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Innovative recycling solutions for plastic food packaging

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

March 9, 2020

Consumers around the world are frustrated with plastic. A recent study from Global Data says that 35% of UK consumers are more likely to purchase products without any plastic at all, compared to goods even with recycled plastic.

Design of Experiments

What? Why? When? An introduction to designed experiments

Properly designed experiments can help create better processes and products

Dr. Paul K. Andersen

Dr. Stuart Munson-McGee

March 5, 2020

We use experiments to understand how to make new or better products or processes. Experiments cost time and money. However, by using some simple statistical tools to design and analyze our experiments, we can minimize the costs while maximizing the useful information we gain.

Parts & components

Need a spec/datasheet?

Allied Electronics & Automation probably has it—now more than 1.1 million of them

Wayne Labs

March 3, 2020

Allied Electronics has been accumulating a treasure trove of datasheets. The company just announced there are now more than 1.1 million of them, and the number keeps growing.

Detecting foreign matter to avoid contamination

Rose Shilling

March 2, 2020

A wide variety of machines can help ensure that foreign matter doesn't slip into your product.

Pet food quality expectations mirror trends in human food

From premium ingredients to sustainable manufacturing practices, the food we feed our pets mirrors what we eat

Sharon Spielman

February 24, 2020

As consumers change how they feel about their pets, it creates new challenges for pet food manufacturers that must respond to customer demands to feed pets like people.

Field Reports

Precision blending of nutraceuticals

Tumble blender technology enhances the speed and homogeneous blending of nutraceutical components and powders

BNP Media Staff

February 21, 2020

Nutraceuticals can encompass a wide variety of health-related products including vitamins, supplements, mineral blends, and even various foods like energy bars. Many of these formulations involve the fine blending of as many as 40-50 components, including powders and trace elements.

Engineering R&D

Could the next big step in HPP be bulk processing?

Wayne Labs

February 20, 2020

Hiperbaric recently released a new machine concept for processing liquid in bulk.

Dry Processing

Centrifugal sifters before packaging help meet customer specifications

Sharon Spielman

February 20, 2020

PacMoore Products Inc., a Hammond, Ind.-based contract food manufacturer, needed equipment that would help maintain high throughput and product integrity.

Food Safety

Don’t overlook the role of handwashing in food safety

Richard F. Stier

February 19, 2020

Handwashing is an essential element for ensuring food safety, whether food is being processed or handled in a plant, prepared in a restaurant or foodservice outlet, or cooked at home.

Industry News

Dairy Farmers of America to acquire substantial portion of Dean Foods

Dean Foods’ sales of assets stem from bankruptcy proceedings

Wayne Labs

February 18, 2020

Dean Foods Company and some of its subsidiaries have entered into an asset purchase agreement with Dairy Farmers of America by which DFA will acquire a substantial portion of Dean Foods’ business operations. If the agreement is approved, DFA will acquire 44 of the Dean Foods’ fluid and frozen facilities and the real estate, inventory, equipment, and all other assets necessary to operate such facilities (aka the “Stalking Horse Assets”).

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.