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Successful, industry-leading food manufacturers regularly use audits to identify potential risks and verify the effectiveness of their internal controls.

Many processors face similar issues: high-volume slurry waste, tightening environmental regulations, and rising costs for both inputs and disposal. But with the right technology, these challenges are solvable — and profitable.

FOOD ENGINEERING recently spoke to Arborea founder and CEO Julian Melchiorri, as well as Dr. Kalyan Chatakondu, global commercial director, about the company’s Biosolar leaf technology, turning microscopic plants into valuable food ingredients, and its partnership with ABInBev.

To recognize the growth, and encourage more young women to consider engineering, the UK-based Women’s Engineering Society is marking the 12th International Women in Engineering Day on June 23.

Today’s safety practices are increasingly enabled by sensors, software and cloud platforms, which not only improves compliance and traceability — it reshapes how the industry thinks about readiness, training and operational excellence.

Faced with rising ESG expectations, carbon reduction mandates and consumer pressure for climate-conscious sourcing, companies are reevaluating every link in their supply chain. Yet one of the most fuel-intensive, labor-constrained and congestion-prone areas often goes overlooked: yard operations.

For certain high-value products where extended shelf life and preservation of nutrients and vitamins are crucial, HPP offers a bacterial inactivation process that doesn’t interfere with the organoleptic nature of food and beverages.

As part of its State of Industrial Maintenance report, MaintainX recently surveyed maintenance professionals across the U.S. and Canada with the goal of understanding the obstacles they face in 2025 and beyond.

Material loss analysis used to take too much time and effort, but manufacturers can get these insights quickly and easily by folding material loss analysis into a digitalization strategy.

The definition of clean label is evolving to include not only natural ingredients but also decarbonization, reductions in virgin plastic packaging, cleaner processing, energy efficiency and more.