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Beverage companyâ??s solar field design shares the â??loveâ?? of renewable energy

TECH FLASH

Solar field shares ‘love’ of renewable energy

A field of solar panels on New Caledonia’s largest island is being constructed in the shape of a heart for local beverage company Froico SA

Jeremy Gerrard

September 29, 2014

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The unique field design was inspired by an area of nearby wild mangrove vegetation that has naturally taken a heart shape.

Editor's Note

The quest for manufacturing excellence continues

Joyce Fassl

September 4, 2014

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This month marks Food Engineering’s 35th annual report on the State of Food Manufacturing.

Engineering R&D

The fantastic voyage of a temperature probe

Best way to measure the internal process temperature of a cooking stage: Send an RFID probe through the process piping!

Wayne Labs

September 4, 2014

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Measuring the internal temperature or the doneness of any product as it travels through a continuous cooking system is not an easy task.

The Plant Floor Worker

Employee engagement: Creating a culture of operational excellence

Employee engagement supports plant safety, food safety and operational efficiency goals. Could your operation be doing more to create a culture of engagement?

Shane O'Halloran

August 12, 2014

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It’s no secret that employee engagement boosts individual, team and overall operational performance.

Plant Construction

37th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Hygienic design for safe food

Wayne Labs

June 9, 2014

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As FSMA gels, processors are concerned about safe food and plants while stepping up product output with the same energy inputs.

Engineering R&D

A grain of sand, a whole lot of track and trace

Wayne Labs

June 4, 2014

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Microscopic tags made of silicon dioxide (silica) can be mixed with many foods and liquids not only to trace the origin of contaminated meat, but also track and find potential fraudsters.

Green Series

Proper design creates ultra-efficient plant

ConAgra Lamb Weston used an integrated approach to deliver the first-ever LEED-Platinum frozen food processing facility.

Jeffrey Yoders

May 6, 2014

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U S food processors face increasing energy-efficiency and sustainability demands from regulators, market competition and consumers interested in purchasing products from environmentally friendly companies.

Engineering R&D

Making ammonia safer and more efficient in refrigeration applications

Borne out of necessity, new ammonia refrigeration technology uses 1 percent of the refrigerant quantity of previous systems and increases efficiency.

Wayne Labs

May 6, 2014

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Not all refrigerated food and beverage warehouses have the luxury of being located away from people in wide-open spaces next to an interstate and a railroad spur.

Food waste reduction, trust building top trends for 2014

TECH FLASH

Food for thought: How can large food manufacturers fuel clean energy?

On average, 16 percent of raw materials are lost during food manufacturing.

Shane O'Halloran

April 29, 2014

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We discuss the state of food waste mitigation efforts, and their benefits, in this Q&A with Shlomi Palas, CEO of Bluesphere Corporation.

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Conference Board of Canada unveils new food export growth plan

The goal is to move from the top 20 of net food exporting countries to the top five.

Shane O'Halloran

April 14, 2014

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An ambitious new plan aims to accomplish that goal.

Clif Bar’s visual bakery project has the company ahead of the game

Barrier paper, linerboard with water-based coating can be recycled, repulped

What the COVID-19 pandemic can teach us about the internet

Case packer from Syntegon helps Nature’s Path stay true to environmental mission

Diageo aims to go carbon-free with new whiskey distillery

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Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development

Packaging Research in Food Product Design and Development is the first book to comprehensively address the issues of graphics design and visual concepts, from a systematic, scientific viewpoint, yet with business applications in mind.

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2020 July

In the July 2020 issue of Food Engineering, Clif Bar's Indianapolis bakery takes the title of Fabulous Food Plant with the implementation of the company's visual bakery project.

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