UK
Tackling UK’s £5bn food waste problem
Neighbourly Food, a new service designed to fix the logistical problem of re-distributing surplus food, especially local fresh food, has been launched in the UK by neighbourly.com.
Spirit of Christmas
This year’s final issue of Food & Drink Technology has gone to press, so I can wholeheartedly turn my thoughts to Christmas now.
Round-Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of processing 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.
Infant formula ingredient
As a result of Fonterra’s new partnership with UK company Dairy Crest, speciality paediatric ingredient NZMP Galacto-Oligosaccharides (GOS) is now available to food manufacturers globally.
Flexible labelling inspection
Learn more about the advantages of adopting vision inspection solutions by requesting Mettler Toledo’s Datasheet V6300 Series – Flexible Vision Inspection System. The V6300 is a multi camera system which can perform numerous inspections to provide comprehensive quality assurance. This includes the positioning and readability of 1D and 2D codes and alpha numeric text or […]
Maximising efficiency key theme of Ishida snacks open house
The snacks industry remains extremely buoyant. According to the Snack, Nut and Crisp Manufacturers Association, in the UK alone the savoury snacks industry was estimated to be worth £3,229 million in 2013.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging
Superseed smoothie range
4SOME Health has launched a range of superseed smoothies in the UK.
Herbs and spices
An expanded range of herbs and spices is now available from frozen fruit and vegetable specialist Ardo UK.
Feeling festive
The decorations are up, I have baked my first batch of mince pies and I spent the weekend wrapping presents – I am thoroughly in the mood for Christmas.
Ian Wright awarded accolade
Ian Wright CBE, director general of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), has received an award for his outstanding contribution to public affairs.
Hot summer benefits beverage market
Quarter three has seen a more upbeat performance in European commercial beverage consumption despite Russia’s deepening recession, says a report from Canadean.
BOC/Cargill CO2 purification plant
BOC is to build its first UK carbon dioxide (CO2) purification plant, following the signing of an agreement with food company Cargill for the provision of raw CO2 feedstock.
Business news, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
ROUND-UP: Processing
Here is your weekly round-up of processing news. Next week’s round-up will focus on Shelf Life news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com.
British economy would benefit from robotics investment
New research from Barclays finds that, over the next decade, investing an additional £1.2 billion into manufacturing processes in order to increase robotics and automation could add as much as £60.5 billion to the UK economy.