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Loma Systems has gained European accreditation for its AS5000 checkweigher. This will enable it to comply with the new Measuring Instruments Directive (MID) for conformity...
Manufacturers that formulate recipes as part of their processes and want to have greater control over the whole process from goods in to goods out...
The installation of an Ishida Fresh Food Weigher at a meat processor has raised weighing accuracy and production efficiency on a range of marinated beef...
Belgium cutting equipment specialist FAM has launched a new mid-size slicing machine to join its popular range of flexible dicers.The Mantis is said to set...
Kanes Foods, based in the Vale of Evesham, has taken delivery of a turnkey process weighing and traceability system from Marco Weighing Systems which is...
The Poly-Clip ICA 8700 automatic double clipper from Interfood Technology is able to process products in fibrous collagen and plastic casings in sizes up to...
The introduction of automatic guillotine cutters on Alpma's Cut 25M has enabled the output of fixed weight cheese pieces to peak at a maximum of...
A combination of four Bitzer receiver sets and two Friga-bohn condensers are helping to keep onions at exactly the right temperature before they are despatched...
Oswestry-based Haywards Transport has completed the fitting of Thermo King's GSM/GPS remote satellite monitoring system Trac-King to its entire fleet of temperature-controlled trailers with SL-400e...
Refrigeration specialist Heinen Freezing took centre stage at the InterCool show in Dusseldorf with two new systems for industrial cooling and freezing.These were a compact,...
Porrelli Speciality Desserts has doubled capacity at its Paisley, Renfrewshire ice cream manufacturing plant with a new continuous freezer.The increased output has improved Porrelli's response...
An economy rinsing machine, ideal for use in mineral water and soft drinks bottling, is available from Kosme. Part of the SF/E series, it is...
Sympak B&C of Italy produces a range of specialist fillers and complete filling lines that cater for carbonated soft drinks, water, beer, wine, still juices,...
Following a move into new premises in Clitheroe, game fish processor The Fish House bought a horizontal form-fill and seal wrapping machine to cope with...
With a typical curry sauce plant now producing up to 1500t of product a week to gourmet standards, control engineering has become a key ingredient.A...
Fine Foods International, the manufacturer and packer of instant coffee for supermarkets and other outlets, recently carried out a packaging line modernisation at its Dunstable...
An enhanced model of the Ishida QX tray sealer range has been launched which includes various innovative features to maximise production efficiency, reduce costs, ensure...
A new breakfast cereal manufacturing plant operated by Nordgetreide near Saarbrucken in Germany will include APV Baker flaking rolls, a cooker extruder and three coating...
The world's first fully-shrinkable film system to run on a thermoformer is being claimed of FormShrink, a new development from Multivac in conjunction with Krehalon.The...
When Skipton-based frozen ready meals producer Christopher Foods needed a new heat sealing machine to cope with increased production and replace its rotary sealer, it...
The new Mondial Forni Rotor Wide oven is a multifunctional rotating rack oven able to bake bread, savouries or pastries, or a multitude of other...
Campbell's Soups has acquired a new tubular heat exchanger at its Worksop research and development (R&D) centre.Part of its testing line for new products, the...
While a nicely browned surface is attractive in a home-baked cake, to a manufacturer the lack of uniformity can present difficulties. The evenness of microwave...
North west food process engineering company BCH is at the leading edge of process technology, thanks to its innovation centre.It comes up with solutions to...
A wide variety of brat pans, kettles and other specialist cookers are manufactured by BPT Skerman at its site at the former Brooklands racing circuit...
The home of the doughnut has exported the US's favourite breakfast to the UK with a new cooker aimed at foodservice.The Thermoglaze, made by Belshaw...
A specially-built oven system, incorporating the latest carbon infrared technology, is helping Geest achieve perfectly browned toppings on a range of oven-ready meals produced at...
Wok-style braising pans are available from DC Norris & Co (DCN) which can reach high temperatures in half the time of conventional cooking/simmering equipment. The...
Speed was of the essence when Carlisle Process Systems (CPS) was commissioned by Heinz Foodservice to provide new mixing vessels for sauces, together with a...
Fast mixing times and easy and complete discharge are just two of the reasons why food processors, confectioners and bakers are encouraged to add the...
Mixing specialist Chemineer has helped a producer of organic oils achieve better quality and more efficient processing.Its emission-free Nimix mixing system ensures high levels of...
Bakers around the world are said to be taking increasing advantage of the quality and cost benefits offered by the pressure/vacuum option available with all...
An integrated bunded Total Containment System (TCS) has been launched which is designed to store chemicals and other fluids in a variety of applications.The tanks,...
Adding liquid to powder requires a crucial balance. Too much liquid and the mixture becomes doughy, pasty and sticky, too little and it is not...
Food conveyor manufacturer Cox & Plant Products has launched a new bucket elevator. Simplex is designed for dry, granular and free flowing products, such as...
Nowadays laboratories are performing more tests with less resource, so automation is more important. In response Mettler Toledo has added an auto-sampler to its existing...
