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Family owned for four generations, Huntapac is a leading UK grower and supplier of root crops such as carrots and parsnips. Following a reorganization of the business in 2019, the company wanted to develop new value-led product options and so installed a state-of-the-art line to produce carrot powder, with a heat exchanger from HRS Heat Exchangers forming a key part of the new process.

The company has launched a new mobile screw conveyor for low-ceiling facilities.

Multivac's new system is designed to help save on energy costs when packaging hot foods.

Some years ago, the television show “Mythbusters” tested the “5-Second Rule”—a belief that food dropped on the floor can be safely picked up and eaten as long as it happens within five seconds. The team tested samples of wet pastrami and dry crackers by placing them on bacteria-infested floor tiles for two and six seconds, then did cultures to see how much bacteria formed compared to a control.

The company released a new integrated motor with multi-turn encoder, stated to be the most powerful of its product family.

Though edibles pose certain challenges for packaging processes, they also offer attractive growth opportunities for the cannabis market.

 The food encapsulation market will emerge as a prominent business in the nutrition, food and animal feed industries.

The MPPEP aims to increase competition across the economy to help lower costs for American families, and this announcement is expected to expand meat and poultry processing capacity, which in turn is expected to increase competition, supports producer income and strengthen the food supply chain to lower costs.

The company has released a line of products for power recovery and temporary power preservation.

The growth of the oat milk market is expected to remain positive in the near future.