Breaking News on Food and Beverage Processing and Packaging

In this exclusive video shot at Anuga FoodTec 2012, Hans Hiendl from Krones explained the principles behind the firm's Twin-Flow concept launch to BeverageDaily.com, and identified an interesting new Asian mixed-drinks trend.

Published: 20-Apr-2012

Packaging has a key role to play in helping meat develop from a commodity product into something more sophisticated, said Andrew Streeter of Pack-Track Datamonitor.

Published: 20-Apr-2012

Successful use of high pressure processing technology (HPP) is less about the machine and more about a product’s passage to market, Avure’s Glenn Hewson told FoodProductionDaily.com at Anuga FoodTec.

Published: 18-Apr-2012

X-ray systems are increasingly replacing metal detection equipment as food manufacturers respond to growing regulatory and consumer demands for safer products, said Terry Woolford of Eagle Product Inspection.

Published: 17-Apr-2012

Bosch Pouch Systems has launched a range of pouch packaging for beverages, condiments and soups that it claims are 95% lighter than other market offerings.

Published: 16-Apr-2012

Sven Bodell, president, Food Radar Systems, told Ben Bouckley that the firm's unique microwave technology was the only show in town to detect previously invisible foreign bodies in pumpable foods, and that the system might also appeal to producers of beverages with pulp or other pieces in.

Published: 13-Apr-2012

Speaking at the FoodProductionDaily.com Meat Technology Conference at Anuga FoodTec 2012 in Cologne, Dr Marta Hugas, the head of biological hazards at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), highlighted the urgent need for modernisation in European meat inspection.

Published: 12-Apr-2012

Last May Tetra Pak launched the world's first 'carton bottle' called Tetra Evero Aseptic. Michael Grosse, executive vice president of development and engineering, told Ben Bouckley how it was performing in key markets and what the future held for a product designed with 'ultimate functionality' in mind.

Published: 11-Apr-2012

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has changed the game for US packaging machinery manufacturers by obliging them to rethink their design strategies, PMMI’s Jim Pittas told FoodProductionDaily.com from Anuga FoodTec.

Published: 10-Apr-2012

The latest developments in High Pressure Processing (HPP) can enhance shelf life in food and drink products up to 400% and boost safety standards, according to a HPP specialist at packaging firm Multivac.

Published: 06-Apr-2012

At Anuga Food Tec 2012 FOSS launched its new near infrared dairy analyser, and in this exclusive video shot at the show, dairy market manager Dorthe Bisgård Oldrup told DairyReporter.com that it broke new ground in terms of analysing milk powder to cut energy consumption and achieve other cost savings.

Published: 04-Apr-2012

A new preservation technology for fresh juices that destroys spoilage bacteria without loss of organoleptic qualities can unlock barriers to growth in the market due to its radical extension of product shelf life of up to around 21 days, Dutch firm Coolwave Processing told BeverageDaily.com.

Published: 03-Apr-2012

The food and beverage production industry is ramping up its innovation pipeline as a way of bucking the uncertain economic trend, Anuga FoodTec show director Peter Grothues told FoodProductionDaily.com at the event last week in Cologne, Germany.

Published: 02-Apr-2012

Technology firm Alfa Laval are presenting a fusion heat exchanger at this year’s Anuga FoodTec trade show, which it claims can reduce operating costs and be used at higher pressures than conventional tube and plate exchangers.

Published: 29-Mar-2012

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with Ishida Europe’s Ulrich Nielson to talk about its new traysealer the QX-775 Flex.

Published: 29-Mar-2012

The incorporation of energy reduction technology is a key factor driving machine design, Sidel told FoodProductionDaily.com at the recent Brau Beviale show in Nuremberg, Germany.

Published: 25-Nov-2011

FoodProductionDaily.com caught up with KHS at the recent Brau Beviale show to talk about their new Innofill Glass filling system.

Published: 22-Nov-2011

The metal can – for so long a dependable mainstay of the sector – is increasingly being employed as a platform for augmented reality technology that helps brand owners add an extra dimension to their offerings, said Ball Packaging.

Published: 21-Nov-2011

There is huge potential to cut the amount of water used in the beer brewing process, yielding both significant efficiency and cost benefits, said Alfa Laval.

Published: 18-Nov-2011

APPE is targeting new application areas for its novel oxygen-scavenging barrier system marketed under the the ActivSeal brand, the company revealed to BeverageDaily.com in an exclusive interview at Brau Beviale 2011 in Germany.

Published: 18-Nov-2011

Economic sentiment continues to hold firm in the beverage industry, said organisers of the Brau Beviale trade show in Germany held last week.

Published: 15-Nov-2011

German engineering giant Krones is at the forefront of IT solutions to allow close line performace analysis to help beverage manufacturers avoid downtime, and the firm’s IT solutions sales manager Timo Frankl told BeverageDaily.com and FoodProductionDaily.com that the company’s solutions ensured efficient production and a ‘win of money’.

Published: 10-Nov-2011

The trend for the development of next generation bioplastics will be led by the emergence of conventional materials such as polyethylene made from renewable and non-food sources, said Nestle’s global packaging chief.

Published: 20-Jun-2011

Dr Anne Roulin, head of packaging and design at Nestle, has given FoodProductionDaily.com a unique insight into the mega-trends that are informing packing developments at the global giant.

Published: 14-Jun-2011

Requirements for food packaging inks under Swiss national legislation have been in force for over one year, while new rules on food packaging inks exist in Germany but in draft form; we hear about the implications of these developments for the industry.

Published: 13-Jun-2011