Inside food & drink manufacturing
A modern multi-million pound sugar processing hub at Immingham, near Hull, and new sourcing deals in Mauritius and East Africa are proof of the Real Good Food Company’s (RGFC’s) commitment to servicing food manufacturers and growing its business, bosses...
After a false start in the three years to 2010, it looks as if wine in pouches could be back for a second ‘bite of the grape’, with retailer Asda and brands Echo Falls and Arniston Bay championing the format.
Food and drink brands face losing their integrity as firms unconcerned about their values buy and sell interests in them for profit, according to top retail bosses.
Haribo's £92M confectionery plant at Castleford, West Yorkshire, initially revealed in 2011, could be just the first phase of expansion, according to md Herwig Vennekens.
A premium Kent-based fudge firm has signed a major deal to provide Selfridges with own-label products – 30 years after first setting up shop at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Napier Brown, the sugar trading subsidiary of the Real Good Food Company (RGFC), is to create 80 new jobs at its West Yorkshire headquarters, after winning new business from supermarket Asda and food wholesaler Booker.
Developing healthier crisps is the aim of a new £1M research project funded by Sainsbury at Teesside University.
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) select committee “is at odds” with the government’s view of the handling of the horsemeat contamination scandal, according to committee head Anne McIntosh.
The true potential of free-from foods in the UK is being held back by new labelling laws, distribution problems and inflated prices.
Phytoestrogens, botanicals, cultures, polysaccharides and proteins are set to be the top five food and beverage ingredients, with the highest forecast growth rates globally.
United Biscuits’ McVitie’s factory in Glasgow has achieved significant energy reductions and cost savings with the assistance of JRP Solutions, a UK-based energy and facilities specialist, which worked in close collaboration with the Carbon Trust...
Tackling the horsemeat scandal was not hampered by confusion over the roles of different agencies and departments, according to the government, despite independent reviews claiming otherwise.
Responsibilities for testing, labelling, food fraud, food safety and traceability should be reassessed, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report on the horsemeat crisis.
The Soil Association means nothing to most people, its president Monty Don has told the organisation’s annual conference.
The latest technology could provide the answer for food and drink manufacturers looking to provide consumers with confidence that the products they buy have been produced as ethically as possible.