News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Bakery ingredients supplier British Bakels has invested around €225,000 on a new robot palletising system which it claims will cut costs and improve the level of safety at its UK plant.
Mondi said its underlying operating profit of €187m in Q1 2011 showed its performance continued to improve but acknowledged that rising input costs and the weakening US dollar were hitting margins.
Packaging giant Amcor has launched legal action against a former sales vice president after alleging the man conspired to steal trade secrets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the company.
Following a UK release, bakery ingredients supplier Bakels said it is launching its new emulsifier free ‘clean label’ bread improver range on the wider European market.
Paper packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has revealed that first quarter raw material costs jumped 10 per cent compared to the last three months of 2010.
A new non-hydrogenated icing shortening product for bakery goods contains 25 per cent less saturated fat than high palm content alternatives, claims manufacturer Richardson Oilseed Limited.
Big interview: Bryan Scherer, R&D director, Penford Food Ingredients
New technologies that slow down the retrogradation or staling of starches could be key to extending the shelf-life of gluten-free products, according to specialty starch expert Penford Food Ingredients.