Business news
Continued growth for frozen market
The retail frozen food market has continued to grow by 0.4% year on year to nearly £5.8 billion, reports Kantar Worldpanel.
Scrutinising sugar
At last month’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards, Ian Wright, director general at FDF, warned attendees, “There is a debate about to ensue, perhaps already started, on the place of individual parts of the industry… It is a reasonable debate, it is an important debate, and it could be an absolutely crucial debate in terms of our commercial future.”
Environmentally friendly inkjet printer
Allen Coding announced the addition of Hitachi’s new UX inkjet printer series to its growing portfolio of marking and coding equipment at the PPMA show.
Ulma comes to aid of potato grower
When its previous supplier let it down, potato grower The Jersey Royal Company turned to Ulma Packaging to deliver the equipment it needed to help launch the Channel Island company’s new product of jacket potatoes into a major high street store.
Food crime unit established in Scotland
A new Scottish Food Crime and Incident Unit (SFCIU) is to be set up by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) to tackle food fraud.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Taskforce help Young’s unemployed
The Scottish government convenes a task force to support workers and communities affected by Young’s Seafood decision to reduce its operations at Fraserburgh.
Horsing around
Earlier this month I visited Doncaster Racecourse. Whilst I wasn’t there to watch any races, horses were certainly on the agenda – it was Highfield ABC’s Fighting Food Fraud event and, of course, ‘horsegate’ was one of the buzzwords of the day.
ROUND-UP: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news, next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com.
Opportunity for sugar reduced dairy
Just over a third of consumers in the US, China, Brazil, Spain and Germany have increased their consumption of sugared dairy products over the last three years, reports DSM.
That’s a WRAP
After attending the iba show in Munich, Germany, I spent the remainder of last week touring the UK.
Business news, Food safety, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Protein product boom
Protein content is fast becoming one of the key areas of activity in new product development in the food and drinks industry.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging
Cider with fruit and floral flavours
Sheppy’s introduced its new Cider with Blackberry & Elderflower to attendees at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair.
FDF award winners revealed
Last night, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards recognised outstanding individuals, ambitious initiatives and growing food and drink businesses for their contribution to the economy, community and environment.
Awards recognise industry’s best
Tonight’s (7 September) Food and Drink Federation Awards 2015 will celebrate food and drink businesses across the UK supply chain.