News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Special edition: active and intelligent packaging
New ideas and fancy designs might gain short term attention, but active and intelligent packaging products must offer clear added value if they are to survive in the ruthless food industry, according to Sirane.
Special edition: Active & Intelligent Packaging
ITC has developed a shelf-ready packaging (SRP) for consumer goods where the pack turns into a retail shelf.
Less than 10% of UK adults say they monitor salt intake ‘strictly’, with almost half revealing they do not monitor salt intake at all, according to new data.
Canada
Scientists and wheat breeders in Canada are working together on a 5-year project to make it easier and faster to develop new generations of resistant durum wheat.
Milling & Grains bite-size news
Australia's wheat export, French share of wheat exports, USDA approves new resistant GM corn, China eases pressure on water crisis, Cargill sues Syngenta Seeds, US miller fined after fatal accident.
Special edition: active and intelligent packaging
Flexible packaging supplier Tyler has launched an augmented reality (AR) technology app it says will lower design costs for customers.
Flavonoids can effectively reduce acrylamide formation and there are low-cost methods of measuring the antioxidant activity to optimize impact, claim researchers.