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 | From milk and flavoured drinks, to yogurts, cheeses and desserts, dairy covers a broad spectrum of activities with an equally wide range of issues: everything from rising commodity costs to environmental pressure; obesity to novel process technologies; artisan and high volume production. Isn’t it time to start milking the font of knowledge? |
Health Protection Agency identifies the listeria-prone
06-Apr-2010 - Incidents of food poisoning associated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) are higher among certain groups of people, according to recent findings from the Health Protection Agency (HPA). These include certain ethnic groups, older people and pregnant women living in deprived areas who tend to purchase food from convenience and local stores.
Cheesemaker gets green light for wind turbine
29-Mar-2010 - Financial backing has been secured to construct a 2MW on-site wind turbine to generate electricity at Dewlay Cheesemakers’ site in Garstang, Lancashire. A deal was struck...
Dairy opens high-capacity cheese plant
15-Mar-2010 - Dale Farm dairy opened a new high-capacity cheese plant last week, as part of a £40M investment in its business.The plant in Dunmanbridge, Northern Ireland,...
Fat chance
01-Dec-2009 - Spreads with added benefits continue to be negatively impacted by consumer confusion and scepticism, argues market researcher Mintel. New product development (NPD) in yellow fats...
Fat chance
01-Dec-2009 - Spreads with added benefits continue to be negatively impacted by consumer confusion and scepticism, argues market researcher Mintel. New product development (NPD) in yellow fats...
In the mix
28-Aug-2009 - Manufacturers are embracing a number of new processing technologies in a bid to perfect products. Hayley Brown reports
Plant of power
28-Aug-2009 - Nom's gleaming new dairy plant in Telford has brought a £60M investment and hundreds of new jobs to Shropshire, reports Rod Addy
Authentic taste at a lower cost
30-Jun-2009 - Savoury ingredients firm Synergy has launched a range of clean-label dairy ingredients for value-added savoury dishes. The range aims to help firms stabilise costs in...
The demand for natural ingredients continues
30-Jun-2009 - Recent research conducted by Create Flavours indicates that the demand for 'natural' flavours will increase by over 35% over the next three years. With this...
Out with the mould and in with the new liquid food preservation
30-Jun-2009 - Offering small dairies and sausage manufacturers a high level of protection against mould and yeast growth was key to the development of DSM Food Specialities'...
Maximising milk
30-Jun-2009 - Milk-derived ingredients are creating new opportunities in the dairy sector and beyond. Paul Gander finds out where they are ending up
Securing our supplies
01-Dec-2008 - Shadow secretary of state for agriculture and rural affairs, Jim Paice, talks to Hayley Brown about the major issues faced by food manufacturers
Compact heat exchanger speeds up pasteurisation
28-May-2008 - Heat transfer specialist the HRS Group has launched its modular MX corrugated tube heat exchanger for food processing applications.All wetted parts are made from AISI...
Dairy Crest distribution centre improves its pallet labelling
28-May-2008 - High volumes and continuous output in a chilled environment put great demands on the barcode labelling system at Dairy Crest's national distribution centre at Nuneaton,...
Yoghurt making plant comes to Telford
28-May-2008 - Clegg Food Projects has started work on a scheme to create a new yoghurt production facility in Shropshire. Austrian dairy firm, the NOM Group, is...
Automated milk antibiotic testing cuts costs and time
28-May-2008 - DSM has introduced the Delvotest Accelerator for the fully-automatic testing of milk control stations and dairies for antibiotic contamination. Used in conjunction with Delvotest plates...
Culture shock for unpasteurised cheese
28-May-2008 - A new EU research project aims to improve the safety of unpasteurised, raw milk cheeses by developing friendly bacteria cultures to kill off any lurking pathogens. John Dunn reports
Factory sprays death to Listeria
29-May-2007 - Control of Listeria is one of the major challenges facing the cheese industry. Now Cheshire-based cheese supplier J S Bailey has enlisted the help of...
Cheese maker aims for sustained growth
29-May-2007 - Dale Farm co-operative, which is 100% owned by United Dairy Farmers, decided to look no further than Tetrapak company CPS when it wanted to invest...
Floor scale is what the Butlers ordered
29-May-2007 - Leicester-based weighing specialist Mettler Toledo has provided Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses of Lancashire with an industrial floor scale to provide checkweighing for its dairy products at...
Gravimetric feeder saves on costly ice cream ingredients
29-May-2007 - The choice between a volumetric versus a gravimetric loss-in-weight (LIW) feeder for delivery of high value ingredients is based upon the need to know the...
Milk's no cash cow
29-May-2007 - Dairy farmers are deserting the industry in droves, writes Michelle Knott. But others hope value-added products will boost their incomes
Compact plate heat exchangers
29-Mar-2006 - German plate heat exchanger specialist GEA Ecoflex will be introducing new models at this month's Anuga Foodtec exhibition in Cologne, which have specific applications within...
Energy efficient cheese
29-Mar-2006 - The Cheese Company, part of Milk Link, has opted for an energy efficient turn-key compressed air solution at its Lockerbie creamery. The installation will simultaneously...
Mixing and filling systems offer full traceability
29-Mar-2006 - Dairy mixing and filling systems are now available from CC Automation since being appointed the sole UK and Ireland agent for German manufacturer Miromatic.Equipment includes...
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