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We are all observing the continued rise of plant-based foods and alternative proteins in the marketplace, but what’s driving demand from a consumer standpoint, and how are processors positioned to handle that increasing demand?

The 2021 Food Automation and Manufacturing event (FA&M) proved to be successful, engaging and educational as well as fun for all participants. 

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of Dow, and HP Indigo, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking and Karlville, have debuted a first-of-its-kind pouch-to-pouch mechanical recycling concept.  

GOUSTO, a U.K.-based subscription meal kit company, is trialing a “world-first” edible packaging solution to help improve the environmental credentials in its recipe boxes. 

Scheduled to break ground in spring 2022, the 500,000-square-foot Cattlemen’s Heritage beef-harvesting plant, to be located in northern Mills County just south of Council Bluffs, will harvest 1,500 head per day and employ up to 750 people. 

Conagra has received two reports to date of injury (dental damage) associated with the recalled product.

A new poll reveals that among U.S. cannabis consumers in states with legal sales, 91% plan to consume cannabis as part of holiday celebrations in 2021 and 76% plan to give cannabis or related products as gifts.

Former grocery store cashier Adam Kaat had 18 months on the grocery line. Here, he shares the COVID-19 pandemic’s widespread impact as supply chain issues continue.

Hooray Foods, a creator of plant-based bacon, announced it raised a strategic seed extension of more than $2.7 million.

Automatic pallet dispensers offer a throughput of up to 180 pallets per hour and a stack height of up to 20 pallets.