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New Cannacap is a cap that stores and then delivers THC powder into a water or other beverage bottle. Photo courtesy of Good Mood Cannabis Kitchen Company

Food Packaging

On-The-Go Cannabis Beverages With Flavor in Cap

August 20, 2021

Good Mood Cannabis Kitchen Company (GMCK) recently launched Cannacap™, a cap that stores flavored THC powder in a portable and discreet cap and delivers it to the beverage, transforming any drink into a cannabis beverage.

Anti-counterfeit solutions will increase in use through 2026, according to a report by Smithers. Photo courtesy of Getting Images / UltraONEs

Food Packaging

Anti-Counterfeit Solutions Increasing in Use

Kristen Kazarian

August 19, 2021

A new Smithers report, The Future of Anti-Counterfeiting, Brand Protection & Security Packaging to 2026, show demand for anti-counterfeit technology, including track and trace, tamper-evidence, product authentication and others, will reach $3.25 billion in 2021.

FE August 2021 Wet cleaning system 2 Cablevey. Photos courtesy Cablevey Conveyors

Field Reports

Enclosed Wet Cleaning Improves Food Safety, Increases Product Changeovers

National Frozen Foods Corp. installed a tubular cable conveyor system from Cablevey Conveyors to improve cleaning efficiency

Sharon Spielman

August 17, 2021

When National Frozen Foods Corp., a national processor of frozen vegetables since 1912 that processes more than 400 million lbs. of product annually, was looking to meet higher compliance standards while increasing the speed of packaging, they found a solution in a tubular conveyor system.

Engineering R&D

Squeezing Extra Sensitivity Out of X-ray Detection Systems

Several improvements in hardware, software and algorithms make consistently spotting 0.3 mm stainless steel fragments in food possible

Wayne Labs

August 16, 2021

Several improvements in X-ray hardware, software and algorithms make consistently spotting 0.3 mm stainless steel fragments in food possible.

FE 0821 SW Updates FE 0821 SW Updates Field Expert. Source: Endress+Hauser

Software

Managing and Surviving Software Updates

Surviving a firmware, application software or a Windows update can at times seem impossible…

Wayne Labs

August 13, 2021

So you put off upgrades and updates as long as possible because you can’t afford the downtime. But doing nothing can lead to an even worse downtime scenario.

Editor's Note

Plant of the Year Submissions Show Innovation Abounds

Food and beverage plants continue to push the envelope of innovation

Casey Laughman

August 12, 2021

What Keurig Dr Pepper and Cuisine Solutions—and the other submissions we received for this year's Engineering Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year award—do have in common is the level of innovation and creative solutions present throughout the plants.

Developing Quality Cannabinoids

The right equipment and processes are essential to developing high-quality and safe ingredients from cannabis and hemp.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

August 11, 2021

As the cannabis-infused food and beverage industry continues to grow, progressively expanding into mainstream America, variables related to finished product quality, safety, and consistency will rise to the forefront of industry concerns.

AI Podcast

The Morning Star Company Explores AI Options to Improve Yields, Profitability

Kristen Kazarian

August 6, 2021

A leader in the tomato processing industry, The Morning Star Company is looking at new AI agriculture technologies in extensive field settings that can help to achieve this goal.

FE August 2021 AI feature Getty Images. Photo courtesy of Getty Images / Imaginima

Tech Update

Tech Update: What AI can do for you

Experts believe that food and beverage manufacturers will need artificial intelligence in their business model to survive in the future

Kristen Kazarian

August 4, 2021

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers numerous advantages to manufacturers, including synching machinery on a production line, solving supply chain issues, business forecasting, improving food safety standards and waste reduction, as well as yield and quality—all in real time.

FE August 2021 Plant of the Year: Keurig Dr Pepper Facility. Photos courtesy of Keurig Dr Pepper

Plant of the Year | Just What The Dr Ordered

Keurig Dr Pepper Earns the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award

Casey Laughman

August 2, 2021

Keurig Dr Pepper wins the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award for its production facility and regional distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylania.

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.