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Chilled coffee market gathers NPD momentum
Ready to drink (RTD) or iced coffee has been seeing a period of strong product and market activity in recent years. It remains one of the smallest sectors of the soft drinks market in terms of new product activity, accounting for just over 4.2% of global launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in the 12 […]
£530,000 funding for Moo Free
UK-based Moo Free Limited is to invest in new machinery and increase staff by 20% following £530,000 in funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.
Blendhub Corp. opens facilities to others
The Formulation Excellence Center of Blendhub Corp has expanded its services by opening its facilities in Spain, India and Mexico for the use of other food enterprises for the development of their products. The new corporation, which includes the companies Premium Ingredients and Portable Powder Blending, is promoting a new business model based on transparency, […]
Chr. Hansen launches range of Viniflora products
Chr Hansen is launching new range of Viniflora products for red wine producers reversing the classical scheme of fermentation management in wines. Production of red wine requires alcoholic fermentation where yeasts transform sugars into ethanol and some flavours. This is traditionally followed by the malolactic fermentation where lactic acid bacteria transform malic acid into lactic […]
Changing drinks habits across Europe
The latest report from market and shopper intelligence firm IRI reveals that changing drinking habits across Europe affected sales of drinks, including mineral water, last year. According to IRI’s Pulse Drinks Report (Q4 2013), total sales for non-alcoholic drinks across Europe was €43.6 million, a drop of 0.4%, with only the UK and France seeing […]
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 […]
Growth strategies for Spanish wine
An improvement in the Spanish wine industry’s productive structure and orientation to the international market is necessary for the country to remain globally competitive according to a recent report from Rabobank – La Mancha in the Middle. Recent EU support programmes have improved the efficiency in Spanish wine production, but oversupply remains an issue. There […]
Wild expands facilities in Germany and Spain
Wild, a manufacturer of natural ingredients for the food and beverage industries, is expanding its facilities in Berlin, Germany and Valencia, Spain. Last year the company purchased land from the real estate company Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin totaling around 6,500 square meters. The area is located on the Spree river and is directly opposite the company grounds. […]
Smurfit Kappa launches new Safe Curve bags
Smurfit Kappa Bag-In-Box has launched a new type of seal on its wine application bags. In addition to the usual seals, eight supplementary radial seals (two in each of the four corners), help to protect the wine inside. This new triple protection system is called Safe Curve and is possible thanks to new tools that […]
Rabobank report highlights wine optimism
According to Rabobank’s fourth quarter wine quarterly, the UK’s improving economic fundamentals, combined with a recovery in the global harvest, should provide some relief in 2014. “Improving economic fundamentals should begin to provide more support to wine consumption,” comments Rabobank analyst Marc Soccio. “However, old pressures remain as suppliers continue to deal with rising excise […]
GEA merger
Spanish companies GEA Ibérica SA and GEA Caldemón SA have merged under the new name GEA Heat Exchangers SA. Based in Igorre, Spain, the company will continue to serve the customers of the two subsidiaries with heat exchanger systems and solutions as before. The sales structure also remains unchanged. The merger of the two subsidiaries […]
Is it what is says on the tin?
Ahead of the EU Food Information Regulation that comes into effect in December 2014, Clare Wood, owner and founder of Technical Expectations and a member of IFST’s Food Law Group, explains exactly what content labels will require
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Well read, well fed and well travelled
Master of Wine Justin Knock, winemaking consultant at bottling firm Cobevco, reveals a thirst for adventure and grape escapes
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 […]