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Simon Rimmer describes one of his favourite vegetarian recipes, involving the finest ingredients and minimal cooking
The ancient Aztecs invented the concept of chipotle when they discovered that the fleshy jalapeno chillies, treated with smoke had a longer shelf-life and took...
Vegetable mixes with enhanced flavours to match a variety of international cuisines are now offered by fresh and exotic ingredients specialist Beacon Foods.The Brecon-based company...
Over the past few years recognition of the distinct quality of basmati rice has grown among consumers and manufacturers. Now, Satnam Overseas, producer of Kohinoor...
In recent years Chinese garlic has dominated the garlic market, being cheaper and milder than Spanish garlic. However, this influx has now been curtailed somewhat...
Health conscious women are driving a newly-established market for low-fat and low-sugar yet indulgent premium ice creams. Stefan Chomka looks at how companies are getting in on the act
Boring old 'ready salted' still dominates savoury snack sales, but spicy flavours are starting to heat up, as Mick Whitworth reports
New Zealand-based ethnic food company Kato Pacific Marketing has travelled the globe to develop authentic recipes for three new soups that can be used as...
Shellfish have historically been regarded as mysterious creatures, to be eaten with caution. But, as Lynda Searby finds out, ready-to-eat products are convincing consumers that shellfish is convenient, safe and in vogue.
Italian olive oil company Carapelli Firenze has developed what it claims is the world's first oil made from cereal and fruit. Carapelli says the new...
A drinks company in South Africa has come up with a novel twist on the growing popularity of olive oil by incorporating it into a...
German food company Schwartauer Werke has created what it claims to be the first fruit spreads to contain fructose and high levels of vitamin C...
Unilever in the Netherlands has launched a range of five fresh Eastern ready meal kits under its Conimex brand.Wokmenu is the first product from Unilever...
As European governments pressure industry into action over obesity, Susan Birks reviews the latest industry initiatives regarding health
Thornton Mustard has worked on over 2,000 products, many of them global brands. He told Stefan Chomka some of the secrets behind successful launches ... and how to avoid failure
The growing UK Muslim population offers an untapped market for food manufacturers. Susan Birks reports on halal developments
When Food Manufacture analysed the Value Added Scoreboard published by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) earlier this year, the spirits industry was the...
As manufacturers gear up for what is for many the busiest month of the year, a new survey highlights the recruitment issues they will also face. Stefan Chomka looks at the results
Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 53. William Jackson
Innovative label print and apply system at a touch
Noon's continuous ink-jet printers provide up to four lines of text on packaging
A secure and auditable system for the distribution of coding data is now available
Laser technology for meat
With agreement reached on European RFID standards, Tesco has started to roll-out the technology. Kathy Watson reports that where Wal-Mart and Tesco lead, others are sure to follow
Scanvaegt's multihead weigher has been developed to stay grime-free
Complete vessel weighing system guarantees accuracy of individual ingredients
In response to consumer demand, supplier of weighing and packaging systems Bizerba says it has developed an interface that allows wrap-around labels to print catch...
Smaller firms could take advantage of government support to develop tomorrow's ground-breaking technologies. Unfortunately, to date too few have yet taken up what is on offer, as Rick Pendrous reports
To meet demand for pre-packaged fixed-weight products, manufacturers are moving from manual to automated and semi-automated packaging lines.
If you ever wanted proof of the benefits of focus, look at Salar Smokehouse. It produces just one basic product -- its 'Flaky' hot-smoked salmon...
They're no strangers to awards at Freshway Foods. Voted Sandwich Manufacturer of the Year in 2002/3, the Wolverhampton-based company has since picked up accolades as...
With her hair tied in an old-fashioned bun and her sturdy figure suggesting a liking for her own Yorkshire puddings, she seems to have been...
Like shortlisted company Better Tasting Snack Foods, ambient category winner Tyrrells Potato Chips has been riding the wave of interest in 'hand-fried' or batch-produced potato...
In the high-stakes business of fresh milk, Robert Wiseman Diaries has been battling it out with Dairy Crest and Arla -- not without success.In this...
