News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The food processing division of German-based Handtmann Group is the latest processor to install product lifecycle management (PLM) software. Technology provider Agile has created an integrated IT environment for the division that is designed to...
Food Design, a leading UK supplier of toffee and fudge ingredients to the confectionery industry has announced the development of a replacement fat for unhealthy hydrogenated palm kernel oil, which could prove to be a key ingredient for the...
Intensified competition in the ingredients marketplace and disappointing orders for Cocoa Butter Equivalents (CBE) following the new chocolate rules leads to job losses at Danish fats and oils firm Aarhus United.
Rising prices for ingredients sourced from raw materials may find little relief in 2004 with the UN-backed Food and Agriculture Organisation yesterday predicting a fall in cereal stocks again by the end of the 2003/2004 season. 'Soaring ocean freight...
A brand of wine packaged in Tetra Prisma 500ml packaging has been launched in the US. This is the first wine to packaged in this way, and the company behind it believes it offers consumers greater convenience and freshness.
A novel source of omega-3 fatty acids, seeds from the South American plant chia, could soon reach the European market after a UK scientific panel concludes the ingredient is safe for consumption.
Participants at the annual meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences later this month will learn that cinnamon - as a flavour or fragrance - could boost brain simulation related to attentinal processes, according to scientists at...
Roasted ground coffee is still by far the biggest category in the German coffee market, but sales dropped by 2 per cent last year as consumers switched to more exciting variants such as Cappuccino and Espresso, writes Chris Jones.
Management solutions provider BridgePoint has developed iPlex Vendor Process Management (iPlex VPM) software to help food processors achieve increased efficiency in their plant operations. The company argues that the growth in outsourced manufacturing...
Hungarian company Master Good has become the first in the country to establish an organic poultry processing plant, which will largely serve the EU export market.