Articles by Kevin T. Higgins

Gold’n Plump Poultry packages chickens at three price points, including its premium Just Bare brand, which touts its carbon consciousness with a certification seal from the Carbon Trust on the

Ossid’s Jason Angel demonstrates the ease-of-access to the sealing chamber on the company’s new horizontal form/fill/seal machine for protein products. The design of the 15-cycles-per-minute vacuum machine was driven by

There’s no complacency when it comes to driving down operating costs for food companies’ refrigeration systems.

Need-to-know manufacturing concepts and professional contacts kept food professionals engaged during the annual Food Engineering conference.

With chemical fumigants facing an uncertain future, a small group of scientists are investigating fresh approaches to insect management in stored grains.

Power transmission technology is in flux, and that adds up to a wealth of options for food and beverage manufacturers.

With industry attention riveted on improved food safety, sanitary design of plants is front and center.

Flexibility and lean manufacturing are driving the growth of robotics, but mechanical motion still rules high-volume packaging.

Burst tests, leak detection and other package-integrity testing remain largely lab-based, manual processes, even as the machines that produce those packages accelerate their output capabilities.

Healthier eating trends are sometimes cited for declining sales of carbonated soft drinks, but at least one juice maker believes the key to increased sales requires effervescence.