Not every achievement fits neatly into the framework of an industry awards scheme. But excellence deserves recognition -- especially when it's achieved against the odds.That's...
Ginsters demonstrated all round improvement to take top spot as this year's Food Manufacture Company of the Year. Mick Whitworth reports on some remarkable achievements
Me & my factory: Mandy Kitchingman, Factory Manager, Dairy Crest - Hartington Creamery
A leading insurer is predicting an increase in demand for product recall insurance following the introduction of new European rules.According to AIG Europe (UK) the...
Tesco is about to cause yet another shake-up in the UK supply chain with an initiative that will send shivers down the spines of many...
Product traceability is at the core of a new partnership which brings together Domino Printing Sciences and Omron Electronics.The two companies have combined their expertise...
The latest addition to the ranks of biodegradable packaging for food comes from RPC Bebo Nederland.The range of containers uses polylactide (PLA), derived from renewable...
A government-backed £8m innovation fund is seeking to entice teams of designers, product managers and retailers into commercial projects which reduce the bulk of post-consumer...
Flavouring substances have recently been subject to significant legislative changes and 2005 will be a very significant year for the flavour industry as a result.For...
The future of packaging could come down to particles just one billionth of a metre in diameter.Nanoparticles are increasingly being combined with more traditional packaging...
Several ingredient companies are bringing to market new stable and hard fats designed to help manufacturers reduce the unhealthy trans fatty acid content of products.Trans...
Production of synthetic vanillin by China's chemical industry could be affected by tighter environmental, health and safety controls in future, warns a major vanillin producer.Vanilla...
Open any child's lunchbox and what do you see? A sandwich double-wrapped in plastic and cardboard; a carton of juice with a sealed straw, from...
Chocolate companies Cadbury Trebor Bassett, Lindt and Kinnerton have announced their new launches for the lucrative Easter period.According to Cadbury, the Easter season is worth...
Jordanian food company Terra Rossa is out to show that not all olive oil comes from Spain or Greece with the launch of the first...
Cereal and snacks company Quaker has announced its biggest ever launch -- a new mini crispbread snack which it will target at the healthy eating...
Consumers of the Yorkshire Soup Company's new soups can discover exactly from where the product's ingredients have been sourced as the tubs carry photos of...
Manchester Business School MBA students and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation are gathering data about food and drink sectors in various countries to help...
Manufacturers of own-label products need to work more closely with the retailers to reduce the number of new product launches each year and address the...
Production will recommence this month at Premier Foods' pickles and sauces plant at Bury St Edmunds after fire damaged the roof and machinery in October.Production...
The Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Association's communications director Penny Hawley will succeed retiring director general Mike Webber next summer.Hawley was replaced last month by...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to draft best practice guidelines, for comment next summer, on the labelling of vegetarian and vegan foods, including their...
Members of the farmer co-operative First Milk have backed a proposal to acquire a 15% stake in Robert Wiseman Dairies.The First Milk chief executive John...
SirI want to thank you for holding a raffle which raised £2,430 for FareShare at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards last month.This will make a...
The European Commission (EC) is to invite views in February on whether measures should be introduced to reduce acrylamide levels in foods.The discovery of the...
Asda argues against product standards and for retailer scheme
Coca-Cola is looking for a technical manager, with a good engineering or science degree, to lead the company's development of juices for its north-west European...
Jim Begg, director general of Dairy UK, has been elected president of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) for four years.Begg, 54, led both the Dairy...
The Trident Trust, which works with schools and employers to offer job experience to 15-year olds, is looking for more food manufacturers to join the...
Yorkshire cheesemaker Shepherds Purse has won a contract to supply 68 Budgens delicatessen counters with sheep's milk feta.The retailer said it was part of a...
New products will soon be emerging from a £1.5m plant at the seafood company Macrae Foods in Fraserburgh (right).The 'deli area' for preparation, processing and...
Multiple retailers are jeopardising consumer confidence by failing to insist on the same levels of traceability for ready meals as they do for other products,...
retailers will look to manufacturers for exhaustive traceability
The Nichols group has sold its last food manufacturing interest to joint group md Gary Unsworth in a £12.7m deal, which will leave the parent...
