All news articles for January 03, 2018

DSM says ModuMax can be used in savoury soups, sauces, sweet beverages and desserts

FiE 2017

Taste modulator offers flavour-masking benefits

By Noli Dinkovski

A taste modulator that can mask a wide range of flavours in liquid-based products was unveiled at last November’s Food Ingredients Europe in Frankfurt.

Verdad 410 can be used in potato salad, coleslaw, refrigerated sauces, and dips

FiE 2017

Salad dip preservative has clean-label claims

By Noli Dinkovski

A preservative for dips, spreads and deli-style salads – made from a combination of fermented cane sugar and speciality vinegar – took centre stage at Corbion’s stand during Food Ingredients Europe, held in Frankfurt last November.

SN-2 palmitate allows infant formula makers to offer benefits similar to mother’s milk

Demand for infant formula that mimics human milk

By Noli Dinkovski

Demand for infant formula containing SN-2 palmitate – an ingredient that mimics the fatty acid profile in human milk – has soared over the past decade and will continue to grow, Advanced Lipids has claimed.

Forti-Fry: can also promote heat transfer, resulting in fried food being browned more evenly

NEWS IN BRIEF

Antioxidant claimed to prolong oil frying life

By Noli Dinkovski

A natural antioxidant designed to improve the oxidative stability as well as the general performance of frying oils has been launched by Kemin.

The surplus food distribution initiative has been tested at Nestlé’s factories

Nestlé links up with Company Shop to cut food waste

By Rick Pendrous

An innovative approach to minimising food waste has been developed by Nestlé UK and Ireland in partnership with Company Shop – the UK’s largest redistributor of surplus food – and supported by the Waste & Resources Action Programme.

Professor Buttriss: ‘Concern has existed about the risk for people with undiagnosed kidney disease’

OPINION

Why potassium benefits outweigh the risks

By Judy Buttriss

Recommendations from government advisors on the use of potassium salts in place of sodium chloride (salt) was published in November.

Visitors to Cargill’s stand were given the opportunity to discuss a number of ingredient possibilities

FiE 2017

Ingredient prototypes on show at FiE

By Noli Dinkovski

Food manufacturers were given an opportunity to view and taste more than 20 ingredient prototypes as part of a ‘market plaza’ at Food Ingredients Europe (FiE), which took place in Frankfurt in November.

Tea’s up at Wessanen in Beaminster. Left to right: Tony Buckton and Daniel Parr from Wessanen UK with Piet Honig, Piramide brand manager for Wessanen

Wessanen brews up extra tea capacity in Dorset

By Michelle Perrett

Wessanen, the food company that owns Clipper Teas, has invested £1.25M in new equipment for its tea factory in Beaminster, Dorset, allowing it to manufacture all of its tea brands from a single site.

Healthy snacks brand Graze adopts a ‘Test & Learn’ approach when it introduces new retail packaging formats

Graze reveals strategy for launching new products

By Paul Gander

As better-for-you-snacks brand Graze prepares to rollout new sharing bag formats, extending its reach from the checkout to central aisles of the supermarket, the company has revealed the ‘Test & Learn’ strategy it follows when introducing new packaging...

The FSA believes third-party hygiene audits need to be more robust

Food Standards Agency reforms are not a ‘secret mission’

By Rick Pendrous

The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) reforms under its Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme are about making the Agency “fit for purpose” and not a “back door” way of shifting the full cost burden of inspecting food businesses onto the industry while...

The Ncn’ean distillery plans to use locally-sourced wood in its new boiler

Distillery installs wood chip boiler

By Rick Pendrous

The newly opened Ncn’ean distillery on the Morvern peninsula in Scotland has committed itself to environmentally friendly production by choosing locally-sourced wood as the primary power source for its new 850kW woodchip boiler system.

There has been a ‘redefinition’ of portion sizes, says Mars director Rob Verhagen

FiE 2017

Halt portion-size ‘super-inflation’ to curb obesity

By Noli Dinkovski

Food and drink manufacturers need to halt the “super-inflation” of portion sizes if the global obesity epidemic is to be addressed, a senior innovation director at confectionery giant Mars has claimed.

