News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Research institute Campden BRI has partnered with equipment firm Rondo to commercialise an alternative bread process that it claims can improve bread quality and reduce costs for manufacturers.
UK researchers have unveiled prototype technology that recycles egg shells used in food processing into a filler to bulk up a raft of virgin and recycled plastics for packaging.
Kraft Foods head Irene Rosenfeld was paid $22m in 2011, according to figures in a recent filling to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The worldwide yeast industry will grow 8.6% annually until 2016 to $5.1bn (€3.9bn), according to a new report.
Weakening consumer packaging demand in Hungary will see Stora Enso reduce its converting operations in the country and concentrate efforts elsewhere with the aim of boosting profitability.
ConAgra Foods says there is “ample scientific evidence” to support a qualified health claim about whole grain consumption and a reduced risk of type II diabetes.
US-based Toray Plastics have appointed Chad Hedden as director of sales for the Lumirror polyester film division to focus on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sales.
The Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI) has formed a membership council for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that will ‘close the loop’ in the plastics supply chain.
A leading German trade body has hit out over soaring raw material costs for plastic packaging in the first quarter of 2012 – as it expressed strong doubts over a string of force majeure measures introduced by several suppliers.