environment
Muntons celebrates energy management accolade
Malt and malted ingredients manufacturer Muntons has become the first maltster in the world to gain the ISO50001 standard for Energy Management.
Industry bosses’ optimism on the up
For the first time since the Food and Drink Federation’s (FDF) Business Confidence survey was launched in 2010, food and drink business leaders have reported positive levels of optimism for consecutive quarters. Despite continuing uncertainty in the UK economy, food and drink manufacturers’ business optimism has remained high in 2012, with 48 per cent of […]
Industry praised for environmental efforts
The food and drink industry has been praised this week for helping to cut the environmental costs of feeding Britain. Speaking during a visit to Coca-Cola’s factory in Wakefield, Chris Smith, chairman of the Environment Agency, praised efforts by food and drink manufacturers to cut their carbon footprint, reduce water consumption and slim down waste […]
Scrapping the small print
Lorraine Eve, head of regulatory affairs at Ashbury Labelling, examines how the EU regulation on the provision of food information to consumers will affect the industry.
Desto destined for success
A new ready meal packaging format is attracting interest from leading supermarkets, thanks to a unique design that offers greater convenience and has environmental credentials, says its UK manufacturer Intelligent Packaging Solutions. The firm has already landed a contract with Tesco for its Desto cup, which is to be used in the retailer’s Tesco’s Piing […]
Wine to be packed in cartons in UK for first time
The first wines to be packaged in cartons in the UK have been unveiled. Wine importer Raisin social is the first to take advantage of the partnership between Greencroft Bottling and Tetra Pak, and is working with two South African producers – Namaqua Wines and Du Toitskloof – to package their wines in Tetra Prism […]
AKP digs new potato facilities
State-of-the-art storage and grading facilities have been opened at UK potato processor AKP. The new facilities will, says the firm, enable it to meet increased demand for quality potatoes from customers including Morrisons, McCain and Linroyale. “We initially won funding towards the £2 million (€2.5m) storage facility from the Rural Development Programme for England back […]
Bombay Sapphire unveils plans for state-of-the-art distillery
Premium gin brand Bombay Sapphire has unveiled plans for a distillery in Laverstoke Mill, Hampshire. The site will be completely renovated from a derelict mill into a state-of-the-art premium gin distillery and visitor centre encompassing ‘the highest standards in design, functionality and sustainability’. It will be built on a two-hectare site near the grounds of […]
Recycling ‘second nature’ to 40% of UK adults
More than half (58%) of UK adults say they would be more likely to recycle their used food and drink cartons knowing that they would be recycled into other materials in the UK instead of being shipped abroad for recycling. The Tetra Pak research into consumer attitudes to recycling also found that recycling is now […]
Environmental award for frozen food firm Ardo
Slashing its carbon footprint and recycling waste water have helped earn Ardo UK a prestigious business award. The Kent-based frozen fruit and vegetable firm won the Business Commitment to the Environment category in the Kent Excellence in Business Awards. The judges said that Ardo UK had ‘set a benchmark for other manufacturers’ and had ‘made […]
‘Greenest ever’ refillable bottle
Plastics packaging firm Petainer has developed what it’s calling its ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle. The new bottle is manufactured using more than 25 per cent post-consumer ‘one-way’ recycled PET plastic but has the same performance characteristics as a refillable bottle made entirely from virgin material, according to Petainer. "This is a very exciting development,” says […]
Kemin gets cracking on new R&D facility
Functional ingredients firm Kemin Industries has started work on its new US-based research and development facility in Des Moines, Iowa. The new facility includes two general labs, six shared laboratories and three pilot laboratories, all of which will accommodate around 60 scientists. “If you want to know what inspires scientists and researchers to do their […]
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Research call on norovirus in foods
The UK Food Standards Agency is inviting tenders to carry out a systematic review on the survival of norovirus in foods and on food contact surfaces. Human enteric viruses are a major cause of infectious intestinal disease (IID) in the UK, and foodborne transmission is thought to be an important route of infection, says the […]
Top news for recycling
The Co-operative has reduced the tint in all of its own-brand plastic coloured milk bottle tops, to make it easier for them to be recycled into new bottles. The food retailer sells 202 million bottles of milk every year, and says that, previously, the amount of recycled plastic that could be used to make new […]