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Home baking giant Whitworths has embarked on a consultation with staff at Sundora Foods after snapping up the dried fruit and nut firm for an...
Hilliers of Plymouth has been forced into administration after a fire destroyed its Devon-based pie factory. Most of the 350-strong workforce, which supplied pies for...
Food and drink - the biggest producer of industrial waste - has come out as one of worst performing sectors in the latest survey of...
Firms offering dietary advice on the basis of DNA testing claim that customers are already demanding products that are specifically formulated to match their genetic...
Daniels Chilled Foods (DCF) has opened what it claims is one of the UK's most advanced fresh juice factory in Headcorn, Kent.The £6m investment will...
Geoffrey Podger, executive director of Parma-based European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is leaving to take up a new role as chief executive of the Health...
Rules preventing the use of cattle over thirty months old - the so called OTM rule - in the food chain are expected to be...
Manufacturers and retailers have been called upon to submit plans for a 20% reduction in the environmental and social costs of food transport by 2012...
Over-reliance on cheap meat imports from countries such as Brazil could destroy the home industry and jeopardise its availability in the UK if the sources...
New demand planning software has helped poultry giant Faccenda and Grampian Country Pork improve the quality of their forecasts and boost service levels to customers.The...
Chocolate maker Elizabeth Shaw is in final negotiations to sell its 100-year-old factory site in Bristol.The company, which is aiming to grow sales by 10%...
Food and drink sector skills council Improve has received a £100,000 cash injection to fund the development of new apprenticeships frameworks.The money, from the government’s...
Notoriously secretive soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has finally let the press into the heart of its European R&D operation. Elaine Watson finds out what's inside
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Time is running out if you want to walk the red carpet at our food Oscars this year.Closing date for entries to the Food Manufacture...
The use of high intensity sweeteners in so-called ‘diet’ foods has actively encouraged the nation’s sweet tooth and driven the consumption of products with little...
European food manufacturers are faced with unnecessarily tough new legislation, which is stifling innovation and threatens their international competitiveness, according to a new report.Recent legislation...
Food and drink sector skills council Improve has commissioned a major piece of research to determine the extent of the shortage of food scientists and...
Food and drink employers are finding it harder than ever to keep hold of their staff, despite a rise in the frequency and value of...
A change to European rules regulating the sale of ‘medicinal’ foods could prove to be a major headache for the functional food industry, a legal...
Oscar Mayer scooped the top prize in the Best Product of the Year and Best Ready Meal categories at the SuperMeat 2005 awards for its...
Disadvantaged social groups such the elderly and some ethnic minority communities look set to become the focus of attention for healthy eating messages, following research...
Food manufacturers are exploring ways to boost iron absorption in vegetarian foods by adding a water-soluble powder known as the ‘meat factor’ (MF).The powder is...
A scientist at Bristol University reckons he will have a prototype non-stick chewing gum ready for testing in two months after linking up with a...
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