There are many paths toward reducing energy and utility usage at plants—some are obvious, but some are not and require the help of consultants and suppliers.

Bühler was investigating how to improve the conditioning of pasta through enhanced dryer control.

Most of the topics we cover in Food Engineering each month focus on improving plant efficiency and achieving new levels of innovation using advanced technologies.

Incorporating cryogenic freezing in place of mechanical freezing gave way in the last decade to an appreciation of the ROI cryogenic systems provide in terms of reduced yield loss, improved product quality, throughput and a focus on safety and sanitation.

For food and beverage companies focused on landfill reduction, the effort yields solid financial returns.

Known for their heavy use of energy, the meat and poultry industries need to cut usage wherever they can.

This year’s World Food Prize honors a US-born scientist’s work in reshaping farming practices to make them more efficient and productive by changing the way water is delivered.

For the first time, engineering for the packaging industry – and for the biggest packaging user, food processing – is presented in a way that clearly demonstrates its interconnected, globally integrated nature. Food and Package Engineering is a groundbreaking work that serves as a comprehensive guide to the complexities and the potential of the industry.

Packaging Strategies' Sustainable Packaging Forum focuses on the latest sustainable packaging practices, business strategies and technologies from across the globe that support company growth while meeting today's sustainability challenges.

On-Demand Key takeaways from experiences with internal and external reporting, training and education.

On-Demand Discover how Smithfield Foods and other CPG companies have implemented programs and infrastructure that highlight management support, business case development, teamwork and ethics.
 

On-Demand: Discover how Del Monte Foods and other CPG companies have used baseline audits, product development and life cycle analysis to reach their sustainability goals. 

On-Demand: Best practice approaches for coordinating with key stakeholders including customers, suppliers, employees and third parties

On-Demand: Discover how food and beverage processors optimize resources, eliminate false starts and capture triple bottom line value through state-of-art sustainable solutions.
 

On-Demand: Using cost-effective design solutions, food and beverage processing facilities can meet the rigorous performance demands required in a processing and production environment and, at the same time, focus on sustainability.