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New look for syrups
French-based syrup processor Borde is updating its range of red fruits with new multilayer packaging from RPC Containers Corby. All eight varieties – raspberries, blueberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, cranberries, redcurrants, red fruits and cherries – are being packed in RPC’s one litre Classic jars with new labels that make the fruit the focal point. The attractive […]
Stabilisers for chocolate milk
Premium Ingredients is presenting two new stabilisers for chocolate milk: Premigum XLB-13059 and Premitex XLB-14022. Premigum XLB-13059 allows for an important cost saving by reducing milk powder content and is specially designed for recombined UHT chocolate milk applications. It also allows for an improved mouth feel and creamy texture. This stabiliser guarantees an efficient suspension […]
Pastes and seasonings
Synergy has launched a new range of cuisine pastes and seasoning blends to deliver high impact flavour in breads. With speciality bread becoming ever more popular among consumers, Synergy’s pastes and seasonings give manufacturers the flexibility to create bespoke profiles or deliver traditional favourites in items such as wraps, baguettes, flatbread, twists and naan. The […]
Rainbow range
Ingredients specialist Wild has expanded its range of colours and now offers a prism of intense shades: the Rainbow Range of concentrates and extracts is available in six colours.
Demand for artificial ingredient-free yogurt
DSM has published a Global Insight paper, stating that consumers demand dairy products such as yogurt prepared with simple and familiar ingredients. Based on a survey, carried out in countries as varied as China, US, Brazil and Turkey, the results reveal that consumers are actively looking for these ‘clean label’ products made with fewer, more […]
Industry-wide food waste campaign
A new initiative called Working on Waste has been launched, aiming to bring together food and grocery companies throughout October in a coordinated bid to help their employees reduce household food waste. Spearheaded by food and grocery research and training charity IGD, the campaign will use the scale of the industry collectively to talk directly […]
IFT and Tate & Lyle launch competition
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and Tate & Lyle Food Systems has announced a new student competition that will foster student innovation and scientific exploration of global food science issues. This new partnership focuses on the need for talented food scientists to meet future global demands for safe, nutritious and affordable food. “This generation […]
Tea deal
First Great Western and Tregothnan have announced a new partnership that will see one million bags of Cornwall’s Tregothnan tea brewed on First Great Western services in the UK over the next year. The deal will see the rail company become one of the plantation’s largest customers. By choosing the British-grown, blended and packed tea, […]
FIC: printers be wary
With the recent comment by GS1 that the “larger brands are making considerably more progress towards compliance of the new food labelling regulations than the smaller brands”, the prospect of possible bottlenecks at some printers toward the end of the year could soon be a very dire reality, according to CS Labels. Labelling rules in […]
Government backs food and drink initiative
The UK government has announced support for a new partnership between employers and trade bodies to develop food and drink manufacturing skills in England. The new Industry Skills Partnership will bring together organisations from across the food and drink sector in a drive to boost skills and improve the quality and relevance of training. The […]
Princes aims to increase canned fish consumption
Princes is launching a new on-pack promotion in the UK aimed at increasing consumption of canned fish by demonstrating its simplicity and versatility. Favourite Fish Dish, which will feature on two million tuna four-packs, is a new recipe-inspired promotion that offers shoppers the chance to receive £5,000 in return for sharing their favourite canned fish […]
A crafty approach to private label alcohol
Opportunistic retailers are striving to add credibility to private label (PL) alcohol by pushing the boundaries of quality, value, and consumer expectations. This is timely news given Datamonitor Consumer’s recent research showing that this sector has the lowest level of consumer sentiment in the FMCG space. Only a third of consumers say that PL alcoholic […]
New course will fuel the food economy
The food and drink manufacturing industry has welcomed the first entrants onto the country’s first ever MEng Food Engineering degree programme, offered by Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. The four-year master’s level course which began Monday 29 September has been developed for the industry by the industry and will create a pool of specialist […]
New cultures keep mild products fresh
DuPont has unveiled an expanded lineup of the Holdbac Protective cultures range to target contamination in the mild acidic environments of cheese and fresh yogurt manufacture while maintaining flavour. Holdbac YM-XP Protective cultures are designed to provide optimum protection against yeast and mould, specifically in the mild acidic pH conditions typical in cheese and mild yogurt. […]