Malted ingredients company Holgran, part of the RHM group, has entered into a strategic alliance with cereal mixes and food improvers firm H O Short...
A high frequency metal detector has been developed which offers food manufacturers and packers heightened sensitivity for non-ferrous and stainless steel contaminants -- up to...
Process refractometers are usually used in place of site glasses for controlling product interfaces when packaging beers, fruit juices and carbonated beverages.The PRH refractometer from...
The cleaning of equipment is one of the biggest problems facing processors. John Dunn reports on the latest developments aimed at making the job simpler and easier
Most water that is used in milk production ends up as effluent containing a milk loss of up to 3%. Depending on the capability of...
Eddie Isherwood has joined Peter Hunt's Bakery Foods in the newly-created position of supply chain manager. He joins from Airbus, where he was a project...
Uptake of undergraduate food and drink courses is finally on the increase, but will this lead to an end of the skills shortage? Stefan Chomka assesses graduate job prospects in the food and drink industry
Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers 51. Glenmorangie
Imports must be Furan-free
More user-friendly interface
Screening of commodities increases as the legislator's list of toxins gets longer
Rapid diagnostic equipment designed for the battlefield could also be used in a food crises
Laboratory software is making microbiological sampling data easy to collate and integrate
New method to grade flour
Business gets all round research service through new academic and commercial collaboration
Sensitive instruments are needed to detect ever lower contaminant levels set by legislators
Tesco continues with glycaemic index labelling approach to help consumers fight obesity
There is an IT revolution going on in food testing laboratories that will affect more than lab technicians -- it could change the way those in creative development, production, purchasing and finance work. Susan Birks reports
Manufacturers require more nutritional information as well as contaminant testing on food
Tracking and traceability
Pantek has launched a 'rapid adoption programme' for products such as InTouch
Transport costs can be slashed by 20% with a routing and scheduling package
Enterprise resource planning and advanced planning systems can both help companies with their forecasting. But which one is best suited to you? Kathy Watson reports
Westler Foods has installed a WMS following a decision to bring logistics back in-house
California may be famous for its wines, but the off-licence is not the only place where its grapes end up. Stefan Chomka took a trip out west to discover why its raisins are making an impact on the food and drink industry
Me & My Factory: Rick Wiles, fresh foods controller, Budgen Meat Plant
The recent acquisition of Tibbett & Britten (TBL) by Exel has raised no regulatory issues nor does it seem to have upset TBL customers in...
Heinz will be looking for other ambient food manufacturers to take up the spare capacity released at its highly automated national distribution centre (NDC) at...
A French packaging invention could give a much longer shelf-life to bread, sandwiches, pizzas and patisserie.In this double-wall system, the product is housed in an...
Supermarket chain Asda is rolling out factory gate pricing (FGP), but unlike its arch rival Tesco it claims not to be putting its suppliers under...
Rockware Glass's Wheatley manufacturing site outside Doncaster now boasts a new 225,000t recycling plant on its doorstep.The second of two plants, and officially opened in...
UK machine-builder Marden Edwards has acquired neighbouring shrink-wrap equipment specialist Wraps UK, in a move which will allow the company to supply high- and low-speed...
Worldwide growth in flexibles will outstrip rigid packaging over the next few years, says a new report, with Europe seeing stronger demand for barriers which...
Pressure on glass manufacturers to offer faster, cheaper new product development (NPD) is driving new investment in the sector, from design software to short-run trialling...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has received a novel food application for the extract lycopene -- an oleoresin produced from red ripe tomatoes -- which...
Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a qualified health claim relating to the reduced risk of coronary heart disease, to be used...
Some ready meals on the supermarket shelves contain as much as 80% of the daily recommended salt intake of 6g. A quarter of canned soups,...
It seems cholesterol lowering ingredients are the hot area at the moment. Perhaps not surprisingly, with cardiovascular disease being the leading cause of mortality globally,...
Luxury chocolate maker Lindt is expanding its portfolio in the run up to Halloween and for the busy Christmas period.New to its range of Excellence...
The popularity of the TV cartoon The Simpsons has led food company Fun Foods 4 All to launch a new range of organic dried pasta...
Schwan's has entered into competition with desserts label Sara Lee with the launch of its own frozen desserts brand in the UK, also with a...
The Colman's mustard brand continues its encroachment into other sectors with the launch of a crisp flavoured with the company's famous yellow condiment.United Biscuits (UB)...
Diet brand Weight Watchers has finally admitted defeat in the face of the Atkins diet by lending its logo to a new range of low-carb...
The spoilt-for-choice consumer will soon be able to add Korean cuisine to their trollies following the first of what could be a wave of new...
A new cola drink that will to go head to head with heavyweights Coca-Cola and Pepsi, especially in bars and clubs, is being test marketed...
United Biscuits blamed tough conditions in the UK for a fall in profit in the first half of 2004 to £64.7m from £68m a year...
Diageo's premium drinks sales and operating profit in the year to June 30 were almost unchanged on the previous year at £8.9bn and £1.9bn respectively.It...
Food and drink firms can check out IT systems from SSI, Nematron, Imscan, Muddy Boots Software, Claricom and other firms at a free event on...
