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To produce top-notch olive oil today and market it around the world requires a level of automation that spans the entire supply chain

Digital Transformation

Digital transformation offers food manufacturers a giant reset button

Manufacturing execution systems support revenue growth while promoting resilience and sustainability in times of disruption and market uncertainty

Keith Chambers

October 22, 2021

Digital operations management technologies provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers the ability to calibrate their response to fluctuating market and supply conditions.

Food Safety

Investigation of Salmonella Oranienburg in whole, fresh onions continues

FDA, CDC and state and local partners are investigating a multistate outbreak

October 22, 2021

Water brand adds innovative label for complete recyclability

October 20, 2021

Aroma is a bottle made of 100% recycled clear PET, which is completely recyclable and designed by rethinking the manufacturing system, a sustainable and imaginative idea, a unique concept that meets both the demands of brands in terms of marketing, and communication and the needs of the company in terms of production, investment and sustainability.

BlackMatter is a new ransomware that is sold to would-be hackers to infect critical systems

Ransomware Attacks

BlackMatter ransomware targets food/agriculture sector

While Black Matter, a new ransomware group, promised not to target critical infrastructure, those purchasing the RaaS don’t necessarily follow that rule

Wayne Labs

October 19, 2021

This new ransomware as a service provides tools for criminals to attack companies with big pockets, including food and beverage.

Nuts and Bolts

Plant-based dairy market to expand

October 15, 2021

According to “Plant-Based Dairy Market,” a report from Fact.MR, global sales of plant-based dairy products are expected to grow 11% until 2031, with an estimated market value of $32 billion. Increased preference for naturally sourced food products is majorly spurring demand.

Nuts and Bolts

Americans reveal how they feel about the meatless protein trend at fast food restaurants

October 15, 2021

A growing number of fast-food chains in the U.S. have begun offering meatless or plant-based options on their menu. Research from Piplsay delves into people’s acceptance of and excitement around this food trend.

Ferrero Chocolate Processing Plant Illinois Groundbreaking

Ferrero breaks ground on its first chocolate processing facility in the U.S.

October 14, 2021

Ferrero North America, part of the global confectionery company the Ferrero Group, broke ground on a new 70,000-square-foot chocolate processing facility in Bloomington, Illinois. It will be the Ferrero Group's third facility that processes chocolate, and its first outside of Europe. The new plant is set to open in spring 2023.

Nutraceutical Factory Salt Lake City Armada Nutrition

Armada Nutrition to build 438,000-square-foot processing facility in Utah

October 14, 2021

Armada Nutrition, a full-service product developer and manufacturer specializing in powder and capsule applications, announces plans to broaden its operation capacity with a new 438,000-square-foot nutraceutical manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Combined with the company's existing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, Armada will have over 750,000 square feet of manufacturing space, making Armada one of the industry's largest contract manufacturers in the US in terms of capacity and output.

Checking the viscosity of chocolate and entering it into the SPC system

Legacy software

Five signs it’s time to upgrade your legacy SPC system

Not only can a new system provide you with more actionable data, it'll be more secure

Jason Chester

October 14, 2021

Rather than being fat, dumb and happy with that old, dated SPC system, instead become agile, intelligent and ready to pursue the competition with the added intelligence you get from a modern statistical process control system.

Plant Openings

Plant Openings & Expansions: October 2021

October 14, 2021

The people, companies and facilities making headlines.

Join Lynn Dornblaser, Client Advisor at Mintel, and Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD ENGINEERING, as they break down the 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies and discuss the factors affecting this year’s rankings.

Explore food safety strategies that strengthen sanitation, risk management, operational efficiency, and compliance across foodservice and facility environments.