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Food Packaging

Smart labels aim to enhance food safety

October 8, 2014

A new smart label is being developed to detect pathogens in meat packaging before the spoiled product reaches consumers.

Cargill expands Food Innovation Center

Jeremy Gerrard

August 19, 2014

Minnesota-based Cargill has expanded its Food Innovation Center to develop future foods working side-by-side with customers.

Engineering R&D

A grain of sand, a whole lot of track and trace

Wayne Labs

June 4, 2014

Microscopic tags made of silicon dioxide (silica) can be mixed with many foods and liquids not only to trace the origin of contaminated meat, but also track and find potential fraudsters.

Cargill opens expanded European R&D center

The facility was upgraded with an investment of over 8 million euro.

Shane O'Halloran

March 17, 2014

The facility was upgraded with an investment of over 8 million euro.

Weak but stable growth predicted for R&D

Most growth will come from new-business projects

Shane O'Halloran

January 3, 2013

Most growth will come from new-business projects.

Engineering R&D: One drop at a time

Kevin T. Higgins

December 5, 2012

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.

PepsiCo

PepsiCo to Open Food and Beverage R&D Center in Shanghai

The move is aimed at driving growth in emerging markets.

Shane O'Halloran

November 16, 2012

In a move is aimed at driving growth in emerging markets, PepsiCo will expand its Asian operations.

Engineering R&D: Shear waves in filtration

Kevin T. Higgins

November 7, 2012

From fractionating milk solids to waste treatment aimed at zero liquid discharge, filtration is playing a growing role in the food industry, provided manufacturers can keep membranes clean.

The 80-foot microwave

Kevin T. Higgins

November 7, 2012

Shelf-stable foods prepared with microwave-assisted thermal sterilization may soon debut, provided the packaging riddle can be solved.

Engineering R&D: Research in the trenches

Kevin T. Higgins

October 4, 2012

With government funding drying up and businesses curtailing in-house programs, food technology research often has an entrepreneurial feel in the 21st century.