All news articles for June 2014

'You can’t fault them for it, but you have to wonder if cutting costs is the salvation,' says business strategy consultant

Can a $40m cost-cutting program bolster General Mills?

By Kacey Culliney

Amid “disappointing” fiscal 2014 results, General Mills has kick-started a cost-cutting plan to boost efficiency and support growth – a move that can’t be faulted but isn’t necessarily a ticket to success, a consultant says.

'Long-term sustainable high crop yields require integrated management practices, including the application of K fertilizers,' say researchers

Potassium holds promise for maize in China

By Nicola Cottam

 Alleviating potassium (K) deficits in China requires an integrated approach of K fertilization and re-planting potassium-rich maize stover, researchers say.

Portable and adventurous: Snyder’s-Lance on what’s next in snacks

Portable and adventurous: Snyder’s-Lance on what’s next in snacks

By Maggie Hennessy

Snacking is becoming more of a lifestyle than simply a between-meal indulgence for time-strapped US consumers, which means more opportunity to innovate in flavor, nutrition and delivery formats for snack food manufacturers like Snyder’s-Lance Inc. 

Bürkert Roadshow Tour UK & Ireland

All aboard the Bürkert bus!

By Jenny Eagle

For the first time in the UK and Ireland, Bürkert has set off on a four week roadshow to show manufacturers its latest technologies.

Demand for flexible packaging, such as Zip-Pak's Zipbox resealable film/carton combo, is increasingly driven by convenience.

Top five flexible packaging trends

By Jenni Spinner

A leader from packaging provider Zip-Pak has offered his views on what trends are driving the flexible field.

Is your product ready for nutrition label changes?

Insights from IFT 2014

Is your product ready for nutrition label changes?

By Maggie Hennessy

Food and beverage manufacturers are holding their collective breath in anticipation of the proposed changes to the Nutrition Facts panel put forth by the Food and Drug Administration and likely to be finalized next year. 

Avantium is working on a biobased polymer known as polyethylene furanoate

Special edition: Sustainable packaging

Biobased materials gets R&D boost in the Netherlands

By Joseph James Whitworth

Between €3m and €6m will be available for research and development into biobased performance materials (BPM) in the Netherlands over the next four years.

CPI Sustainable packaging

Special edition: Sustainable packaging

CPI: ‘Get the focus right. It’s not just about packaging’

By Jenny Eagle

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) is calling on manufacturers to look at the whole picture of sustainability, right through the supply chain, rather than just focusing on the end product.

CEF received a request from the European Commission following information from Evonik Industries

Silicon dioxide backed as food contact material

By Joseph James Whitworth

Silicon dioxide, silanated, has been authorised for use as an additive in all types of plastics as part of a re-evaluation, according to a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel.

Adrian Fernandez

60-second interview: The day job

What do you do? Adrian Fernandez, Videojet Technologies

By Jenny Eagle

As part of FoodProductionDaily’s ongoing series of 60-second interviews with the movers and shakers of the food and beverage industry, we caught up with Adrian Fernandez, vice president, global supplies, parts and service, Videojet Technologies.

Every year in the US 100-150 people die from food allergy incidences - something that is 'preventable', says a scientific expert on allergens

Dispatches from IFT 2014

Food allergies remain 'major' public health issue

By Kacey Culliney

Peanuts, wheat and egg are among several allergens that continue to be a global public health issue, and so industry must act with caution when developing allergen-free products, warns a scientific expert.

Saatchi & Saatchi X VP of shopper psychology: 'There are so many great, positive emotional engagements when it comes to snacks. What I see though, is that disappears when the shopper gets into the shopping experience.'

Picking through ideas with Saatchi & Saatchi X on shopper behavior: Part II

Snacks: Too much health, not enough joy? Saatchi & Saatchi X says maybe…

By Kacey Culliney

Snacks have the power to drive positive emotional shopping behavior, but too much focus on health and a lack of in-store innovation could kill the joy factor, says the VP of shopper psychology at Saatchi & Saatchi X.

An SPL cleaning tank for a heat exchanger

Mars chemical cleaning firm to launch bakery division

By Jenny Eagle

Surfacing Processing Ltd (SPL), a UK chemical cleaning company whose clients include Mars and Cadbury, is launching a bakery division after developing a non-stick engineered coating for bakeware.

Avure Technologies, a producer of high-pressure processing equipment for food and beverage, is relocating its headquarters to Cincinnati.

Growth in HPP drives Avure expansion

By Jenni Spinner

The high-pressure processing firm is expanding to a new location to accommodate demand for the food and beverage production technology.

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