Eco-friendly printed batteries supplier Blue Spark Technologies has formed a technology partnership with IDS Microchip, a Swiss RFID chip producer to jointly promote new battery-assisted BAP RFID sensor solutions for use in a host of ...
US-based Sealed Air has introduced a new multilayer shrink sleeve film. The new film enables converters to make up to 20% more shrink sleeves labels per pound of film compared to 50-micron monolayer films, normally used to make shrink ...
Allpax, a division of Pro Mach has introduced a new reciprocating motion technology for microwaveable food containers to address the needs of the consumers, brand owners and contract packagers. Allpax vice president and general manager ...
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Brazilian food company BRF Brasil Foods and Irish ingredients firm Carbery have formed a 50/50 whey processing joint venture in Brazil,with a proposed investment of$50m. The new joint venture will use Carbery's technology to process whey ...
WhiteWave Foods has booked a drop in third-quarter earnings as an increase in expenses hit earnings. In the three months to the end of September, WhiteWave, which was spun off from Dean Foods last year, posted a profit of US$26.3m, down ...
Tags: plant-based foods, beverages, coffee creamers, Silk Soymilk
New Hope, a leading agribusiness operator in China, and US-based private equity firm Blackstone are in the final round of bidding for Australia's leading poultry processor Inghams Enterprises. Second round bids are expected to be launched ...
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Nestlé is extending its Product Technology Centre (PTC) in Konolfingen, as part of its commitment to increase its research and development (R&D) capabilities in Switzerland. Earlier this year, the company opened a Clinical ...
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Lifeway Foods, a US-based supplier of cultured dairy products, has reported gross sales of $22.7m in the second quarter (Q2) ended 30 June 2012, an increase of 14%, compared to $19.9m to the same period the previous year. This increase is ...
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A full strategic review of the Scottish dairy industry has been launched by Scottish ministers in a bid to improve the profitability of the troubled sector. Scotland Food and Drink chief executive James Withers will lead the review,which ...
Scottish dairy firms could boost sales to China by millions of pounds after a trade visit last week. Scottish rural affairs secretary,Richard Lochhead led a delegation of 17 firms visiting China and Japan in a bid to boost the £1bn ...
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Lifeway Foods has reported higher third-quarter earnings as rising sales and the lower cost of milk boosted the bottom line. During the three-month period, operating income increased US$2.1m from $1.6m. Gross profit was up 18% to $7.5m, ...
Tags: Lifeway Foods, food, higher earnings, milk, dairy, dairy products, kefir
Following the news last week that Premier plc sold its sweet pickles and table sauces business to Mizkan,just-food caught up with the Japanese firm's Euro-Americas president Craig Smith to discuss its plans for the brand.Elsewhere,word ...
Tags: Mizkan, Premier plc, fat taxes, consumer foods
Schmahl looks at the impact of recent prices on exports,the reality of feed costs and the outlook for U.S.milk production. Much to the dismay of dairy farmers,cash prices have had difficulty maintaining upward momentum.In fact,it appears ...
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The producers of food items have to focus a lot on the appropriate storage and packing of the items so that the freshness can be maintained by removing oxygen content from the packing.This is how you receive the packets that are said to be ...
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Farmers in California's agricultural heartland say record-high gas and diesel prices are putting pressure on their bottom lines, but economists say it's unlikely that will translate into significantly higher food prices across the U.S. ...
Tags: market view, farm equipment, farm machine