Neil Hansford, Air Products UK and Ireland Freshline Applications product line manager, discusses the potential of combining cryogenic freezing with existing modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) tech to ensure good standards and quality for food products....
Food processing equipment supplier GEA used last month’s Interpack show in Düsseldorf to launch a novel non-destructive inline test for modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) integrity.
Extending the shelf-life of food would help reduce huge amounts of unnecessary food waste - both in supermarkets and once people get food home - according to experts in the field.
Planned in-store trials of a new board tray design will show how the material can support differentiation and growth in the ready meals market, according to supplier Meadwestvaco (MWV).
A new tray sealer and check-weigher range from Ishida Europe, launched recently at the Anuga FoodTec show in Germany, will help manufacturers boost efficiency and throughput, claims the firm.
With the growth in popularity of speciality breads, cheesy loaves are flying off the shelves. Alas, not all of those tangy toppings are intentional. Or, so say the UK's leading food research bodies, which are seeing the incidence of moulds in bakery...
Some of the supply chain problems to do with underspecified or lightweighted pack combinations have been exacerbated by technical staff’s greater job mobility, says food research and testing specialist Campden BRI.
As it plans to demonstrate how its vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) options can be integrated with high-pressure processing (HPP) at this May’s Interpack show in Düsseldorf, Multivac claims that the process technology is being driven by...
Pack-Vac leak detection kit maker Witt Gas Techniques has adapted its low-cost 'bubble' system to handle vacuum packaged food products for the first...
