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Cargill strengthens its cocoa and chocolate R&D capabilities
Cargill’s cocoa & chocolate business has appointed Willem van der Meijs to the role of research & development manager. In this new role, van der Meijs will focus on new product development. Van der Meijs, who comes to Cargill from Danone’s Medical Nutrition Division, says, “We can see the growing need from within the industry […]
Self-venting microwave packaging
Mondi has introduced SteamPack, microwaveable packaging with a self-venting function, produced with a hot-melt adhesive, for frozen, chilled and ambient-temperature food. It is also suitable for high-barrier modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The steam valve can be applied to a multitude of different packaging solutions, such as pillow bags, stand-up pouches, lidding films or VFFS solutions. […]
Fonti Di Posina invests in Sidel’s combined blow fill cap solution
Fonti Di Posina, an Italian bottling company, has invested in Sidel’s new aseptic combined blow fill cap solution with dry preform decontamination – Combi Predis FMa. The technology removes the need for any bottle rinsing and enables lightweighting of the company’s 1.5 litre bottles. The aseptic PET Combi achieved 95% efficiency while allowing doubling of […]
Flexicon offers FLEXI-DISC line of Tubular Cable Conveyors for fragile materials
Flexicon is now offering its FLEXI-DISC line of Tubular Cable Conveyors for fragile materials, integrated with upstream and/or downstream equipment that sources material from single or multiple locations and delivers it selectively to storage vessels, filling machines or other processing equipment. Upstream equipment ranges from Inlet Hoppers and Metering Devices to Bulk Bag Dischargers, Drum/Box/Container […]
Fonti Di Posina invests in Sidel’s combined blow fill cap solution
Fonti Di Posina, an Italian bottling company, has invested in Sidel’s new aseptic combined blow fill cap solution with dry preform decontamination – Combi Predis FMa.
Food Option filling machines from SIG Combibloc
SIG Combibloc have launched Food Option filling machines, filling machines based on their standard technology but which allow operators to fill a range of additional food products. The new machines enable manufacturers to include up to 10% of chunky product ingredients. The size of the particulates can be up to 6 mm, and fibres can […]
Tetra Pak launches first bio-based cap for gable top
Tetra Pak has launched the first bio-based opening for gable top packages. Manufactured using high density polyethylene (HDPE) derived from sugar cane, the bio-based version of TwistCap OSO 34 marks another step forward in Tetra Pak’s ambition to make fully renewable packages. In 2013, the company delivered 1.1 billion bio-caps globally, an increase of more […]
Dawn gets fruity with new fillings range
As part of its major American Bakery Campaign 2014, Dawn Foods has extended its range of fillings and toppings with a selection of ready to use fruit fillings featuring real whole fruit, developed especially for the UK and Irish bakery markets. Dawn’s new fillings are available in seven flavours – blueberry, raspberry, black cherry, red […]
Packaging convenience for honey bottler
German company Breitsamer + Ulrich is among the leading honey bottlers in Europe.
Tetra Pak launches Tetra Brik Aseptic 250 Base Crystal
Tetra Pak is launching the Tetra Brik Aseptic 250 Base Crystal. Featuring two crystal shaped panels on the front side of the familiar Tetra Brik Aseptic, the new package provides customers with more graphic design possibilities. “As consumers have less time to choose from an increasingly wide range of products, differentiation becomes more important to […]
Wild berry fruit fillings from Puratos
Puratos has launched its new Topfil range of fruit fillings for its bakery, patisserie and chocolate customers. The range includes up to 60% wild fruit sourced from the Baltic forests. Puratos has selected wild berries for its fruit filling range. Consumer tests and sensory taste panels show a preference for wild berries over cultivated berries, […]
Tetra Pak launches energy saving juice pasteurisation process
Tetra Pak has introduceda new juice pasteurization process that saves up to 20% on energy consumption, bringing cost and environmental benefits for customers. The new process, which is suitable for high-acid juices, improves efficiency by reducing the temperature of the second pasteurization process from 95°C to 80°C, without compromising the quality of the juice produced. Juice […]
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 […]
New ultra-high-speed bag-in-box and beer-in-box filler
Alfa Laval – a global provider of products and modules for the beer, beverage and food industries – has launched an aseptic beer-in-box filler plus an ultra-high-speed bag-in-box filler that is 4-5 times faster than standard aseptic fillers. The new rotating filler is capable of filling consumer bag-in-boxes from 3-20 liter with a dispenser cap […]