sustainability
Barry Callebaut Sustainability Report 2013/14
The Barry Callebaut Group, manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products, has announced the publication of its Cocoa Sustainability Report 2013/14. The report illustrates the company’s initiatives to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers through sustainable cocoa farming practices and to address the basic health and education needs of cocoa communities. “With ongoing challenges in cocoa […]
Aquabio secures contract with Dairy Crest
Aquabio has been awarded a £3.5 million contract for a wastewater treatment and water reuse plant at Dairy Crest’s Severnside Dairy in Gloucester, UK.
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.
Safe and sound
The September issue of Food & Drink Technology is due to hit desks this week and as we have super-sized the issue this month, I apologise if it makes a dent in your desk when it lands! The first of some major shows coming up throughout autumn are upon us, so we’ve included comprehensive previews […]
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
English firms plan to create 66,000 new jobs
Firms in England’s food and drink sector are planning to create tens of thousands of new jobs in the next five years, according to a new study by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. The report Global Ambitions found an industry with soaring confidence and plans to invest, innovate, create new jobs and expand across the globe. […]
Amsterdam summit highlights challenges
Some key challenges were discussed in the European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit.
Take home boxes help reduce food waste
Harvey Nichols’ OXO Tower in South Bank, London, UK has introduced take home boxes as a way to reduce food waste, as well as giving customers the opportunity to take something home to remember their experience at OXO. The boxes have been manufactured and printed in the UK by eco-friendly packaging specialist Biopac. Kerri McGuinness, […]
A welcome message
I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new editor of Food & Drink Technology and to thank my predecessor Katrine Callander for imparting her knowledge of the sector upon me. I have just finished working on summer’s bumper issue covering both July and August. In the issue, we continue the […]
DSM announces fermentation-based sweetener platform
DSM, the global life sciences and materials sciences company, has announced that it is well on its way to build a high intensity sweetener platform based on fermentation. DSM states that as the global consumption of Stevia as a sweetener is rapidly growing, it’s time for the introduction of steviol glycosides produced through fermentation, a […]
Salt of the Earth puts €1 million into packaging makeover
Salt of the Earth has introduced a new automatic packaging production line to improve quality and expand packaging options. The total investment is €1 million. The high-tech automatic packaging system is designed for tablets and granular salt products. Using rolls instead of traditional premade polyethylene (PE) bags, the new system enables the expansion of product […]
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
PureCircle achieves lower carbon footprint
PureCircle, a producer of stevia products, has announced that it has cut the carbon footprint of its products by 15% since last year and is now a quarter of the way to achieving its 2020 carbon footprint intensity goal. PureCircle director of corporate sustainability, Ajay Chandran explains, “This is the third carbon footprint we’ve completed […]
Sustainable hazelnut farming
UTZ Certified is launching a three-year initiative in Turkey aimed at bringing sound sustainability standards to hazelnut farming. A pilot project will be implemented across three hazelnut producing regions in the country; Trabzon and Giresun in the Northeast, and Duzce in the Northwest; where about 175 farmers are expected to take part. UTZ members such […]
Petainer launches light weight jar
Petainer, a plastic packaging supplier, is launching the petainerJarT. The new PET jar can be supplied as a fully blown jar or as a PET wide mouth preform to be blown by food manufacturers on their premises. The petainerJarT weighs less than traditional jars, so more can be transported in one truck. The preform offers […]
Fish updates from the Marine Conservation Society
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has re-launched its sustainable seafood website – www.fishonline.org to make it easier for fish buyers, restaurateurs and the public to ensure they are buying and serving fish from the most sustainable sources. MCS, the UK’s leading marine charity, has improved the functionality of the website, which operates alongside updated versions […]