Innovation

Schwan asks chefs to collaborate on new snack ideas

The Chef Collective is part of Schwan’s effort to develop new snacking concepts and clean label offerings, as well as change misperceptions about frozen foods.

Debra Schug

August 16, 2016

The company invited eight chefs from across the country, including Food Network personality Jet Tila and past Top Chef contestant Stephanie Cmar, to collaborate and ideate new snacking concepts.

Blommer Chocolate acquires manufacturing facility in China

TECH FLASH

Scientists find ‘shocking’ way to reduce fat in chocolate

Running an electric field through liquid chocolate during the manufacturing process decreases its viscosity.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

The key is applying the electric field in the same direction as the flow.

Engineering R&D

Thinking inside--and outside--the box

Drum motors are well suited to food and beverage conveying applications where motors should be out of sight, safe and clean.

Wayne Labs

June 27, 2016

Driving a conveyor head roller with a drum motor, which features a motor and gear box within the roller housing, is not a new concept.

Engineering R&D

Think cooling from an intelligent system standpoint

Wayne Labs

May 19, 2016

Cooling systems designed and operating without regard for an entire facility’s different cooling needs can be big energy wasters.

Continuous Improvement

Got waste? Check, analyze, plan, do!

Learn how to leverage the process and tools in your company to reduce waste to not only meet but exceed your customers’ expectations.

Craig Andrews

May 6, 2016

It’s not uncommon to experience frustration in the manufacturing world when things don’t go well, when costs are higher and quality is lower than you’d like and when you can’t seem to meet your customers’ requirements.

Engineering R&D

Add water to packet, shake…instant cold

When mixed with water, this powdery substance provides colder-than-ice temperatures, but are there industrial applications?

Wayne Labs

April 26, 2016

John Bergida, president/founder of Frosty Cold, had an idea for a chemical powder that could plunge water from room temperature to below freezing in seconds while maintaining a slurry state.

SPX FLOW opens Shanghai innovation center

Jeremy Gerrard

April 6, 2016

SPX FLOW opened the center to help producers create innovative dairy and beverage products to compete in a growing industry.

USDA funds nanotechnology research to improve food safety

Jeremy Gerrard

March 31, 2016

Eleven universities receive grants to research food safety, plant and animal health and other uses for nanotechnology solutions.

The Power of IoT

How the Internet of Things helps today’s compressors become more energy efficient for tomorrow’s food and beverage processing lines.

Marina Mayer

March 26, 2016

Every time a production system goes down, it creates a troubling ripple effect that eventually leads to downtime, product loss and financial strain. It’s imperative for compressors to work “smarter,” predicting failures and resolving problems before “real” problems even exist.

Engineering R&D

Surgical knife turned food fraud investigator

With a little ingenuity, mass spectrometry technology has been teamed up with a surgical knife and proprietary software to find fraudulent food and/or beverages.

Wayne Labs

March 3, 2016

Sometimes, ingenious devices come about when seemingly disparate technologies are combined to create a new technology or instrument.