Morrison has sold Tesco 10 of the 52 Safeway stores which it had to shed in order to meet Office of Fair Trading conditions for...
SirOn return to the sharp end of food technical management after a break of several years I have been struck by how little progress has...
Sainsbury chairman Sir Peter Davis will receive £2.6m compensation for share options and £500,000 in salary, plus pension contributions and life assurance cover until July...
New focus on non-retail food markets follows tough six months
SirYour article on traceability (Food Manufacture September 2004, p45) highlights that the objective is to allow the competent authority to identify the source and destination...
Shire Foods, which makes pasties, sausage rolls and Football's Famous chicken balti pies, is to quadruple its manufacturing capacity with a £4.5m relocation from Warwick...
Mediterranean sweets producer Patchi of London has won an £18,000 contract to send 6,000 boxes of confectionery to France.The order was secured with help from...
Crispbread producer Ryvita is considering expanding the processing and packaging capacity at its factory in Bredbury near Stockport.It has given Lorien Engineering Solutions a design...
Uniq Prepared Foods has won £20m of annual contracts for desserts, salads and sandwiches in the six months to September 25, said the parent group....
Northern Foods said that more strategic changes could not be ruled out following a decision to restructure the company and move its headquarters from Hull...
The government's Veterinary Residues Committee (VRC) is likely to ask for extra money to monitor imported foods for traces of veterinary medicines and other environmental...
Icelandic investment group Baugur claimed that it had not decided what it would do with the Big Food Group (BFG), which owns retailer Iceland and...
A claimed lack of collaboration by food science and technology employers and secondary, further and higher education professionals will be debated at an Institute of...
Farmer-owned dairy admits to being one of the worst payers
The RSPCA launched an advertising campaign for tighter rules on chicken production to address welfare concerns and to persuade shoppers to buy higher welfare food....
Most small manufacturers will find themselves on the wrong side of the law this month, under the new Disability Discrimination Act.According to a Bibby Financial...
Further consolidation can be expected among logistics firms and hauliers, claimed the boss of ACR Logistics, formerly known as Hays.ACR wants to make acquisitions on...
The Food Standards Agency chairman Sir John Krebs and food safety critic Professor Hugh Pennington are among nominees for the first special achievement award by...
Catering supplier Brakes has acquired the chilled distribution division of troubled Peter's Food Service, a principal supplier to the Compass Group.Brakes, which already supplies Compass...
Ice cream firm Richmond Foods is likely to close its Ivybridge, Devon factory in mid-2005 and shift production to the north with the loss of...
retailer may have tried to achieve too much, too soon in Depots
Adlington's pre-packed smoked Warwickshire turkey won the award for best British manufactured turkey product at the British Turkey Awards. Bernard Matthews picked up two awards:...
Millers face higher costs because the wettest August on record has caused significant damage to the UK wheat crop, with much of the grain having...
Instant mature cheddar cheese could soon be a reality if Kraft Foods commercialises a process which involves creating cheese texture using ultrafiltration separately from the...
Workers at Boddingtons' Manchester brewery have renewed their fight to save the plant from closure, and 55 jobs, almost two years to the day after...
Manufacturers want the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to consider introducing graded risk allergy warnings to clear up confusion surrounding catch-all phrases such as "may contain"They...
Daniels Chilled Foods claimed that it would achieve the highest growth in sales of any chilled food manufacturer over the next five years following a...
A government plan to revise the nutritional standards for school meals it set in 2001 could force manufacturers to reduce the salt, sugar and fat...
The European Commission (EC) has delayed a proposal to establish labelling thresholds for contamination of conventional seed by genetically modified (GM) product while at same...
FDF and FSA launch simultaneous campaigns to change diets
A consortium of researchers from the University of Warwick, farmers, a fertiliser manufacturer and a UK baker are developing grain-based breads with high levels of...
Dairy UK has been formed by farmers, processors and retailers to represent the interests of the dairy industry. It will have a 12-person board of...
Unilever, which issued a profit warning last month, hopes to reverse its poor performance by spending more on marketing, kicking off with a £7m of...
Associated British Foods (ABF) has lined up George Weston as chief executive when Peter Jackson retires in April. The 40 year-old Weston is son of...
The Association of European Coeliac Societies (AOECS) is pushing for stricter international standards on gluten contamination in gluten-free labelled products.The number of people being diagnosed...
Troubled meat and pastry products manufacturer Canterbury Foods Group will close one of its seven factories as part of its drive to get back into...
Manufacturers are waiting to see if the European Commission will stall a collapse in sugar prices by appealing against an expected World Trade Organisation (WTO)...
The Co-op puts branded goods under the health microscope
Cains Brewery of Liverpool is expanding with a contract to supply canned IPA to Makro's 33 cash-and-carries in the UK. The deal follows hard on...
Renshaw, the industrial bakery ingredients business formerly known as Renshaw Scott, is to focus on product development following its takeover by Napier Brown Foods (NBF).Renshaw...
European working time limit opt-out could be neutralised
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