Breaking News on Food Processing & Packaging

Sidel claims world’s lightest hot-fill PET bottle

20-Nov-2009 - standard cap for carbonated soft drinks, has been made lighter. The base has also been revised, making

Coca-Cola packaging redesign spearheads global strategy

18-Nov-2009 - The world’s leading drinks manufacturer said the homogeneous packing design would act as a “new to consolidate its position in the juice segment. The company has more than 100 juice and juice drink brands

Coca-Cola begins global launch of plant-based PET bottle

17-Nov-2009 - The drinks giant said its PlantBottle containers were beginning to hit retail shelves across

Risk of infant, foetal mortality from Listeria higher than believed

16-Nov-2009 - -borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes in soft cheeses and other foods is estimated at about 50 per cent bacterium sometimes found in soft cheeses made from unpasteurised milk and in processed, ready-to-eat foods ... Listeria monocytogenes, Listeriosis, soft cheese, pregnant, infant, foetus

Can volumes stagnant, closures decline but profit on target, says Rexam

13-Nov-2009 - volumes remained “soft” and echoed conditions in the first half of 2009, Rexam’s Richard Mountain told with the impact of the recession on more premium priced products such as energy drinks. Rexam said its North

Improved monitoring of two zoonotic diseases, EFSA

12-Nov-2009 - – including their dairy products. * Cheeses, especially soft or semi-soft, made from raw and low heat

Rexam sells its Petainer business

12-Nov-2009 - supplies pre-forms and kegs to global drinks companies. In September Petainer launched a light

Plastic additive firms face €173m price fixing fine

12-Nov-2009 - heat stabilisers and plasticisers for packaging for the food, drinks and cosmetics industries have been

‘Unauthorised' drinks to be reformulated on health fears

09-Nov-2009 - ‘Unauthorised' drinks to be reformulated on health fears ... Health Canada of the Mind Strike, Fearocity, Elixir of Tenacity and Power Pulse drinks. Unknown amounts of caffeine were highlighted as being of concern in two of the drinks, as were “several herbs

Canadians warned off Chaotic Beverages over possible health risks

06-Nov-2009 - Health Canada has told consumers not to drink four “unauthorised” drinks made by Chaotic ... Health Canada has told consumers not to drink four “unauthorised” drinks made by Chaotic ... gave a details of ingredients listed on the drink labels that they believed may pose a potential hazard advertising that it is not an energy drink and contains several herbs which are not included in Health Canada

Symrise buys into North Africa and Middle East

19-Nov-2009 - Labs has historically focused on beverage flavours and compounds that it manufactures for soft drink of the last year has had little impact on soft drink sales in the Middle East and Africa. Euromonitor research

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Food firms: cash number one barrier to innovation

19-Nov-2009 - the international market According to the SIAL data, 30 per cent of the annual turnover for the food and drink

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Dispatches from ADICT by SIAL Paris

Food innovation success demands consumer perception of benefits

18-Nov-2009 - 's innovation conference in Paris on Tuesday. With a massive one out of two food and drink products to hit

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Europeans’ Christmas food spend to remain stagnant

17-Nov-2009 - Food and drink makers in Europe can expect little change from last year's fallen Christmas ... Food and drink makers in Europe can expect little change from last year's fallen Christmas

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French sweet tooth holds sugar opportunities

17-Nov-2009 - of drinks, fresh products and fruit compotes. But, they stress, these same people actually consume consumers eat fewer calories, drink less alcohol, and fewer fats but, paradoxically, this same category

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FDA examines caffeinated alcoholic drinks

16-Nov-2009 - FDA examines caffeinated alcoholic drinks ... information showing that their caffeinated alcoholic drinks are safe. ... information showing that their caffeinated alcoholic drinks are safe. ... ingredient that is added to a drink must undergo an assessment to prove that it is GRAS (generally recognized the agency has previously approved caffeine for use in non-alcoholic drinks at no more than 200 parts per

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News in brief

Fortitech aims to develop Russian fortified foods market

16-Nov-2009 - , nutrition and sports drinks, juices, snacks, waters and confectionery. Martin Austin, managing director

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News in brief

Indiana dry milk processor gets grade A certification

16-Nov-2009 - drink. Although there is also such a thing as grade B milk, also known as manufacturing grade milk

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Nutrition of lunchbox foods attacked

16-Nov-2009 - than half the daily allowance of a 4 – 6 year old; A 200ml Fruit Shoot Orange Juice Drink has 23g about the food and drinks they want to buy for their families when in the supermarket.”

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Coffee linked to breast and colon cancer

13-Nov-2009 - the disease. I don't believe there should be any concern about drinking coffee at this point," said

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