO Plastics’ joint venture with Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) – has been recognised at the Green Business Awards 2012. Sam Richardson, representing ECO Plastics, and CCE’s Patrick McGuirk accepted the Partnership Award given in recognition of Continuum’s impact on the domestic recycling sector, as well as for the partnership’s ongoing engagement with supply […]
Ireland drives industry sustainability
The Irish Food Board (Bord Bia) has launched a new sustainability development programme for the country’s food and drink industry. Known as Origin Green, the project is designed to help Ireland become a world leader in quality, sustainably produced food and drink. “Global population is set to increase by more than two billion by 2050 […]
Sizzlin’ success for Snowbird
For the second year in succession, Snowbird foods has struck gold with its sausages. Entering cooked and frozen sausages in the British Pig Executive competition for the best of British sausage, Snowbird won gold in the class for traditional pork sausages with its innovative Lincolnshire sausage. The same sausage struck silver in the classes for […]
Coca-Cola fizzing with pride
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) and Coca-Cola Great Britain (CCGB) both received accolades at the recent Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Community Partnership Awards in London. CCE was presented with the top award in the Environmental Leadership category for its initiative to ‘Reduce the carbon footprint of the drink in your hand by a third by 2020’. […]
Tasty scheme to attract new industry talent
The National Skills Academy for Food & Drink has named the first firms to step forward to support a groundbreaking new recruitment initiative designed to help food and drink manufacturing firms attract more local employees, and get more young people into the industry. Meat producer McIntosh Donald, Scottish beef processing company AK Stoddart and chilled […]