Americas: Volkmann displays vacuum conveying systems at show
Volkmann displayed its vacuum conveying systems for transporting fine food powders, chemicals, granules, pellets, tablets and other small components in lean, dense or plug...
Americas: Tyson Foods opens US$150M venture capital fund
Tyson Foods launches a venture capital fund to invest in companies developing breakthrough technologies, business models and products to sustainably feed a growing world...
Americas: More US consumers are eating at home, report
A confluence of squeezed consumer wallets, the rising cost of dining out, and changing needs and wants have brought the US restaurant industry traffic...
Americas: Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury offers stand up pouch
Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury (formerly Chadwicks) has introduced stand up pouches to its flexible packaging product portfolio.
Produced at the company’s sister site in Grootegast...
Americas: INX buys Brazilian ink maker
INX International Ink has reached an agreement to purchase Creative Industria e Comercio, a printing ink manufacturer in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Founded in 1996,...
Americas: Protein may help to beef up the elderly
The baby boomer generation will face a condition unknown to their parent’s generation.
As we age, sarcopenia (strength and muscle mass declines) is a...
Americas: Nestlé cuts sugar in products by 40% with same taste
Using only natural ingredients, Nestlé scientists have found a way to structure sugar differently.
So even when much less is used in chocolate, the tongue...
Americas: Corbion markets BASF’s ingredients for baking
Corbion has assumed sales and marketing for BASF's Spongolit aerating emulsifiers and Lamequick whipping agents in North America.
"Our customers in the sweet goods segment look to...
Americas: Spotlight on personalized nutrition in 2017
When a giant food company invests US$32 million in a start-up focusing on personalized nutrition – as Campbell’s recently has – 'personalization' has reached...
Americas: Brazilian company uses Green Plastic packaging
O Boticário's Cuide-se Bem haircare line has a new look with plant-based plastic packaging.
Green Plastic, as it is known, is made of sugarcane ethanol...