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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has received data on the Bologna based Ramazzini Foundation's study, which claimed to have discovered an increased risk of...
Increasing farm milk output has failed to prevent a fall in UK production, according to The Dairy Group, which monitors the sector.While UK production continues...
Carlsberg's Joshua Tetley brewery in Leeds has had a turnkey system installed as part of a £13m investment in a new high speed canning line...
The use of Fairtrade ingredients in composite products is set to be the next big area of growth, according to the Fairtrade Foundation, which encourages...
New regulations coming into force next year under the Gangmaster (Licensing) Act could lead to a potential shortfall of casual and semiskilled workers in the...
The food and drink industry's skills body has begun its fight for better recognition of the sector by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).Sector...
Much has been said about the food consumption habits of children over the past few months. I believe strongly that there should not be ‘exclusive...
A new tapas range is being rolled out by Petty, Wood under its own brand label Epicure, following the launch of its definitive condiment range...
Gü Chocolate Puds is hoping to bite a chunk out of the confectionery market this Christmas, tempting consumers with new caramel and mint flavoured chocolate...
Heinz Weight Watchers is launching a series of new additions to its diet food range, including a low calorie, indulgent soup, malt loaf and ready-to-cook...
Not content with its 29 flavours of fruit purées, fruit juices and indulgence drinks, beverage manufacturer Funkin has launched Coconut in a Tin. The firm...
Frozen Asian snack specialists UPB Products is cashing in on one of the Indian food market’s biggest growth areas - snack foods and accompaniments -...
Two new dishes have been introduced into a range of provenance based almost-ready meals, which is enjoying unprecedented demand since its launch earlier this year.Sales...
Industry body ECR UK is launching new surveys to monitor availability of Christmas lines and new products at the leading supermarkets.The Christmas survey, organised by...
A small meat processor and wholesale food company in Stoke-on-Trent is on the up, thanks to a £367,000 loan from the Bank of Scotland Corporate.Frozen,...
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is again considering whether to refer the big four supermarkets to the Competition Commission following an appeal by the...
Food Manufacture has joined forces with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to promote the 2006 Occupational Health and Safety Award scheme.The closing...
Larger manufacturers grasp the data nettle, but smaller firms rail against 'retail tax'
Soft drinks company Britvic is aiming for a London Stock Exchange listing by the end of December with a promise of business as usual if...
Cadbury Schweppes is to sell its European soft drinks business for e1.85bn (£1.3bn) to concentrate on its faster-growing confectionery and other drinks operations, including Schweppes...
Tesco is understood to have introduced a moratorium on price increases from manufacturers trying to claw back margins in the face of rising energy costs....
Cains Brewery in Liverpool will produce the official beer for the European Capital of Culture 2008, an award given to the city.It is the first...
Functional ingredients and foods company Provexis has been awarded £180,000 from the North West Development Agency to help develop novel foods.Provexis will look at using...
Northern Foods was due in court as Food Manufacture went to press to defend its right to label pies as Melton Mowbray, despite making them...
The food industry has until January 18 to respond to a Food Standards Agency consultation on whether folic acid should be added to flour.The move...
The industry has broadly welcomed Rosemary Radcliffe’s call to restructure the agricultural and horticultural levy system, although some uncertainty remained about the final form.Former PricewaterhouseCoopers...
More than four out of five (83%) respondents to the latest Food Manufacture on-line poll believe that manufacturers and retailers should be obliged to build...
The brewer Coors has labelled more than 70% of its barrels with radio frequency ID (RFID) tags as part of a new asset tracking initiative...
Young’s Bluecrest Seafood has begun work on a £10m factory in Livingston, Edinburgh for chilled ready-to-eat seafood for Waitrose. The 6,000m2 factory will be Young’s...
An initiative to help ethnic food and drink firms in the north west understand legislation has been launched by the Northwest Food Alliance and the...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is still deciding whether to launch a full-blown investigation into Compass Group, the troubled contract caterer already the subject of...
