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New bulk solids drum dumping system launched
Flexicon has unveiled a new automated bulk solids drum dumping system.
Cadbury to slash sugar content of Dairy Milk bar
A reduced sugar version of Cadbury Dairy Milk will go on sale next year.
Round Up: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of packaging news. Next week’s round-up will focus on processing news.
Surge in demand for ‘natural’ energy drinks predicted
Britvic has announced a ‘positioning’ revamp for its Purdey’s drink, supported by a seasonal campaign that it says will help grow demand for healthier energy drinks this summer.
Sweet news on sugar prices
Sugar prices in the EU will remain low because of the abolition of production quotas, resulting in 19.5 million tonnes of sugar produced this year, according to predictions from analyst Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence.
Outstanding Foods debuts its plant-based Bacon Chips
This August, Outstanding Foods, the 100% plant-based foods start-up company, will be launching its debut product – Pig Out *Pigless* Bacon Chips.
Samurai power in a can
Ball Corporation has collaborated with Attila Hildmann Empire GmbH to produce a new range of cans for its organic drink Daisho.
Pladis appoints its youngest ever factory manager for McVitie’s site
A manufacturing employee from Fife, Scotland, has risen through the ranks of global snacks group Pladis, to become its youngest factory manager, leading its site in Bucharest, Romania.
Protein solution from Arla targets protein bar market
Denmark-headquartered Arla Foods Ingredients has confirmed development of a single whey protein solution to address textural deterioration in protein bars.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Processing
Bright future for UK dairy industry
The UK dairy industry is “increasingly strong, vibrant and ambitious” and can successfully deal with the unprecedented challenges and opportunities it now faces.
Round Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news.
Doing our level best to keep calm over contaminants
Despite several scaremongering headlines to the contrary, results from the EFSA’s latest study into levels of acrylamide in a range of UK retail foods reveal ‘no increase in concern about the risk to human health’.
Arla Foods chooses SIG’s Signature Pack
Arla Foods Germany is the first company to opt for the Signature Pack from SIG – an aseptic carton pack that is linked to plant-based renewable material.
Organic dough improver ‘most advanced to date’
Corbion has launched what it’s calling its ‘most advanced organic dough improver to date’.