New products
Packaging equipment specialist receives award
Ishida Europe has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in acknowledgement of its business success. The company has received its award for International Trade. Ishida Europe has been recognised for increasing exports as a percentage of total turnover from 65% to 76%. To deliver this growth, Ishida has implemented a strategy that has facilitated increased […]
SternEnzym launches enzyme complexes for sugar production
SternEnzym, an enzyme design company, is launching a range of multi-enzyme complexes for the sugar industry. The new enzymes were developed specifically for the production of granulated and raw sugar from beet and cane. With dextranase and amylase, Sugazym facilitates the processing of raw materials containing starch and dextrans and increases the sugar yield. Dextrans […]
Conveyor for sticky sweets
Packaging solutions specialist, tna, is launching its new tna roflo VM 3 high throw vibratory conveyor. The high throw design achieves the gentle transfer of sticky confectionery and difficult products through increased vertical motion to improve product throughput and line efficiency. The latest incarnation of the tna roflo VM 3 overcomes the specific challenges of […]
Sunny D launches Sour Cherry Twist flavour
Sunny D, a kids’ juice drinks brand from Refresco Gerber, is launching a new Sour Cherry Twist flavour aimed at the family market. The tangy Sour Cherry Twist flavour came out top in taste trials carried out among 200 consumers as part of the brand’s new product development process. The new Sunny D Sour Cherry […]
Bavaria extends its range of low and no-alcohol beers
Bavaria has added 0.0% Fruit Rosé and 0.0% Radler Lemon to its range of low and no-alcohol beers. 0.0% Fruit Rosé is something a little different for the UK market. It’s a non-alcoholic beer that combines natural red fruits with tones of raspberries and cherries, to the dry edge of malt. Bavaria 0.0% Radler Lemon, […]
Blendhub starts up a new production centre in Spain
Blendhub, marketer of portable plants for blending powdered ingredients, has launched a new production centre in Murcia, Spain. These facilities have recently been certified by health authorities and are already producing for the company Premium Ingredients, which adds the “Portable Powder Blending” factory to the production centres it has in Spain and in India. These […]
Mariani Packing celebrates success
Mariani Packing, an independently-owned producer and packer of dried fruit, is celebrating the first anniversary of its European warehouse overseen by Mariani Europe. Mariani claims that its success in Europe in recent months is due to its continued focus on expanding service to these markets. A partnership with VAT Logistics, a warehousing facility in Rotterdam, […]
Fighting against food fraud
Eric Jamin from Eurofins Analytics looks as the testing tools available to the food industry for verifying the origin and validity of a product or component as well as emerging methods in this sector.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Wild’s new concepts for beer mixes and malt beverages
‘Lime-Guaraná-Açai’ is a new beer-mix concept developed by ingredient specialist, Wild, containing lime juice and guaraná extract. Wild hopes to forge a link between beer mixes and energy drinks and enable breweries and beverage manufacturers the opportunity to tap into both of these markets. “Currently innovative flavors are especially in demand with beer mixes. Options […]
Pork Farms re-launches brand
Pork Farms is to re-launch its range of branded chilled savoury foods, which includes cold pies, slices, sausage rolls and Scotch eggs. The packaging will, for the first time, highlight that Pork Farms products contain 100% British meat and are colour coordinated by variant and flavour. Each SKU in the range carries its own Union […]
Bactest launches new range of products to identify food contamination
UK-based Bactest is launching a panel of aerobic media products to identify contamination in food. The new products will selectively identify contamination caused by Staphyloccocus, Salmonella, Listeria, and Yeasts. These four new products join the company’s existing media products for E. coli, Coliforms, Pseudomonas and Enterococci. Bactest CEO Prof. Annie Brooking says, “These new products […]
Campden BRI unlocks four times the flavour from truffles
Research company Campden BRI has developed a method for Black Moth to boost the flavour extracted from European Périgord truffles – the key ingredient in the brand’s truffle vodka. Due to both their elusive nature and flavour, truffles are among the world’s most prized culinary delicacies. Black Moth only uses the most expensive winter truffles […]
Minimum-quantity lubrication is key to efficient production
New high-quality lubricating oil for plastic conveyors in the beverage and dairy industries helps to make production more reliable and safer. Plastic conveyor lubrication in the food industry is subject to challenging requirements: to reduce wear and friction, minimise operating costs and, most importantly, ensure consumer protection through food safety measures. With the new product […]
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New head of brewing services at Campden BRI
Leading food and drink research company Campden BRI has appointed Chris Smart to lead its Brewing Services department. Chris will be responsible for driving the development of Campden BRI services in operational support for the alcoholic beverages industry. In his new position, Chris will manage the sensory, microbiology, environmental and new product development teams at […]