Meat

Egg market comes to the boil

Egg market comes to the boil

By Elaine Watson

Manufacturers face egg and poultry shortages as producers pass on a 'feel-bad' factor

At it like knives

At it like knives

By John Dunn

Slicing, dicing and cutting is the unlikely setting for some of the latest automated innovations in food processing, explains John Dunn

A cut above the average

A cut above the average

While slow to innovate in the past, meat processors now recognise the need to add value and variety, says Alyson Magee

Healthy scepticism

Healthy scepticism

By Elaine Watson

Consumers tend to be greener in word than deed, but environmental and health concerns are moving up the agenda, says Elaine Watson

Single levy board delayed until 2008

Single levy board delayed until 2008

By Rick Pendrous

Restructuring of the five agricultural levy boards has been put back to April 2008 to enable sufficient time for the single board, which will replace...

French produce cleaning system heads for UK

French produce cleaning system heads for UK

By Rick Pendrous

A UK producer of prepared salads and vegetables could be the first in the UK to install a chlorine-free process, based on an enzyme found in breast...

Meat-free goes mainstream

Meat-free goes mainstream

Consumers looking for healthier options are increasingly heading for the meat-free fixture. Gail Hunt finds out how manufacturers are cashing in and whether the veggie option is always the healthiest one

Is the future fixed?

Is the future fixed?

Fixed price contracts could offer salvation for Britain’s beef producers, But there are also quality issues that need to resolved. Sue Scott reports

Beef back on the menu

Beef back on the menu

By Elaine Watson

Beef from cattle aged over thirty months (OTM) could be back on the menu in November as the decade-long ban on OTM beef is replaced by a system...

Muscle matters

Muscle matters

By Rick Pendrous

Britain's meat processors are consolidating in the face of a tough business environment. Rick Pendrous reports on an industry adapting to greater international competition and some difficult regulatory issues

THE FIRM:

THE FIRM:

Your cut-out-and-keep guide to top employers. 57 Grampian Country Food Group

Chewing the fat

Chewing the fat

The US Agricultural Research Service is working on technology that
shows the ratio of lean meat to fat in a commercial cut of pork.
According to scientists, the implications for the pork processing
and export industries could be immense.

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