UK food and drink exports look set to rise by 1% this year to finish just below £10bn, outstripping every other manufacturing sector. The industry...
Tate & Lyle is to build a £97m sucralose plant in Singapore with a view to tripling its production of the sugar-based sweetener by 2007...
Clegg Food Projects, the Nottingham-based food plant developer, has won two contracts for construction work at Samworth Brothers' Bradgate bakery and Kirkby Park salad processing...
The Soil Association (SA) has called on processors and retailers to source more UK organic ingredients and products, especially fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.Its latest...
A £2m extension to Volac's whey processing facility at Felinfach in Wales, jointly funded with the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Development Agency, has boosted...
Crunch time for labour code to curb exploitative gangmasters
Food and drink companies will be expected to display 'traffic light' labelling on products by 2006 under plans by the government.In its long-awaited White Paper...
Coca-Cola will be the first company to install the Pursuit Dynamics company's PDX 25 system for soft drinks production, in the UK under licence.The system,...
A Kraft factory at Bridgend, South Wales which employs 190 people making Altoid mints, mainly for export to the US, and some travel sweets for...
Crown Food UK & Ireland, one of the UK's largest suppliers of metal food packaging, has increased prices on its tinplate packaging by an average...
ReadyBake, which last month moved its biscuit base production to a new factory at Leigh, Lancashire, plans further investment early in 2005, in two sponge...
Greencore's sale of its loss-making bread business Rathbones and its stake in sugar distribution company James Budgett helped it to an 8% rise in pre-tax...
FareShare, the charity which distributes surplus food from retailers and processors to the needy, has called on the industry to help reinstate its government funding.The...
Concerns are growing that dairy processors may not have enough raw milk next year due to falling UK production.Consultancy the Dairy Group, which ADAS has...
Irish milk supplier Dairygold plans to battle Nestlé in the High Court over the multinational's decision to close its chocolate crumb production facility at the...
Time is running out for compliance with new european rules
Both Carlsberg and Scottish Courage faced strike action this month over proposed changes to their pay structures.A 16-day strike was planned from the start of...
Food Manufacture's stablemate magazine The Grocer has launched its 2005 Gold Awards for processors and their retail customers.The awards recognise excellence in own label development,...
A packaging line due to come on stream this month at London-based bagel producer Mr Bagels, part of a £500,000 investment, will boost the firm's...
Food and drink companies have until 2007 to develop a more balanced approach to the promotion of products to children or face new legislation.The government...
Three entrepreneurs looking to introduce magnetic tagging for food have won a Business Start-up Competition run by Leatherhead Enterprise Centre (LEC) and Leatherhead Food International.Link-Sure...
A researcher has discovered what makes peanuts one of the most dangerous foods to nut allergy sufferers. Proteins were known to be behind the sometimes...
A conference on December 3 on animal medicines in the food chain is likely to open up debate on the competitiveness of the red meat...
Welsh premium crisp manufacturer Sirhowy Valley Foods is moving its Real Crisp Company from Newport, Wales, to a plant six times the size at nearby...
Northern Foods is selling its fish processor Cavaghan and Gray Seafood to IFP Holdings, part of the Icelandic Group, for £12.6m. Grimbsy-based IFP is a...
European companies trying to stop competitors poaching their products' names could find their efforts thwarted as the US and Australia gain the upper hand in...
Ingredients companies Tate & Lyle, Overseal, Solae and National Starch have signed up as sponsors of Food Manufacture's first Healthy New Product Development conference, to...
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) is developing a code of practice to address the "contentious issue" of on-line auctions, said its president Howard McEvoy...
Stuart Neame, vice-chairman of Faversham-based family brewer Shepherd Neame until he resigned in 2003 following a dispute with board members, has welcomed recent moves by...
Electronic tagging will accelerate as standards are approved
Inter Link Foods planned to use an £8m share placing at the end of November to take it to top spot in the UK own-label...
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