The new biogas plant will produce 200kW of power and 230kW of heat

Balmenach distillery installs £3M anaerobic digestion plant

By Rick Pendrous

Balmenach, one of Speyside’s oldest whisky distilleries and the home of Caorunn Scottish Gin, is set to become one of Scotland’s greenest distilleries with the announcement last month that work had started on a £3M biogas project to significantly reduce...

Brexit has focused the need for more NFCU powers, says food crime boss Andy Morling

Food Crime Unit needs up to £5M more to investigate fraud

By Rick Pendrous

The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) would only take on investigatory powers on top of its intelligence gathering activities if it received ministerial support and between £4M and £5M a year of extra government funding, it emerged at the Food Standards...

Food and drink recalls in the UK more than doubled in 2015/16

Food and drink recalls more than double in 2015/16

By Michelle Perrett

The number of food and drink product recalls in the UK grew by 62% in 2015/16 driven by the impact of new EU labelling legislation, the Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) report has revealed.

Salmonella cases have risen by 3% across the EU since 2014

Salmonella cases across the EU are increasing

By Michelle Perrett

Salmonella cases have increased by 3% across the EU since 2014, according to a new report compiled by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Environment secretary Michael Gove would support the imposition of tariffs on imports of food and drink post Brexit

Food tariffs if Brexit ends up on WTO terms

By Michelle Perrett

The government would support the imposition of tariffs on imports of food and drink post Brexit to protect UK producers, despite it increasing prices for consumers, environment secretary Michael Gove revealed to MPs last month.

Coke's Fanta bottle gets a new twist

Packaging product file

Coke's Fanta bottle gets a new twist

By Rick Pendrous

Equipment supplier Sidel has collaborated in the new ‘Spiral’ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle project from The Coca-Cola Company designed to ‘rejuvenate’ the Fanta brand.

Confectionery kit advances on show at ProSweets

Manufacturing product file

Confectionery kit advances on show at ProSweets

By Rick Pendrous

Bosch Packaging Technology will showcase its testing equipment for jelly production, including medicated and functional gummies, such as cough lozenges, omega-3 and mineral-enriched products, as well as other supplemented jellies, at the ProSweets 2018...

Bryan's Salads expands capacity to meet demand

Manufacturing product file

Bryan's Salads expands capacity to meet demand

By Rick Pendrous

Advanced Ishida weighing technology has played a key role in the success and growth of specialist salad producer Bryan’s Salads, based at Tarleton in Lancashire.

Contract powder packer has blending expertise

Spotlight on mixing and blending

Contract powder packer has blending expertise

By Rick Pendrous

German contract retail pack manufacturer SternMaid demonstrated its expertise in blending powdered foods at the recent Food Ingredients Europe show in Frankfurt. The focus this year was on a new option for filling products into stand-up pouches.

Animal feed firm wins Factory of the Future award

Spotlight on mixing and blending

Animal feed firm wins Factory of the Future award

By Rick Pendrous

Nuscience’s factory at Ghent in Belgium, which makes animal feed premixes, has been named ‘Factory of the Future 4.0’, a prize awarded to firms that rise to the challenges of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’.

Koenig sets up new turnkey arm

Spotlight on mixing and blending

Koenig sets up new turnkey arm

By Rick Pendrous

Roll plant manufacturer Koenig has set up a new subsidiary to specialise in designing and installing turnkey projects for bakeries and food manufacturers.

Vibratory blender for ingredients

Spotlight on mixing and blending

Vibratory blender for ingredients

By Rick Pendrous

A vibratory motion blending system to accurately mix multiple dry or wet products has been introduced by tna.

Ice cream, breakfast cereals and biscuits are among the products targeted

PHE calls for more sugar reduction

By Paul Gander

Despite a positive overall picture and a “fabulous response” from some leading brands to its 20% cross-category sugar reduction target for 2020, Public Health England (PHE) has suggested that some categories are making more progress than others.

Real Good Food is seeking long-term financing after recently agreeing loan notes of £3M

Real Good Food seeks new funding after £6.7M loss

By Mike Stones

Real Good Food is seeking new funding to supplement recently-agreed short-term financing, after revealing a pre-tax loss of £6.7M in interim results for the six months to September 30 2017.

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