Product Development

Making meat processing equipment to boost efficiency

10-Dec-2015

Raising efficiency and reducing waste is the name of the game, reports Alyson Magee.

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Naturex joint venture targets meat shelf-life boosters

25-Nov-2013 By Rod Addy

Naturex aims to develop shelf-life-boosting formulations based on rosemary extracts with natural antimicrobial and antioxidant properties through the natural ingredient firm’s new joint venture with sister company Galactic.

Speed up nutraceutical product development

29-Jul-2013

Roquette has launched a service to help manufacturers get new nutraceutical products to market more quickly and reliably.

Ingredients supplier prepares for NPD push

03-Jun-2013 By Rod Addy

Ingredients firm Jardox has recruited innovations talent from Premier Foods to spearhead a new product development (NPD) push after opening a £3M new plant.

Weigh-price labeller for low-volume operation

31-Jul-2012

Marel has introduced a manual weigh price labeller aimed at low-volume operations, new product development or items unsuited to automatic labelling.

Ex-Unilever NPD veteran shares 22 years of learnings

20-Jul-2011 By Shane Starling

Taste and retaste. Taste in the actual matrix. Taste ‘neat’. Taste three times.

Beware tight and inflexible product briefs

01-Mar-2010

The number of times I have seen poor packaging design ruin the opportunity for the success of new products. Packaging and the design of packaging...

Industry needs to win over its consumers

01-Dec-2009

There are a number of very disgruntled individuals in the food and drink industry and in new product development. These people feel their voices have...

Ready to launch?

01-Apr-2009 By Elaine Watson

In hard times will firms throw the NPD baby out with the bathwater? Not necessarily, says Elaine Watson

Register today for The Future of NPD: creating tomorrow’s products

13-Feb-2009 By Elaine Watson

Get a unique insight into how the Co-operative Group, Heinz and GlaxoSmithKline are adapting their product development strategies in a recession at...

The Frenchman with flair

29-Aug-2008 By Sarah Britton

Grand Marnier's pastry chef Nicolas Boussin tells Sarah Britton about the joys of working with alcohol

Get a sharper focus

05-Feb-2008

A more structured and disciplined approach to nutraceutical product development can substantially reduce the risk of failure, says Jayesh Chaudhary of Vedic Lifesciences

Morrison strengthens NPD team

03-Dec-2007

Morrison has appointed two new joint heads of product development to spearhead the supermarket's redevelopment. Simon Mitchell joins from Asda where...

The health divide

26-Nov-2007 By Rod Addy

Depending on which category processors specialise in, the health craze is either stifling or encouraging creativity. Rod Addy investigates

Retail relations

30-May-2007

Asda chef Neil Nugent gives Sarah Britton his views on NPD as Food Manufacture delves inside the mind of one of UK retail's top creatives

Inspirational days amaze

27-Feb-2007

Industry partnerships flourish at Reaseheath College as Gail Hunt finds out

Cream of the crop

27-Nov-2006 By Sarah Britton

Sarah Britton reports on the winners of the 2006 Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

Changeovers

06-Sep-2005

The Authentic Food Company has appointed Robert Gong as development chef and head of product sourcing (Europe) to work with new product development...