Americas: Adept Technology names Harpak-ULMA as preferred partner
Adept Technology, Inc has announced a partnership agreement with Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC as its primary and secondary food packaging partner.
Selected for their advanced technical...
Americas: Tetra Pak uses bio-based plastic for carton packaging in Brazil
Tetra Pak says all of the packages it produces in Brazil are now using bio-based low-density polyethylene (LDPE).
Combined with paperboard, the use of bio-based...
Americas: Obesity, food loss affect access to food, finds DuPont-sponsored study
DuPont and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on May 28, 2014 released the 2014 Global Food Security Index that showed 70% of countries in...
Americas: FutureFood 2050 shares insights on controlling food waste
Reducing the world’s 1.3 billion tons of wasted food every year may hold the key to sustainably feeding 9 billion people by 2050, according...
Americas: Federal Mfg. introduces pressure/gravity filling machine for food applications
Federal Mfg., powered by Pro Mach, introduces a hygienic pressure/gravity filling machine for food applications including sauces, syrups, edible oils, and other viscous foods...
Americas: Hormel Foods Corporation completes acquisition of Muscle Milk maker
Hormel Foods Corporation has announced the closing of its acquisition of CytoSport Holdings, Inc., the maker of ready-to-drink protein beverage products Muscle Milk.
Hormel Foods...
Americas: Capture consumers’ hearts with familiar, natural ingredients in packaged foods, Mintel tells FNI
A Mintel research finds that more consumers in the US eat with their eyes, not their stomachs—as about 38% of adults agree that if a...
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: Cherries are seen as functional food for a healthy diet, researcher tells FNI
Northumbria University researchers have found that after drinking a Montmorency cherry concentrate, uric acid levels in the body significantly reduced in a few hours.
The...
Americas: Researchers create sensors to detect gases, pollutants
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that...