Michelle Knott talks to companies supplying food to schools to find out how they are responding to the new healthy meal proposals
Chips, chicken nuggets and ice cream. The kids menu at the local pub is enough to get most nutritionists running for cover. But are things any better at school or the supermarket? Elaine Watson finds out
As chilled seafood sales continue to rise, Sarah Britton talks to NPD experts to find out what is driving the seafood industry and the trade secrets manufacturers are adopting to raise their game
Globe-trotting consumers are demanding more from their curries, which means manufacturers are having to innovate to stay ahead, says Rebecca Green
Premium sandwiches and healthy wraps are all the rage right now, but is it just a flash in the pan or a trend that's set to continue? And where does it leave the old faithfuls? Rebecca Green finds out
Ingredients manufacturers are put to the test as snack processors demand salt and sugar substitutes to transform their naughty nibbles into tasty, but healthy treats. Sarah Britton looks at the latest developments designed to make mouths water
Sarah Britton observes how food and drink manufacturers have incorporated omega-3 fatty acids into their products to promote heart health on a global scale
Martin Wishart adds a touch of magic to the humble pear
Thanks to education secretary Ruth Kelly's campaign to get rid of 'junk food' in schools, snack manufacturers are reformulating their products. But not everything is as healthy as it seems, says Sue Scott
Fixing process failures in the supply chain instead of trying to stop shoplifting is the only way to get to grips with shrinkage, experts have...
As McCain has been telling us for years, not every chip contains enough fat to fuel the Olympic torch. And as Pure Organics has proved,...
A new initiative from Asda to reduce store backroom stock of its top 1,000 ambient lines could increase supplier costs, manufacturers have warned.Suppliers attending a...
We thought until earlier this month that retail-ready packaging was the main current, retailer-led change initiative.However, in October Asda revealed its 'Flow Logistics' plan to...
Improving efficiency and making a profit while keeping customers happy is a tall order, but one that can be met with the right equipment, as John Dunn discovers
By the time this column goes to print, the European Commission (EC) will have initiated its scheduled review concerning the implementation of Regulations 1829/2003 and...
It has been well publicised that the tongue can sense sweet, salt, sour and bitter, but while some of us are still trying to get...
Palsgaard has developed an Easy Dispersible series of integrated emulsifier-stabiliser systems that minimise the risk of reduced creaminess and fast melt-down in ice cream.The way...
Fixed price contracts could offer salvation for Britain’s beef producers, But there are also quality issues that need to resolved. Sue Scott reports
Trials by Nestlé Foodservices of a strip, which indicates how long a catering pack has been open, could pave the way for integration into sensitive...
Producers of high quality ready meals for catering are being undermined by low-gauge foil trays from the Far East, some of which are being sold...
Dry soup producer Batchelors has found to its cost that multi-layered segmentation of its broad Cup a Soup brand, and the way this was reflected...
The same type of barrier pot used by Princes Foods in its range of microwaveable fish-based snacks, sealed with a conventional metal ring-pull end, will...
Bob Brooks describes the latest research and development designed to monitor what is happening in ovens and improve upon the baking process
Major expansion at Carr's Milling Industries saw the company report pre-tax profit up 76%, with the food division - principally Carr's flour mills - increasing...
Food Manufacture's second healthy new product development (NPD) conference brought together a host of experts who described the opportunities and pitfalls of this emerging area of business. Rick Pendrous reports
Just weeks after it changed owner-ship for the second time this year, the baker Harvestime (2005) has gone into administration, making more than 400 employees...
Price wars between the multiple retailers have brought the frozen food sector virtually to its knees, said Howard McEvoy of McEvoy Foods International and president...
Suppliers of cured ham, bacon and other traditional meat products have won a reprieve from Europe over the use of nitrates and nitrites in curing.Under...
Many food manufacturers "simply not interested" in export help
Food Manufacture Award-winner promises to move frozen food category forward
Speciality products, such as cured bacons and hams, should be excluded from Food Standards Agency (FSA) targets on maximum salt levels in meat, processors have...
