Processing
Why size (and shape) really does matter
In the food and drink industry, the physical properties of the individual components of food and drink affect the taste, texture, appearance, stability, processing behaviour and functionality of the final product.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory
Pilot plant and scale-up studies
This course will provide concepts, methods and advice on how to scale-up or translate a process or model to larger sizes. Emphasis throughout the course will be on proper designs, modeling and processing. The importance of the process geometry will be emphasized.
Mixing of liquids and complex materials
Examples will be presented involving mixing and scale-up of crystallization, fermentation, food processing, chemical and polymer reactions. Sessions will be supplemented by videos and discussion of problems presented by participants and by question and answers.
Facing facts on factory hygiene
Hygiene issues have always been important in the food industry – but in recent years their role in underpinning safe food production has been highlighted by their inclusion as a major part of HACCP prerequisites.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Zeppelin flying high
Zeppelin Systems UK – which recently acquired Reimelt-Henschel Group and its handling and mixing room technology range – has also invested in a new food technology centre in Rodermark, Germany. The bulk materials handling systems firm says the purpose-built facility is designed to ensure that it remains at the forefront of processing technology, enabling it […]
Interfood launches packing solutions division
Interfood Technology has announced that it’s extending its capabilities in meat and food processing with the formation of a division dedicated to packing solutions. Interfood says that as its business has developed, so too has the need to specialise in specific areas. In 2008, it set up a series of divisions offering specific capabilities and […]
Chain reaction
Dr Chris Knight, head of agriculture at Campden BRI, explains the importance of safeguarding the links in the food chain
Glanbia reveals plans for new US plant
Glanbia Nutritionals Ingredient Technologies, (GNIT) has announced that it’s to build a 40,000sq ft cereal ingredient processing facility in South Dakota, USA. The new plant will replace the company’s plant in Angusville, Manitoba, which was destroyed by fire in March this year. Glanbia Nutritionals entered the flax business when it purchased the former Pizzey’s Milling […]
Defra recognition for ‘game-changing’ chilled food research programme
A three-year research programme to sustainably extend the shelf life of chilled foods has attracted the highest possible score, following evaluation by the government’s Advanced Food Manufacturing LINK Programme Management Committee. The £750,000 (€932,000) Sustainable Shelf Life Extension (SUSSLE) project was partly funded by the Chilled Food Association (CFA) and brought together academics and industry […]
Brazilian joint venture for Carbery and Brasil Foods
Carbery Group has announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with one of South America’s leading food companies, BRF Brasil Foods. The venture, which involves a shared investment, will use Carbery’s technology to process whey generated at Brasil Food’s cheese-making operations in Brazil. The new operation will house a manufacturing plant to produce added-value […]
ProPac set for 2013 return
The UK processing and packaging exhibition dedicated entirely to the food and drink sector, Pro2Pac, is set to make its return next March. And, say organisers, it will be the biggest and best yet. The biennial event will be back with a brand new layout that reflects its ‘focus on visitor experience’. “Incorporating a host […]
New view for Vista
Vista Processed Foods, part of the OSI Group, has expanded its manufacturing portfolio in India by opening another frozen vegetable processing plant in the northern part of the country. The Punjab facility will focus on producing value-added frozen vegetable products for fast food and retail outlets for both the domestic and export markets. “With this […]
Tasty scheme to attract new industry talent
The National Skills Academy for Food & Drink has named the first firms to step forward to support a groundbreaking new recruitment initiative designed to help food and drink manufacturing firms attract more local employees, and get more young people into the industry. Meat producer McIntosh Donald, Scottish beef processing company AK Stoddart and chilled […]
Food company’s Polish preparations for future growth
OSI Food Solutions Poland has unveiled a new £20 million (€25m) production facility. The new building, in Ostroda, Poland, will house a state-of-the-art beef processing plant, replacing an older existing facility in the area. It will also help safeguard the roles of its 93 employees, says the firm. “It makes perfect sense to keep the […]