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Filling and packaging
Wine specialist South Wine Company (SWC) is expanding its range of packaging and is now making its Odyssey brand wines available on the Russian market in aseptic carton packs.
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.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Packaging sterilisation
Suitable for ESL > 60 days filling lines, Claranor equipment for the internal and external sterilisation of flat caps has been developed and implemented for the first time on a filling line of ESL fruit juices.
New seed blends
EHL Ingredients has launched a new range of seed blends to help food manufacturers create exciting new recipes and formulations for savoury biscuits and crackers.
Slime time
UK supplier of American snacks and confectionery Innovative Bites has signed a deal with Hostess to distribute its limited edition Twinkies Ghostbusters Key Lime Slime product in the lead up to the film’s UK release.
Contamination prevention
A new Bulk-Out Bulk Bag Discharging Station from Flexicon prevents cross contamination during material changeovers, while eliminating downtime associated with cleaning of hoppers.
Repeat order
Kliklok has won an order to supply two JR carton forming machines to Heilmann in Germany to erect tapered trays made from biodegradable and recycled board, packing fruit and vegetables.
Output doubled for SME
Ramona’s Kitchen, which produces 50 tonnes of Mediterranean inspired food a month, has doubled its capacity since semi-automating its production facility with Endoline Machinery.
March 2016
Product Focus: Alcoholic beverages Ingredients: Beverage ingredients Processing: Lubricants & machinery maintenance Packaging: Metal packaging Show Coverage: Euro CanTech (4-6 April); Foodex (18-20 April)
Pomegranate compound
Dawn Foods has introduced a new, all natural flavour Pomegranate Compound to its range.
Digital printing introduction
DataLase’s new inline digital printing technology enables brand owners, co-packers and converters to generate high quality graphics while minimising costs and boosting supply chain efficiencies.
UK’s changing tastes revealed
Last week, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) released data from the National Food Survey, which shows how the UK’s relationship with food has changed over three generations.
FMCG trends for the year ahead
Canadean has highlighted some of the trends to watch out for in fast moving consumer goods in 2016.
That’s a wrap
We’ve reached the final day of ProSweets and ISM. As the doors close on another busy four-day show, here’s the last wave of highlights.