Food and beverage

UK consumers are now actively considering the environment alongside their individual health when buying food, according to Tetra Pak’s Index 2023. These environmentally conscious consumers labelled ‘Climatarians’ are willing to alter their eating habits to protect the planet. The market for healthy foods is already well established, as consumers actively seek products that will have…

JBT’s Proseal has launched IntelliTool to protect against damage that results from mismatched or incorrectly installed tooling components. IntelliTool, released for Proseal’s GTe and GTs machine range, ensures all installed tooling components are a matched set and that the tooling components are engaged correctly. When a mismatch occurs, the machinery will not run, and the user-friendly…

Co-founders, Thomas Straker and Toby Hopkinson have announced the launch of their new British, 100% organic butter brand, All Things Butter, building from the phenomenal success of chef Straker’s TikTok channel of the same name that has earned over 2 million followers. Launching a four-strong range into Ocado on November 8th 2023, the brand introduces…

Domino Printing Sciences has released a new Vx-Series, state-of-the-art thermal transfer overprinters (TTO) for increased efficiency on flexible food packaging lines. The Vx-Series is designed to maximise production uptime while reducing ribbon usage in flow wrap and vertical (VFFS) and horizontal form fill seal (HFFS) applications. Domino said the Vx-Series was developed in direct consultation…

Tate & Lyle has announced a major investment programme in its corn wet mill in Boleráz, Slovakia, to establish new capacity for its non-GMO Promitor Soluble Fibres. The production of fibres during the first phase of the programme will start in mid-2024, representing a €25 million investment. The ingredients makers said its programme is expected…

Sidel’s latest stretch film technology, EvoFilm Stretch, is designed to offer the beverage and food, home markets a new sustainable solution for secondary packaging. Sidel notes that as consumer trends, such as sustainability and SKU proliferation, continue to affect distribution and production needs, customers require alternative secondary packaging solutions which can address these demands, in…