All news articles for September 2015

Hard to swallow? The government should update its advice on portion sizes: BHF

Urgent action need on food portion sizes: charity

By Michael Stones

The government should update its advice on food portion sizes urgently, warns a leading charity, after researchers advised smaller food packages could help to cut Britain’s obesity crisis. 

Tesco has donated more than 2M bowls of cereal to hungry children

Tesco provides 2M charity magic breakfasts

By Laurence Gibbons

Tesco donated more than 2M bowls of cereal to the charity Magic Breakfast clubs during the 2014/15 school year, according to the retailer.

Cargill has acquired FMC's pectin plant in Italy

Cargill acquires Italian pectin plant

By Laurence Gibbons

Food manufacturer Cargill has acquired FMC’s pectin plant in Sicily, Italy for an undisclosed amount in a bid to strengthen its texturising portfolio.

Leatherhead Food Research has been saved from administration by the Science Group

Leatherhead acquired by Science Group for £1.6M

By Laurence Gibbons

Leatherhead Food Research has been bought out of administration by the Science Group for £1.6M in a move that will rid the organisation of its legacy pension deficit, the buyer revealed.

Premier blamed a production fault for its recall of 33,600 gravy granule tubs

Premier Foods blames recall on production fault

By Michael Stones

Premier Foods has blamed a production fault for its recall of thousands of tubs of Bisto For Chicken Gravy Granules and Reduced Salt Bisto For Chicken Gravy Granules.

Brewing up new investment: John Hennighan

Taylors of Harrogate invests for tea time

By Nicholas Robinson

Yorkshire-based Taylors of Harrogate is steeped in history, but that hasn’t stopped the firm from investing in facilities, factory manager John Hennighan tells Nicholas Robinson

Cutting portion sizes and packaging could help beat obesity

Smaller food and drink packages can 'beat obesity'

By Michael Stones

Smaller food and drink packages sold in supermarkets and smaller portions served at home and in restaurants could help beat Britain’s obesity crisis, claims news research from the University of Cambridge.

The Saucy Fish Co is now available in Belgium

Grimsby fish firm launches in Belgium

By Laurence Gibbons

Fish processor Seachill has expanded its Saucy Fish Co brand into more than 800 Belgium supermarkets as part of its international growth strategy.

Many more natural options to colour foods with red

No bugs in new red colouring

By Nicholas Robinson

A fermentation process to produce the natural red pigment carmine has been developed by Chr Hansen.

What's in the can? For preference: baked beans, tuna and tomatoes

What’s the canned food capital of Britain?

By Michael Stones

Any idea which city is the canned food capital of Britain? The answer is Birmingham, with its residents eating a whopping 640,000 cans a day, according to new research from the trade group Canned Food UK.

Transport Select Committee plans to probe the driver shortage have been welcomed by the industry

Freight industry welcomes driver skills probe

By Michael Stones

The freight industry has welcomed plans to probe the lack of professional drivers in the haulage sector, unveiled by Parliament’s Transport Select Committee.

Food and drink people on the move

Food industry people on the move

By Laurence Gibbons

Carl Ravenhall’s decision to quit his role as boss of Müller Wiseman Dairies leads our latest selection of people on the move in the food and drink industry.

Alan Mutch said he knows of no-one else using this technology in this application

Modified atmosphere pack leak testing inline

By Paul Gander

Ineffective inline testing for leaks in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) can have any number of negative impacts, making a new high-speed system based on infra-red (IR) spectrometry one of the launches at this month’s Processing & Packaging Machinery...

Repairing gearboxes is up to 40% cheaper than replacing them with new ones

Predictive maintenance cuts manufacturing costs

By Rick Pendrous

Food and drink manufacturers could reduce unplanned downtime on their equipment and boost their productivity by making greater use of advanced maintenance techniques which help to predict when equipment is starting to fail, according to experts in the...

Karro has returned to growth

Karro Food Group posts first profit in years

By Laurence Gibbons

Pork processor Karro Food Group has posted an operating profit of £8M, for the year ending December 31 2014, representing an £11M improvement on the previous year and the firm’s first profit for many years.

Two Sisters

2 Sisters hot on scalding to beat campylobacter

By Alice Foster

2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) revealed plans to step up control of campylobacter with techniques such as secondary scalding, after the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reported 73% of supermarket chickens tested positive for the food bug.  

Canadian authorities gives Lesaffre product health claims approval

IBS health claims approval

By Nicholas Robinson

Lesaffre Human Care, the northern France-headquartered manufacturer of bacteria-based health ingredients, has received health claims approval from the Canadian Health Authorities (CHA) for its product Ibsium, which helps to relieve the symptoms associated...

New Britain Oils has invested £40M in its Liverpool site since 2010

Oils firm boosts capacity and jobs to meet demand

By Laurence Gibbons

Palm oil producer New Britain Oils has boosted its bakery fats production capability by 30% in a bid to meet the “substantial increase” in demand for its products following changes to EU law and the horsemeat crisis.

Results reveal nearly 50% drop of £126M in first-half profits before tax

Morrisons results prove ‘no quick fix’: analysts

By Alice Foster

The latest results from Morrisons, revealing a nearly 50% drop to £126M in first-half profits before tax, show that there is “no quick fix” for the troubled retailer, according to leading analysts.

Almost three-quarters of raw supermarket chicken tested positive for campylobacter

FSA publishes final campylobacter report

By Laurence Gibbons

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of fresh supermarket chicken tested positive for the presence of campylobacter during the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) year-long survey, it revealed today (September 10).

Calver: Video content can have real value

Linking food and drink packs to social media

By Paul Gander

Drinks brands, and particularly premium brands, illustrate many of the ways in which packaging can interact more effectively with social media messaging and link with integrated marketing, according to one specialist.

Burger buns are important to Jacquet Brossard

French get taste for sliced bread

By Rick Pendrous

While sales of plant bread are falling in the UK, in France they are up as consumers seek better shelf-life over baguettes, as Rick Pendrous discovers

Graze has expanded into America after just five years in business

Graze the new ‘kids’ in America

By Nicholas Robinson

Few food firms would chance a US launch after being around for just five years, but Graze boss Anthony Fletcher explains to Nicholas Robinson why it was a matter of urgency for the online company

Could you live on this a year for £35k?

Huel offers £35k for 12-month no food diet

By Laurence Gibbons

Powdered food manufacturer Huel is offering £35,000 to anyone prepared to go without solid food for an entire year in a bid to discover the effects of a non-traditional food diet.

Morrisons recalled its Savers Cooked Ham on fears of listeria

Morrisons recalls ham on listeria fears

By Michael Stones

Morrisons was one of four firms forced to issue food safety recalls recently, after detecting Listeria monocytogenes in its Savers Cooked Ham.

Hilton is  'a high quality operator': Shore Capital

Hilton Food Group is ‘a high quality operator’

By Michael Stones

The Hilton Food Group is “a quality high operator” concluded a leading City analyst, after the business posted operating profit in western Europe up by 4% to £15.4M for the 28 weeks to July 12.

Be among the first to learn who's won what by booking your place at the big manufacturing night out on Tuesday November 3 in central London

Food and drink manufacturing Oscars: the shortlist

By Michael Stones

Welcome to the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards shortlist. The long wait to learn which firms are in contention to win a coveted food and drink manufacturing Oscar is over.

The dairy industry gave a mixed reception to the €500M aid package

Dairy industry questions €500M EU support plan

By Michael Stones

Dairy industry representatives have welcomed the European Commission’s £362.5M (€500M) aid package for farmers but criticised its refusal to lift the intervention price.

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