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Americas: Consumer demand for refrigerated meat, meals remain strong, finds report

More branded refrigerated meals and meats are offering convenience, health, and creativity or originality in terms of flavors and ingredients, according to a Packaged...

Asia Pacific: China, India boost glass packaging market globally, finds report

In 2013, Asia Pacific dominated the overall glass packaging market and accounted for over 33.0% of the market, by volume, according to a Marketsandmarkets...

Asia Pacific: Food, pharmaceutical, household chemicals sectors boost China’s packaging machinery industry in 2013,...

In 2013, China manufactured 109,800 sets of packaging equipment, up 13.46% year on year, generating total revenue of RMB27.095 billion (US$4.44 billion), a jump...

Europe: Drinking a Montmorency cherry concentrate found to lower uric acid levels in the...

Drinking Montmorency cherry concentrate significantly helps to reduce the effects of gout, according to new research. Northumbria University researchers, publishing their findings in The Journal...

World: Halal-certified conveyor belts enter Middle East, company tells FNI on working with representatives

Cambridge Engineered Solutions has added new representatives in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Russia to sell and service its metal conveyor belts, filtration...

Americas: Sustainable, green products needed for researchers’ safety in laboratories, finds report

Academic laboratories see a higher number of occupational injuries and illnesses than other laboratories and research facilities This is primarily due to inexperienced handling of...

Americas: Detect Listeria monocytogenes quickly, accurately, 3M Food Safety tells FNI

3M Food Safety’s 3M Molecular Detection Assay Listeria monocytogenes has been approved by the AOAC Performance Tested Methods (PTM) program. The approval certifies that the test...

World: Consumers snack with health, functionality in mind, says Nielsen survey

Globally, consumers spent US$374 billion on snack foods annually between 2013 and 2014, a year-over-year increase of 2%, according to a Nielsen report. While Europe...

Americas: Extruded snacks food market to worth US$31B by 2019, report

The extruded snacks market is estimated to reach about $31 billion by 2019, according to the report Extruded Snacks Market by Type (Potato, Corn,...

Europe: Energy drink producers create healthier versions to attract UK consumers

Although energy drinks producers report record sales, a new survey by Canadean finds that more than half of energy drink consumers in the UK...