Cross-Functional Food Innovation

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For its 10th annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report, Rockwell Automation surveyed 1,560 manufacturing leaders about the internal and external challenges they face and how they’re using technology to address them.

Food packaging is entering a new era where innovation is as much about how equipment supports sanitation, compliance and durability as it is about what materials are used.

How natural pigment is concentrated can affect taste, shelf life and efficiency of use, but the latest technological advances in heat technology offer more options than ever before.

An increasing number of North American food and beverage producers are focusing on the capture and liquefaction of carbon dioxide from their waste processes to reduce costs, generate additional revenue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

As a part of the program, unsold and non-donatable food and beverage products from USCS’s California locations are brought to Divert’s Integrated Diversion and Energy Facility in Turlock, Calif.

As manufacturers plan for increased traceability demands, purpose-built facilities with integrated digital traceability systems will streamline compliance and enable faster, more accurate responses that help protect public health.

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.

In alignment with the FDA’s aim to phase out petroleum-based dyes, the agency has approved three color additives from natural sources for use by food manufacturers.

The limited-edition offering is designed to highlight sustainable, electricity-based processing, packaging and transportation.

A recent study by Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability looks at whether consumers understand the terms “processed” and “ultra-processed: and if they have their own opinions on them.