Standing up for bagged salads
And all for the want of a nail ...
Question over future of distribution business as rationalisation plan delivers profits
Awareness of beans' health benefits and new cook/freeze techniques, could result in their more widespread use. Rick Pendrous takes their pulse
Adrian Harding trained as a chemical engineer and is now implementing world class manufacturing and 'just-in-time' practices
Jobs at Tate & Lyle’s Silvertown refinery in east London are safe for the time being despite a deal finally having been signed to reform...
Carlsberg has axed 70 jobs in the UK in response to difficult trading conditions in the on-trade and soaring energy costs. The cuts would be...
Chance find in Italy pinpoints long-term contamination from chemical in food packaging ink
Confectionery giant Cadbury is the lastest company to reject an official recommendation that food products declare their nutritional content by means of traffic light labelling.The...
EFSA pushes for better risk management
It will be at least 1218 months before Uniq's ill-fated desserts plant at Minsterley returns a profit, chief executive Geoff Eaton has admitted.The company, which...
An £800,000 research project has been launched to investigate and reduce carbon emissions released by the food industry.Manufacturing giants, such as Unilever, Northern Foods and...
Cains Brewery in Liverpool will produce the official beer for the European Capital of Culture 2008, an award given to the city.It is the first...
Retailer says its own distribution is no better than its suppliers'
Independent research body Chatham House has set up a secret working group to assess how the food supply chain would cope with a bioterrorist attack...
Food companies are unprepared for the greatest threat facing their businesses today a flu pandemic according to risk management consultant Aon.Aon warned that many of...
Plans found wanting as health experts predict a quarter off sick
Suppliers unhappy with new packaging symbols designed by an industry group to identify cases in shops' warehouses should raise their objections now, the group warned.Unveiling...
How is it possible to extrude, cut, bake, fry, glaze and cool over 3,000 doughnuts an hour? According to doughnut company Krispy Kreme the answer...
Newly installed electromagnetic flowmeters have enabled Müller, the UK's leading yoghurt brand, to reduce overfill of its Müller Corner products by 84%, says equipment supplier...
How much would the mislabelling of one food pack cost? With recalls, shut downs and lost business, the total is probably incalculable, yet many major...
Industrial weighing specialist Weightron Bilanciai has launched a new scale designed specifically for manual portion control applications in the food industry.The D430 portion control Scale...
A new PC-based hand weigh terminal has been developed for the food industry that is claimed to be particularly versatile and easy to use.The Protrace...
Dutch company Infrabaker International has developed a modular quartz infrared continuous cooking oven which is now being used around the world.The oven is designed to...
A comprehensive recipe formulation, stock control and traceability system from Marco Weighing has given specialist food producer Hiltfields more control over its process, says the...
A simple to use oven logger is now available to provide temperature profiling and thus ensure products are cooked (or chilled) at the right temperature...
Cooking and smoking is a central feature of Tulip UK, with its 23 factories, 7,000 employees and £1bn turnover representing the interests of the Danish...
Moy Park is “delighted” that poultry process workers will be involved in early warnings on avian flu after the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...
Waterfields' bakery engineer Brian Hodson has been convinced of the merits of switching production to rack ovens following extensive trials at Double D Food Engineering's...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is in talks with stakeholders to examine extending new allergen labelling guidance to cover loose foods.The amended allergen labelling rules,...
Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company, has been accused by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of potentially misleading the public by misinterpreting the risk...
A raft of new functional foods which help to improve bone, heart and gut health, protect against cancer and provide weight control, look set to...
Sixty jobs are to be axed at UK dairy giant Arla Foods following a major restructuring move last month.The jobs, mainly senior and middle management...
High-intensity sweetener suppliers are working with the bakery industry in an effort to change the rules preventing the use of such artificial ingredients in breakfast...
Farmer-owned business Milk Link Ingredient Services, which claims over 30% of the market for fresh dairy product ingredients in the UK, is planning to make...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has repeated its call to the Italian Ramazzini Foundation to receive the primary data from its study linking the...
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