News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
CSM subsidiary Purac and Indorama Ventures Plc (IVL) are poised to reach agreement on setting up a polylactic acid (PLA) plant in Thailand to produce high quality material for the food packaging, textile and car industries.
The fresh bread section of Irish business, Gallagher's Bakery, has been bought out by its former owner from Swiss company Aryzta, who announced last month that 124 jobs would be lost at the facility in Donegal following the closure of its frozen food...
KHS is planning to launch a range of new equipment for shrink packaging at the upcoming Interpack trade fair in Dusseldorf.
Frito Lay is trialling a quieter version of its biodegradable SunChips bag in a bid to silence those who complained the original packaging was too loud.
Special Edition: Food Factory Careers
Production manager Sven-Arne Löfving is soon to retire after spending almost 30 years in the food production industry. In the third part of FoodProductionDaily's special edition on food factory careers, he talks about what it takes to run a successful...
A blend of oat, rye, and buckwheat flours with wheat flour ensures a bread with added value in terms of nutrition, palatability, shelf life and ease of handling during processing, in comparison to bread from whole grain flours, finds a Spanish study.