Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories

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”).

Food Loss & Waste

CEC launches food loss and waste pilot program

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation is asking for comments to help improve the program

Wayne Labs

February 18, 2020

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is spearheading a North America-wide pilot program aimed at implementing Why and How to Measure Food Loss and Waste: A Practical Guide, a program launched in March 2019.

PACK EXPO

5 trends that are driving packaging updates

Sean Riley

February 18, 2020

Consumer desires and modern lifestyles continue to facilitate a shift in how people perceive food, according to "Trends and Advances in Food Packaging and Processing" from PMMI.