Reducing the carbon footprint in the food value chain—the greenhouse gas emissions from farm to fork—is a major focus area for modern food manufacturers.
Sometimes, two is better than one. This combination filler, from Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery, Sturtevant, Wis., allows operators the benefit of filling two or moredifferent elements.
GEA Refrigeration Technologies, Durham, N.C., presents the GEA High Velocity Freezer range (HVF) of impingement freezers, designed for freezing hamburger patties and other flat products.
Savoury Systems International (SSI) will showcase its new Tomato Salt Replacer and Non GMO Light Corn HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) at the IFT 2013 Expo in Chicago.
Researchers in the U.S., Europe and Japan have produced the first comparison of both the DNA sequences and which genes are active, or being transcribed, between the domestic tomato and its wild cousins.
Nestle is investing $53 million to expand its R.&D. center in Solon into a product technology center to help further frozen and chilled foods research.
Chemical conglomerate DuPont will open a new innovation center in Iowa to expand its research into new products for food, agriculture and alternative energy.
Taiyo Green Power, has achieved Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 certification, recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA).
The complete selection of 2013 protected cropping tomato varieties from Gautier Semences is currently on display at Kwekerij Rimato in the Dutch Westland greenhouse area.
CP Kelco announced plans to expand its Brazilian pectin operation by 30% to significantly increase the facility's capacity to produce grades of pectin.
HFC refrigerant gas is considered to have a lower impact on the stratospheric ozone layer than chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerant gases they are replacing.
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), an India-based milk co-operative operating under the Amul brand, is set to establish a new dairy plant in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, with an investment of INR1.5bn ($25.12m) .
