World: Domestic consumption grows metal packaging sector
After a significant slowdown in the late 2000s, the global market for metal packaging has recovered its growth with the highest rates registered in...
Asia Pacific: Super-toasted bread a possible foam material, find Chinese researchers
Sturdy, lightweight carbon foam has many structural and insulating applications in aerospace engineering, energy storage and temperature maintenance.
Current methods to create this material...
Americas: Rockwell Automation shares on gains in connected, future-proof factories
Regardless of the efficiency of a food and beverage (F&B) factory, plant managers need to consider its ability to grow into the future that...
Asia Pacific: One-stop shop at Vitafoods Asia 2016, food-personal care synergies
Vitafoods Asia 2016 will open its doors to the nutraceutical, functional food and beverages, and dietary supplement industries in Hong Kong from September 1...
Africa: Pentair, partners open solar-powered community site
Pentair joins The Coca-Cola Company, Ericsson, Medshare, Phillips, Solarkiosk and TIGO Rwanda to open the flagship solar-powered Ekocenter in Ruhunda, Rwanda.
The site was designed...
Americas: Milk exposed to LED light lose quality, researchers find
Cornell University researchers in the Department of Food Science found that exposure to light-emitting diode (LED) sources for even a few hours degrades the...
Europe: Tetra Pak commits to 100% renewable electricity by 2030
Tetra Pak has joined RE100, committing to increase its use of renewable electricity from 20% today to 100% across all global operations by 2030....
Americas: FDA to overhaul nutrition facts label
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to overhaul the Nutrition Facts label on the back of packaged foods.
The announcement...
Americas: Silk keeps fruit fresh without refrigeration
Tufts University biomedical engineers have demonstrated that fruits can stay fresh for more than a week without refrigeration if they are coated in an...
Europe: Straw may help create everyday products, says researcher
Glucose from straw may play a big role in the future production of many everyday products.
An award winning PhD project from DTU Chemical...