The San Francisco-based wholesale and private label bakery made a case for its madeleines and palmiers at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show last month – a first-time visit.
The fruit ingredient supplier will debut Jus Fruit Fibre+ designed for snack producers at Food Ingredients Europe, to be held December 3-5 in Paris, France.
Arcadia Biosciences has appointed Randy Shultz as head of R&D to nurture its recently formed specialty genomics team and focus on the company’s wheat project with Ardent Mills.
Graphic Packaging International and Graphic Packaging International Canada have agreed to acquire Seydaco Packaging Corp and its affiliates National Carton and Coating Co., and Groupe Ecco Boites Pliantes Ltée.
Trefoan invited guests including Bosch, Nestlé, Mars and Danone, to see what it claims to be one of the largest production lines in Europe for five-layer label and packaging film last week.
Treofan has spent €60m in the past two years upgrading its plants in Germany, Italy and Mexico. It also has a sales office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US.
At its annual Excellence Awards ceremony, Premier Foods bestowed Supplier Innovation of the Year honors upon Alexir Partnership, a UK-based packaging company.
The bakery and snack sector is not generally seasonal and is comprised of staples, but manufacturers can exploit the lucrative Christmas period through packaging design, an analyst says.
FoodNavigator.com is hosting a virtual conference and expo next Thursday - March 29 2012 - on bakery formulation. Hear leading voices in the industry talk about what constitutes tomorrow’s value added bakery and cereal lines and how to formulate them.
Packaging equipment manufacturer Krones has formed a partnership with packaging supplier A&R Cartons in a bid to deliver added value to customers, the pair said.
Brand differentiation is an increasing challenge for industrial cakes and biscuit makers and we caught up Tanis Food Tec at Interpack 2011 to hear about new technology for value added products.
A new packaging initiative launched at the Interpack trade event in Dusseldorf, Germany aims to share knowledge about the latest printing and packaging options and to offer designers more creative options, printers the opportunity to raise revenues and...
Packaging and equipment suppliers to the food industry may have to get used to tighter margins despite renewed optimism in 2010, according to industry experts at Emballage in Paris last week.
Bemis said a gradual improvement in demand for flexible packaging, especially for shelf-life extension products, was a major factor in it posting better than expected Q4 and year end results.
Irish baker IAWS is set to merge with Hiestand of Switzerland to
create Aryzta, a €2.5bn firm that will spear the €30bn global
value-added bakery market.
Tate & Lyle has reported a strong full year 2007, the third
consecutive year of sales growth and a key one for repositioning
towards value added ingredients. But despite this, EU sugar reform
continues to prove a drag.
Friesland Foods is expanding its spray drying operations within
Indonesia, as it looks to capture growing demand for powdered
ingredient ranges in the region.
Weight management moved further into the mainstream dairy sector
this week after ingredients firm DSM signed a deal to put its
Fabuless satiety product into a new Optimel dairy drink from
Campina.
Carbery believes that its new corporate structure will enable the
dairy ingredients giant to tap growing demand for added value
products and provide a one-stop-shop for manufacturers.
APV Baker has developed a new co-extrusion technology that will
enable food makers in the cereal and snack market to add value to
their products in a number of ways including a larger variety of
shapes and an even wider range of fillings.
Meat processing firm Kampomos has launched the first of its new
high margin product range in Russia, aimed at growing demand for
freshness and diversity among more affluent city-livers while also
easing pressure from high costs, reports...
Pricing rounds in the tough sweeteners market draw to a close with
UK starch and sweetener supplier Tate & Lyle expecting a slight
fall in margins for Europe.
Arcelor Packaging International (API) has launched Creasteel, a new
steel for food packaging that could revolutionise the sector by
opening up a whole new world of design possibilities.
Tate & Lyle, the British sugar and starches group, is to expand
production of the sweetener sucralose at its plant in the US to
meet increased demand for its Splenda brand.
Faced with dramatic growth in its speciality bread and quiche
business, British food group Giles Foods has been obliged to step
up its back office operations to ensure that customer service
levels keep pace with the rapid rate of...
