Food and beverage


  • Mondi’s Advantage StretchWrap secures Fastmarkets PPI Product Innovation Award

    Mondi’s Advantage StretchWrap clinches Fastmarkets PPI Product Innovation Award for revolutionising pallet wrapping. Photo: Mondi Posted: 7 March 2024 Share this page Mondi has been awarded the coveted Fastmarkets PPI Award in the Product Innovation category for its Advantage StretchWrap for pallet wrapping. The Fastmarkets Forest Products PPI Awards are the only global awards dedicated…


  • Proper Snacks unveils fresh chickpea line-up

    There’s a new chip on the block as Poper Snacks launches a new range of Properchips, powered by chickpeas, in three brand new flavours. Tongue-tingling Ghost Chilli & Yuzu, spicy and tangy Jerk Sauce, and mild and moreish Katsu Curry flavour take centre stage as Proper brings bold, exciting options to snacking, celebrating diverse flavours…


  • UK food manufacturers suffer challenging trading period over the crucial ‘Golden’ Christmas quarter

    Food manufacturers have seen profits freeze, the the latest Manufacturers’ Health Index shows. New analysis has found that UK food manufacturers have suffered a challenging trading period over the crucial ‘Golden’ Christmas Quarter. Food was the only manufacturing category to see profitability on inventory stall in the latest Manufacturers’ Health Index – a report of…


  • Anuga FoodTec 2024: Coperion presents intelligent solutions for premium plant-based alternatives

    At this year’s Anuga FoodTec (March 19-22, 2024, Cologne/Germany), Coperion’s Food, Health and Nutrition Division will be showcasing food processing solutions at booth B-011 in hall 10.1. Coperion will present the newly developed and patent-pending cooling die MEGAtex S7 for the production of plant-based products as well as the new full access system for rotary…


  • Princes Group announces worldwide decrease in food wastage

    International food and drink group, Princes, has published food waste data for its global operations, reporting an 18% fall from last year, and a 38% reduction against the group’s 2018/2019 baseline. The group said this marks half a decade of continued progress and puts the company firmly on track to meet its 2030 goal to…


  • Lewis Hamilton’s alcohol-free agave ‘Spirit’ launches in the UK

    The first expression of Lewis Hamilton’s foray into the alcohol-free market sees the launch in the UK of the sipping tipple, Almave Ambar Distilled Non-Alcoholic Blue Agave Spirit. The liquid itself captures the authentic aromas and flavours of its key ingredient, giving tasting notes of roasted blue agave, sweet caramel and toasted wood. While tequila…


  • JBT’s Proseal launches case destacker

    JBT’s Proseal has launched a fully automated case de-stacker to compliment and maximise the efficiency of its case packing range of equipment.  The all-new CDS Case De-Stacker, significantly reduces the duty on operators loading cases into fully automated case packing machines and reduces the repetitive manual handling demand by automatically de-stacking cases and delivering them…


  • CFIA 2024: sustainable Sudpack packaging solutions

    For Sudpack, the CFIA is all about sustainability. The French food industry’s leading trade show, which will be held from March 12 to 14 in Rennes this year, is considered one of the key industry gatherings in France with more than 1,700 exhibitors. Sudpack will be at booth E1 in hall 10 to provide information…


  • GSN introduces a nutritious twist on the UK’s beloved guilty pleasure takeaway

    They were told it was the impossible task, to make a sublime Sweet & Sour Chicken pot that didn’t skimp on taste yet swerved the minefield of high carbs, excessive sugar and unwelcome artificial nasties so readily associated with the nation’s favourite Chinese Takeaway hero. From Gold Standard Nutrition’s perspective for the last six years…


  • Munson Sanitary Vee-Cone blender equipped for liquid additions

    Model VB-60-SSIS Vee-Cone Blender achieves uniform blends more gently, sanitises more rapidly, and discharges more thoroughly using less energy than agitated blenders. Posted: 5 March 2024 Share this page A new Munson Sanitary Vee-Cone Blender with internal spray line, Model VB-60-SSIS, blends dry and granular bulk materials uniformly, with or without liquid additions, in 15…