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New SIG Combibloc machine speeds up filling

Key Technology sorter removes lettuce cores, boosts shelf-life

Salt reduction and labelling efforts need to go further

Probiotics, friend or foe?

Cadbury to protect Ghanaian chocolate production

 
   
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Raisio sharpens focus with share swap

Hydrocolloids' health benefits extended

EU spirit makers question Thai import charges

Tailored recipes could help boost nutritional intake

 
 

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New SIG Combibloc machine speeds up filling
A new filling machine designed by SIG Combibloc can fill cartons 20 per cent faster than its predecessor, says the Swiss company... Read


Key Technology sorter removes lettuce cores, boosts shelf-life
US-based Key Technology has developed a new sorter designed to remove the core from lettuce heads, saving on labour costs and increasing the product shelf life... Read


Salt reduction and labelling efforts need to go further
Reformulation in the food industry reduced British salt intake by 2,000 tonnes last year, says research, but specialists insist consumption continues to exceed recommendations... Read


Probiotics, friend or foe?
The headlines are sensationalist: twenty-four people have died in a probiotic trial. Therefore, probiotics may be fatal. Throw those yoghurt shots away!... Read


Cadbury to protect Ghanaian chocolate production
Cadbury today launched a fund to aid its cocoa suppliers in Ghana, after research suggested that average production in the region is now 40 per cent lower than the potential yield... Read


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Raisio sharpens focus with share swap
Finnish food group Raisio and Swedish firm Lantmännen have dissolved joint ownership of a number of food businesses, which the firms hope will drive focus and profitability... Read


Hydrocolloids' health benefits extended
Hydrocolloid ingredients commonly used as gelling agents, emulsifiers and stabilizers may also have benefits for diabetics, suggests new research from the Dow Chemical Company... Read


EU spirit makers question Thai import charges
The European Spirits Organisation (CEPS) yesterday welcomed moves by the EU to open talks with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over its concerns regarding Thailand's custom charges... Read


Tailored recipes could help boost nutritional intake
The role of nutrition in cancer recovery has been brought to the forefront with a website which gives consumers and patients help in getting more fruit and vegetables into their diets... Read

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Exotic fruits or local berries? You choose

As consumer demand for exotic superfruits increases, so will the impact of transport on the environment. But as policy makers and green campaigners devise more ways of monitoring greenhouse gases, who will win the environmental tug of war? Read



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Challenges ahead for CHR Hansen sustainability
CHR Hansen says that investment in production equipment efficiency, and changing employee attitudes to natural resource use, remain the key drivers in its company-wide sustainability drive... Read


UK organic market stifled by supply problems
Growth of Britain's organic market is being hampered by supply problems, with local growers unable to meet surging demand, say analysts... Read


Ball reports drop in earnings, new plant for Poland
US packaging firm Ball will spend more than $300 million on expanding its beverage can capacity in Europe and Asia this year, as it closes loss-making operations in the Americas... Read


Dannon stands up to 'fraud' probiotic claims
Dannon has said that it "categorically refutes" allegations of fraudulent claims made on its probiotic yogurts... Read


Healthy food cost impacts kids choices: study
Researchers from the UK have identified some of the main barriers to young people adopting a healthy lifestyle, including the cost of healthy foods, hunger satisfaction, taste, and peer pressure... Read

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