Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Dairy Crest intends to move production of its new, longer-life UHT Frijj milkshakes from Spain to the UK in anticipation of a successful trial period.

Published: Nov 28, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Canadian dairy processor Agropur plans to invest more than $100m in a US whey processing facility to increase the plant’s capacity and upgrade existing technology.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) has enhanced its food screening system by employing the High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) Technology.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

PM Group has announced that it has been awarded a design and project management contract for McCain Foods in India. The project involves the construction of a $69m food manufacturing facility in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Invisible Sentinel, Inc.’s Veriflow™ diagnostic assay for the detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in poultry received Performance Tested MethodsSM accreditation from the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC).

Published: Nov 27, 2012

Sports drink Gatorade, owned by PepsiCo and distributed by Britvic in the UK, has roped in MiniFridge.co.uk to produce customized mini bar fridges.

Published: Nov 27, 2012

North American dairy company Agropur plans to invest over $100m at its Luxemburg whey processing facility in Wisconsin as part of strategy to enhance its production capacity.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Researchers in Chile have invented a system incorporating natural microbial agents in a polymeric structure aimed at increasing the shelf life of refrigerated fresh salmon.

Published: Nov 27, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Kraft Foods has filed a patent for a new method for a shelf-stable, nutritional whole grain flour for use in cookies, crackers and snacks.

Published: Nov 26, 2012

Cargill announced that effective February 2013, it will be outsourcing its transportation needs at its Guelph, Ontario, beef processing facility to a third party provider.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Wageningen University (WUR) Greenhouse Horticulture, a leading research institute in the Netherlands, announced in August that it would conduct a comparative study of four water purification methods for use in greenhouse horticulture.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Scientists at Leicester University in the UK have discovered a protein that ripens fruits early and could boost their value and sales dramatically.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

SIG Combibloc has launched a screwtop version of its combibloc EcoPlus carton for long-life milk and dairy products, which was first launched in August 2010 without a closure.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Ingredients giant Kerry Group is confident it has “adequate” dairy processing capabilities to manage the anticipated European Union (EU) milk production increase.

Published: Nov 26, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The demand for bakery and confectionery food processing machinery is to increase over the next few years as employment and incomes rise in developing countries, according to Freedonia.

Published: Nov 23, 2012 By: Pari Mamallan

India is one of the largest producers of food grains in the world. The country aims at increasing its grain productivity during this fiscal year in order to expand its export operations and domestic demand.

Published: Nov 23, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Germany based Theegarten-Pactec will be exhibiting the FPC5 horizontal flowpack machine at the ProSweets 2013 event.

Published: Nov 23, 2012

FoodDrinkEurope and stakeholders have gathered in Brussels to mark the launch of the public consultation and testing phase of ENVIFOOD Protocol, the harmonised environmental assessment methodology of food and drink products.

Published: Nov 23, 2012

The season for greenhouse produce coming out of the Canadian province of Ontario is coming to an end in the next two weeks, and this year has been a mixed bag.

Published: Nov 23, 2012

Coca-Cola (Japan) has launched ‘peak shift vending machines,’ which shift power use for cooling purposes from daytime to nighttime on 19 November 2012.