Food safety
Tate & Lyle ingredient shortlisted for Gulfood awards
Tate & Lyle has announced its Promitor Soluble Fibre is shortlisted in the Gulfood Manufacturing Industry Excellence Awards.
Surge in UK vegan products
The share of meat-free new products carrying a vegan/no animal ingredients claim nearly doubled in 2014-17, according to recent research by Mintel.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
Crown explore food packaging trends
Crown Food Europe has partnered with design and research agency, Kinneir Dufort, in an effort to understand consumer perceptions of food packaging formats and their behavior when shopping.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Sustainability
Cavendish Farms install Tomra eco steam peeler
Cavendish Farms is equipping its new, state-of-the-art production facility in Lethbridge, Alberta with Tomra’s eco steam peelers.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Round up: Shelf Life
Here is your weekly round-up of shelf life news.
Study finds microplastics in humans
A study has found that microplastics are now appearing in the digestive systems of humans, and suggests they may be widespread throughout the food chain.
Let us eat cake
News this week is that France has adopted a bill declaring the use of titanium dioxide as a food colouring has been suspended.
SIG expands partnership with Nestlé to Brazil
SIG has recently expanded its long term global partnership with Nestlé to Brazil.
Business news, Food safety, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Jupiter Group named UK’s best fresh produce company
A family-run Shropshire firm has been named as the best in its field in the UK at the Food & Drink Awards.
First vegan granola from Rude Health
Rude Health has added its first vegan granola to its range.
Round Up: Processing
Here is your weekly round-up of Processing news.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Processing
Flour power
This week it’s been announced that all flour is to be fortified with folic acid, after ministers acted on the advice of medical experts, who say mandatory fortification will reduce the number of babies born in the UK with serious birth defects.
Review of UK meat processing plants reveals need for improvement
The UK’s two food regulators – the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland – have published a draft review launched in the wake of a number of high profile non-compliance issues identified at meat cutting plants.
Campden going crackers over new project
Campden BRI is calling for companies to join a new research project to better understand what causes ‘checking’ in biscuits and crackers.