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  • UK study emphasises the importance of meal structure for digestion and overall health

    According to a recent study, the physical makeup of food has a significant impact on how we digest it, which is one way that contemporary diets can have a negative impact on health. Compared to nutritionally identical foods made with conventional milled flour, researchers from Imperial College London and the Quadram Institute in Norwich demonstrated…


  • Proseal launches XTP Automatic Tray Sealer for medium-sized production facilities

    Proseal, an industry leader in tray sealing technology by JBT Marel, has launched its latest innovation: the XTP Automatic Tray Sealer for medium-sized production facilities across markets including convenience foods, ready-to-eat meals, produce, poultry, fish and red meat. “Efficiency and flexibility are paramount in today’s competitive landscape, and the XTP delivers on both fronts. Its comprehensive seal…


  • Financing grid expansion: Overhead versus the ATT side-step

    Image courtesy 123rf Financing grid expansion takes centre stage in this week’s Power Playbook with the UK as a case study; namely, which will prove the better financially: overhead buildout, or alternative transmission technologies? By now there is little need to discuss how exorbitant the price tag is on decarbonising and expanding the power grid…


  • Pork Farms launches Mini Melton Mowbray Pork Pies for food-to-go

    Pork Farms, is launching Mini Melton Mowbray Pork Pies to add more variety and branded options in food-to-go. The launch comes as 71% of pork pie consumers say they prefer a Melton Mowbray over a non-Melton version due higher quality perception and a more traditional and trusted recipe (source: Vypr October 2024). Building on the…


  • IEA launches observatory to monitor AI and data centre energy demand

    Image: IEA The new IEA energy and AI observatory is proposed to monitor and analyse the energy consumption and linkages between AI and energy. Underlying its formation is the growing energy consumption of data centres and AI data centres in particular and the limited data on this consumption. It follows the release in April by…


  • Southern Company contracts SwissDrones for infrastructure monitoring

    Image courtesy SwissDrones US energy provider Southern Company has contracted SwissDrones, a Switzerland-based provider of advanced aerial intelligence solutions and long-range unmanned helicopter systems, to deploy their SDO 50 and enhance aerial intelligence capabilities. SwissDrones’ SDO 50 is an unmanned helicopter and one of the first unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the category beyond 25kg…


  • Planted opens production facility for bio-structured proteins

    Planted, the Swiss FoodTech pioneer for plant-based meat made from only clean ingredients, is celebrating the opening of its new production facility in Memmingen, Bavaria, as it strives to meet demand for environmentally friendly food across Europe over the past year. The new plant in Memmingen is Europe’s most modern production facility for bio-structured proteins…


  • I.T.S launches clean label flavours to formulate hydration drinks

    Flavour house I.T.S has launched a range of natural, clean label flavours especially formulated to perform in all types of hydration drinks, from electrolyte RTDs to hydration powers and tablets, even drinks packed with functional ingredients. One of the fastest growing soft drinks categories, hydration beverages are no longer exclusively for sport as many consumers…


  • Rocol claims industry first after PFAS-Free accreditation for FOODLUBE

    ROCOL has announced it has become the first company in the lubricants industry to receive NSF’s new PFAS-free certification for four products in its FOODLUBE  range. The leading global public health and safety organisation approved ROCOL’s food grade lubricant products with its NSF 537 certification following extensive testing. The certification, which can only be issued by…


  • Northwest Seaport Alliance completes shore power system at Husky Terminal

    The Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) has installed shore power at Husky Terminal in Tacoma, Washington. This project was supported by contributions from several different grant programs. It received direct support from the Washington State Legislature through a grant award from the VW Settlement Agreement Funds, with funding also coming from the EPA’s Diesel Emission Reduction…