All news articles for January 2018

Coke's Fanta bottle gets a new twist

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

The Farmer’s Son has recalled packs of haggis over food poisoning fears

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Haggis recalled over food poisoning fears

By Gwen Ridler

Scottish meat processor The Farmer’s Son has recalled packs of haggis and black pudding, due to concerns over the company’s procedures to prevent food poisoning.

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.

FEI Foods has created 70 jobs at its new factory in Llantrisant, south Wales. Left to right: Paul Williams (Lloyds Bank), Lloyd Williams (FEI Foods) and Richard Stevenson (Lloyds Bank)

FEI Foods creates 70 jobs at new factory

By Gwen Ridler

Microwavable rice and grain products manufacturer FEI Foods is to create 70 jobs at a new factory in south Wales, after securing £19M in funding from Lloyds Bank.

Disease associated with obesity costs the NHS about £11bn a year, said Susan Jebb

Smartphone app to help switch to healthier foods

By Rick Pendrous

People who are overweight and identified as being at higher risk of cardiovascular disease could soon have access to a smartphone app that provides them with advice about swapping to healthier foods, thanks to a collaborative research project involving...

Naked Bacon will be available in UK supermarkets from January 10

Nitrite-free bacon set for UK launch

By Noli Dinkovski

A bacon product free of cancer-causing nitrites is to launch in the UK following a £14M investment by Northern Irish meat processor Finnebrogue.

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