Americas: Menasha’s facilities receive GMP certification
The American Institute of Baking (AIB) International has accredited Menasha’s preprint and packaging facilities located in the US with Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP) audit scores greater than 900 out of a possible 1,000. The company says it is the food packaging facility’s eighth consecutive year achieving AIB recognition and the fourth for the preprint facility. The AIB and its GMP criteria...
Americas: Sciex releases meat detection system for Halal, Kosher consumers
Sciex unveils a meat species authentication method for Halal food verification, which has been developed using the Sciex Qtrap 6500 Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS)/MS system. Scientists at the University of Münster have developed the first method that can detect multiple species simultaneously while achieving the lowest limits of detection, even in cooked and highly processed meats. The company says novel methods...
Americas: JTB buys liquid foods company for US$51.6M
JBT Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the shares of Stork Food & Dairy Systems B.V. (SFDS), a filling and sterilization solutions provider for €47 million (US$51.6 million), before customary post-closing adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2015. Dutch company SFDS develops, produces and supplies integrated aseptic processing/sterilization and filling systems to the...
Europe: Eat less sugar, more fiber, says committee
In order to maintain better health, most people should reduce the amount of sugar in their diet, and increase the amount of fiber, according to the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) report on carbohydrates and health. However, achieving this across the population will take a big effort, not just from food producers, but from consumers, retailers and the government,...
Americas: Farmer-owned CHS reports lower earnings in 2015
CHS Inc, US-based farmer-owned cooperative and a global energy, grains and foods company, has reported earnings of US$649.6 million for the first three quarters of its 2015 fiscal year. The earnings attributable to CHS for the period (September 1, 2014 – May 31, 2015) represented a decrease of 26% from the US$881.7 million reported for the first three quarters of...
Europe: Rovema to display bagging system at Fachpack 2015
Rovema will be exhibiting a packaging line that incorporates the BVC 180 bagging system with integrated weigher and a picker modul at Fachpack 2015 in Nurnberg, Germany, from September 29 – October 1. The control of the picker modul and the weigher, which is directly mounted on the vertical bagger, is integrated in the vertical bagger. All components can be operated...
Americas: Mettler Toledo introduces software for production visibility
Mettler Toledo introduces Collect+ data collection and visualization software that offers users a visual overview of their operations, taking complicated process data and making it easy to understand at a glance. Production scales and other equipment can be connected to a central data collection system that stores the data in real-time for archiving and analysis. The integrated dashboard tool can show...
Europe: Study finds vitamin E improves liver function
DSM welcomes a new paper published in Nutrition that further examines the beneficial effect of vitamin E on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including non-alcoholic steatohepatisis (NASH). The aim of the meta-analysis was to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin E on improving liver function. It was concluded that vitamin E had significant results and there were obvious reductions in steatosis, inflammation...
World: Survey finds consumers in developing markets favor green packaging
In a global survey of 6,000 consumers from 12 countries, more than three-quarters claimed that environmentally sound packaging has an influence on the beverage brand they buy. The survey, carried out this year for Tetra Pak, revealed a growing appetite among consumers for products that tick the right environmental boxes. When asked about recent purchasing habits, two-thirds said they have bought...
Americas: Younger US consumers are eating more fresh food, finds analyst
The percent of all in-home eating occasions that include fresh foods, like fruit, vegetables, and dairy items, is almost back to levels seen 30 years ago, according to NPD food consumption research. In 2004 17.8% of all in-home eating and drinking occasions included fresh foods and in 2014 17.4% of occasions did, finds NPD’s ongoing food and beverage consumption tracker,...