As a consumer, what’s the first word that comes to your mind in buying building materials? For me, it’s safety. Sounds a little puzzling? Compared with price, quality, design, I care more if the building material has bad impact ...
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Confectionery giant Mondelēz International has opened a new $90m biscuit manufacturing plant in Bahrain. The new 250,000m2 plant will manufacture the confectionery and snacking firm’s power brands that include Oreo cookies and ...
The UK Government has rejected a proposal from the Environment Audit Committee (EAC) to introduce a latte levy on disposable coffee cups. Earlier this year, the EAC has urged the government to charge 25p ‘latte levy’ on ...
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The UK’s Public Health England (PHE) has asked the food industry to cut down calories in their products by 20% by 2024, in a move to implement the government’s strategy to tackle childhood and adult obesity. According to the ...
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UK supermarket chain Tesco has unveiled a new packaging for avocados, as part of its efforts to reduce food waste. Tesco supplier Greencellhas developed new packaging, which allows to extend the shelf life of avocados for up to two extra ...
A new set of rules for organic farming has been endorsed by the European Council (EC) with an aim to provide uniform quality organic food items to consumers across the continent. The EC says that the new rules will simplify and harmonise ...
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Working with scientists in Texas and Warsaw, researchers at Finland’s Aalto University have made a breakthrough in revising methods largely discarded 15 years ago (‘Amphoteric Be in GaN: Experimental Evidence for Switching ...
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US-based Premium Waters has launched caffeinated bottled water, Water Joe, in 700 mL package size. Water Joe, which is purified water infused with caffeine, is free from artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors, sugar and sodium or ...
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Archroma plans to showcase its solutions and expertise to improve the optical and functional properties of board and paper during the Paperex 2017 event to be held next month in India. The Switzerland-based color and specialty chemicals ...
Nissin Foods has updated the recipe of its Top Ramen brand in the US by reducing sodium content and removing added MSG and artificial flavors in the noodles range. The Japanese instant noodle maker says that the major recipe change in its ...
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Chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride has agreed to acquire JBS’ British poultry unit Moy Park for $1.3bn to expand its portfolio of prepared foods. By adding Moy Park’s operations in the UK and Continental Europe, Pilgrim's Pride ...
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Romaco is set to exhibit Siebler HM 1 series machines at this year’s CPhI Worldwide event in Germany. The event will take place from 24 to 26 October in Frankfurt/Main. At the event, the company will exhibit strip packaging ...
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German manufacturing giant Bosch stated that it will showcase its new machine for producing and packaging granola bars at PACK EXPO 2017 to be held in Las Vegas in September this year. The new system can produce and package granola bars ...
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German automakers including Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have agreed to upgrade more than 5 million newer diesel vehicles across Europe and to offer rebates for older models. The upgrades are expected to cut down pollution from diesel ...
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Advantis is scheduled to receive the custom made canning machine that N2Pack manufactured for them by the end of this month. The company is working to allow for the Amstercan packaging solution to set up mobile canning services with their ...
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