Système U replaces cans with Tetra Pak cartons
Food distributor Système U (France) will swap cans for the Tetra Pak ‘Tetra Recart’ carton, allowing it to ship almost 400 more packages per pallet.
Archives for March 27, 2014
SPECIAL EDITION: FLEXIBLE BAKERY & SNACK PRODUCTION
The snack race: Packaging feels the brunt as lead times shorten
Packaging innovation is a top demand in the snacks race with format, size and design changes expected faster than ever as lead times shorten under retail pressure.
Summit plays matchmaker for food firms
The Pure Michigan Agriculture Summit brings together the state’s food and beverage processors with retailers like Whole Foods, and raw materials suppliers.
SPECIAL EDITION: FLEXIBLE BAKERY & SNACK PRODUCTION
Artificial Intelligence: Baking with algorithms for 'infinite' flexibility
Baking with algorithmic software can help minimize mistakes as busy bakers work to broaden portfolios, according to developer PreciBake.
Milling & Grains bite-size news
Brazil corn down, Milner Foods to buy Cereal Food Processors, pest resistance to GM-corn, climate change hits grains, GM crop controversy
Brazil corn production suffers, Milner Foods to buy Cereal Food Processors, pests become resistant to GM-corn, grain production downward spiral, GM crop controversy.
Tackling iron deficiency through flour fortification
Wheat flour is the perfect vehicle for iron fortification, but progress remains slow, says a specialist.
Kellogg v BCTGM
Kellogg v BCTGM: Contract wars over Memphis lockout
The BCTGM union has accused Kellogg of acting outside the law in its lockout, claiming employment terms held under a master contract can’t be negotiated, but Kellogg says the terms fall under a local, supplemental contract which expired last October.
Simulation in packaging event is real!
A symposium about ‘Simulation in Packaging Development’ will be held by the IPI International Packaging Institute in June.
Kellogg v BCTGM
What will this Memphis contract war come to?
A labor attorney says there could be a number of reasons behind the Kellogg-BCTGM contract dispute and now that the National Labor Relations Board is involved, worse-case scenario it could end up in the US Supreme Court.
Bite-size Milling & Grains science
Nutrient depletion in African soil, height-reducing genes boost drought resistance in wheat, sprouting wheat for better nutrition and the future of aphid control
Mineral imbalance in African soil lowers yields, drought effects reduced with wheat dwarfing gene, sprouting wheat boosts antioxidant capacity and building aphid resistance in food crops.
Special edition: Nuts, pulses and legumes
Doubling of pistachio harvest will increase nut’s use as an ingredient
Pistachios – most associated with snacking in the consumer’s mind – could be finding their way into many a food product as an ingredient over the next few years, says the executive director of the American Pistachio Growers, as production is set to...
Wheat breeding expert Brett Carver addresses Baking Tech 2014
‘Glutenoia’ and overblowing biotech: Wheat breeding expert debunks industry’s biggest myths
Owing both to increased scrutiny by popular news media and miscommunication within the industry’s own ranks, wheat has become the source for sensationalism and untruths, said Brett Carver, regents professor of wheat breeding and genetics at Oklahoma...