Process industries
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Dawn Foods UK and Ireland has expanded its range of limited-edition ingredients to help bakers easily create seasonal bakes and so drive incremental sales, with a Peach Melba Frosting, perfect for summer. The new Peach Melba Frosting captivates the complementary flavours of raspberry and creamy peach found in Peach Melba dessert in one ready-to-use product.…
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Process valves, including diaphragm valves, used in the pharmaceutical industry are subjected to some of the toughest conditions in manufacturing. Reliability and consistency of every component is crucial for pharmaceutical companies because it directly influences the overall product quality and process reliability. What factors, then, should be considered to ensure the correct selection of manual…
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pladis is expanding appeal for its popular McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes brand by venturing beyond fruit for the first time in its history with what it believes is its most disruptive (yet popular) flavour launch yet. A marriage between one of Britain’s favourite sweets and best-loved snacks, its latest limited-edition launch – McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes Cola Bottle Flavour – is looking to…
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The knowledge gap on ultra-processed foods is the focus of Campden BRI’s latest seminar. Covering both plant-based and cultured meats, the event will provide a comprehensive exploration of ultra-processed foods, including their microbiology and nutrition. The topic of ultra-processed foods is capturing consumers attention, as research indicates that over 61% are expressing worrisome thoughts on…
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Smurfit Kappa has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Artemis, a bag-in-box packaging plant located in Shumen, Bulgaria. Artemis focuses on food and beverage packaging and makes the bags for bag-in-box products as well as films and caps for wine. Artemis will join Smurfit Kappa’s network of bag-in-box operations in Europe. The acquisition…
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From July, Dutch meat business Van Loon Group will start using a blockchain and CO2 footprint calculator from ImpactBuying, an independent data platform. “We are using the blockchain step by step, first we will connect all our pig farmers and chain partners of Pig at Best, such as feed suppliers, genetics suppliers and veterinary practices.…
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Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings (MHB), through its wholly owned and major subsidiary Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering (MMHE), has secured a subcontract to build an HVDC offshore substation (OSS) platform from Petrofac in support of TenneT’s 2GW project in the Netherlands . This OSS platform comprises a topside, weighing approximately 30,000 tonnes (including…
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In a move to help the environment, the supermarket will trial the scrapping of barcode stickers currently on extra large avocados and replace them with a bold laser etching. At the same time it is also trialling replacing the plastic tray packaging for two of its most popular avocado lines and moving to a cardboard…
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Microalgae protein company Brevel has opened its first commercial plant to serve the flourishing global alternative protein space. The new facility covers 27,000 square feet [2,500 square meters] and has the capacity to produce hundreds of tonnes of microalgae protein powder This protein is also clean, non-GMO, and planet friendly. The new site located in…
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This June sees Three Robins extend its award-winning oat milk range with the launch of two game-changing, oat milk-based smoothies for 3-12 year olds, offering the holy grail of health, taste, and convenience. If that wasn’t exciting enough, these fibre-rich smoothies have no added sugar and are packed with beneficial veg (carrot, parsnip, courgette &…
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