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Food Safety

Safety alert issued on possible contaminated candy

Candy possibly distributed to Kansas food pantries

December 11, 2017

A food pantry in Kansas has reported potentially contaminated candy received through a distribution program.

Fabulous Food Plants

How Ben & Jerry's successfully manages its plants

An inside look at the ice cream maker’s St. Albans, Vt. facility, which is preparing for a significant expansion

Debra Schug

December 11, 2017

Ben & Jerry's company principles drive the operations and the floor workers at the company’s ice cream factory in St. Albans, Vt.

Food Trends

Campbell's: The top 6 food trends for 2018

Consumers expect more options, variety in foods and flavors

Casey Laughman

December 8, 2017

The Campbell's Culinary & Baking Institute (CCBI) has released what it has identified as the six biggest and most accessible food trends of 2018.

2018 food and beverage manufacturing industry predictions

Processors are expected to adopt more technology in their plants as well as produce more natural products in the coming year.

Debra Schug

December 6, 2017

Among the top trends, automation and robotics are expected to gain mass adoption in many food processing plants to help operational efficiencies and customer order fulfillment as well as to increase throughput and quality.

Food fraud

Combatting the growth of fake food

Food is now the fourth most valuable counterfeit market, and foods such as olive oil, honey, fish, vinegar, vanilla and coffee top the list.

Maria Ferrante

November 29, 2017

As brand manufacturers continue to source from an ever-growing list of ingredients and suppliers, food is now the fourth most valuable counterfeit market, according to the 2016 Brand Protection and Product Traceability Market Research Report.

Beverage Packaging

HeatGenie’s single-serve beverages self-heat

A twist of the can, and two minutes is all it takes for consumers to enjoy hot tea or soup in a single-serve container.

November 29, 2017

Coffee, tea, or hot soup on the go? A new packaging innovation promises exactly that. The HeatGenie simply and quickly heats beverages with a twist of the lid through a solid-state thermal reaction.

How food and beverage processors can fight cyberattacks

CEOs tend to look at a cybersecurity as a one-time investment, but imagine the results if your virus definitions were last updated Jan. 1, 2015.

Wayne Labs

November 29, 2017

Knowledge of how attacks occur, new tools coming on the scene, and long-term investments in cybersecurity can all help processors stand a better chance of keeping their plants safely up and running.

Researchers develop alcoholic beverage made from tofu whey

Team from National University of Singapore file patent for unique, zero-waste approach of converting byproduct of tofu making into an alcoholic drink rich in isoflavones.

Crystal Lindell

November 28, 2017

A research team from the National University of Singapore has successfully turned tofu whey — a liquid that is generated from the production of tofu and is often discarded — into what they describe as a tasty alcoholic beverage called Sachi.

Engineering R&D

Plasma sparks new cold sterilization technique

Plasma is known for being in TVs, cutting devices and futuristic rocket engines, but it also is an effective non-thermal lethality agent.

Wayne Labs

November 27, 2017

While plasma could be useful in a number of food applications, using it to create a non-thermal sterilization system will likely be the most attractive to processors.

Green Series

Water conservation can be a hard sell for processors

Conserving and reusing water offer processors an opportunity to meet sustainability goals and save money.

Casey Laughman

November 22, 2017

While water conservation may not be as flashy as saving energy, it's an important component of not only sustainability efforts, but of protecting the bottom line.

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.