Processing
PROCESSING: Weekly round-up
Here is your weekly round-up of processing news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com. Festo has developed a new pneumatic conveyor concept – the WaveHandler – for the transportation and simultaneous sorting of delicate objects. UK-based Moo Free Limited, a […]
Pasta filata solution
DSM has introduced Delvo Cheese CP-200, a new range of cultures developed for the production of pasta filata. Cheese producers of pasta filata cheeses – mozzarella, provolone, pizza and string cheese – depend heavily on a robust and consistent cheese production in order to stay cost competitive and remain the first choice for their customers. […]
October 2014
Product Focus: Beverages Ingredients: Functional ingredients Packaging: Metal packaging Processing: Control and automation, Robotics Show preview: Health Ingredients Europe
’emphasis on food safety’
Unitherm Food Systems’ new CEO Mark Smith predicts continued growth in the consumption of pre-cooked and packaged foods as disposable incomes rise in developing economies around the world.
Machinery aplenty
Last week I travelled to Birmingham, UK to visit the PPMA Show, the UK’s largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition. Taking place 30 September-2 October at the NEC and promising more than 300 exhibitors and in excess of 8,000 visitors, I was in for a busy few days! The latest technology – from machinery, industrial […]
Pastes and seasonings
Synergy has launched a new range of cuisine pastes and seasoning blends to deliver high impact flavour in breads. With speciality bread becoming ever more popular among consumers, Synergy’s pastes and seasonings give manufacturers the flexibility to create bespoke profiles or deliver traditional favourites in items such as wraps, baguettes, flatbread, twists and naan. The […]
Rainbow range
Ingredients specialist Wild has expanded its range of colours and now offers a prism of intense shades: the Rainbow Range of concentrates and extracts is available in six colours.
Tea deal
First Great Western and Tregothnan have announced a new partnership that will see one million bags of Cornwall’s Tregothnan tea brewed on First Great Western services in the UK over the next year. The deal will see the rail company become one of the plantation’s largest customers. By choosing the British-grown, blended and packed tea, […]
Government backs food and drink initiative
The UK government has announced support for a new partnership between employers and trade bodies to develop food and drink manufacturing skills in England. The new Industry Skills Partnership will bring together organisations from across the food and drink sector in a drive to boost skills and improve the quality and relevance of training. The […]
Show up or miss out
When I joined Food & Drink Technology back in July, I wrote in my first blog that I was pleased to be joining just ahead of ‘show season’ and looking forward to making contact with many of the magazine’s readers and contributors at the various exhibitions taking place before the end of the year. As […]
Mackerel’s welcome return to plates
The Scottish mackerel processing industry has welcomed the return of mackerel to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Fish to Eat list.
Expansion for food machinery supplier
Boyd Food Machinery has established new office and warehousing facilities in Ireland. The premises in Belfast and Co Waterford see the supplier of used, refurbished and new equipment position itself firmly at the heart of the major food industry growth. Boyd now has offices in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland serving the […]
FDF backs resource efficiency funding
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has welcomed the announcement from Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), who will invest up to £11 million into new business projects to improve the resource efficiency and resilience of the UK […]
A week in the life of an editor
I had a busy few days last week – I visited Cornelius, Leatherhead Food Research and Marketing Sciences; attended the FDF Awards in London; and had the opportunity to test my sensory acuity.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability