Items Tagged with 'future of food manufacturing'

ARTICLES

How two industry leaders invest to save the water supply as scarcity grows

Kraft Heinz and Nestlé Waters North America sustainability leaders say protection of the lifeblood resource will require looking outside the factory walls

Rose Shilling

October 28, 2020

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With water stress a growing concern, food and beverage companies invest to cut usage, increasingly looking outside their factory walls to conserve a lifeblood resource for the industry.

Waste Management

Tips on cutting waste, a high-stakes priority for food manufacturers

A Q&A with 3 industry experts on waste disposal and recycling

Sharon Spielman

October 26, 2020

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Experts give tips on how to cut waste in food manufacturing, explaining how sustainability efforts for waste disposal and recycling can save processors money.

Editor's Note

Food industry leaders added to editorial board

Experts provide insights to inform Food Engineering coverage decisions

Casey Laughman

October 5, 2020

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Food and beverage industry leaders join the Food Engineering Editorial Advisory Board to provide insights that inform coverage decisions.

State of Food Manufacturing

2020 State of Food Manufacturing Survey

Annual industry survey reveals challenges food and beverage processors are facing

Casey Laughman

September 29, 2020

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Constant changes, huge swings in demand or shifts in consumer behavior, employee safety, and a general uncertainty about what comes next are all present in the 2020 State of Food Manufacturing Survey.

Packaging

With more home baking, Ardent Mills adds lines for retail flour packages

Company quickly adjusted to ensure flour available during pandemic; investments part of long-term retail growth plan

Rose Shilling

August 26, 2020

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Ardent Mills is growing its retail flour operations long-term, adding and upgrading lines for consumer-sized packages that are in demand as more people bake at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tech Update

How robots help processors navigate the COVID-19 pandemic

Whether team members are out sick with coronavirus or your plant needs some help with social distancing, robots can pick up the slack

Wayne Labs

August 21, 2020

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Robots and cobots can help when your food or beverage has workers out sick with COVID-19 or needs to implement social distancing.

Pandemic is changing layout and design of food plants

Rose Shilling

July 20, 2020

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Processors and builders trying to slow the spread of COVID-19 and prepare for future potential contagions are rethinking many aspects of plant design.

Engineering R&D

Separate fats, oils and grease at your facility

Device generates saleable biofuel and water clean enough to go to the local POTW

Wayne Labs

July 17, 2020

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Downey Ridge Environmental Co., developer of Greasezilla, has come up with a FOG separation system that can be implemented at food plants. I asked Ron Crosier, president of Downey Ridge, to fill us in on who might use Greasezilla and how it works.

Endress+Hauser's iTHERM line of temperature sensors

Tech Update

Controlling temperature from farm to fork protects product quality, brand name

Wayne Labs

July 16, 2020

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Temperature is that one measurement that’s dictated by governmental regulations to prove that you have a kill step in your process. Beyond that, there are rules for keeping fresh food under a certain temperature to keep it safe both in transit and storage, and—just as important—maintain its quality so you don’t have to throw it out prematurely.

Supply chains

Food fraud is not only an economic drain but also a supply chain safety concern

Sharon Spielman

July 14, 2020

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Guarding against food fraud in the supply chain can be a costly, resource-intensive effort—but the potential effects of not catching it can be disastrous.

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EVENTS

Webinar

4/2/20 to 4/2/21

Contact: Vania

Three Key Trends Defining the Future of Food

ON DEMAND: The food and beverage industry has seen tremendous disruption recently. Food and beverage companies must stay up-to-date with current industry and market trends and threats in order to survive, and ideally thrive in today’s landscape.

Webinar

9/10/20 to 9/10/21

Contact: Vania

How to Prepare Your Food Business for Post-Pandemic Operations

ON DEMAND: Like most of the world’s businesses, food manufacturers are struggling to discern what their operations will look like post-pandemic. Regardless of the circumstances and difficulties your food company is facing, most can agree that the unprecedented magnitude of the pandemic will undoubtedly create long-lasting implications, making it more important than ever to prepare for the future.

Industry

9/8/21 to 9/9/21

Roma Eventi, Pontifical Gregorian University

Piazza della Pilotta, 4

Rome

Italy

Contact: ICSD Secretariat: Gihan Diab, Vladimiro Pelliciardi, Cesare Anselmi

ICSD 2021: 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development

The European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Technology will organize the 9th ICSD 2021 International Conference on Sustainable Development, with particular focus on Environmental, Economic and Socio-Cultural Sustainability. Read More

Food Engineering

2021 January

In the January 2021 issue of Food Engineering, find out how processors can use robotics and analytics to fill in the gaps when key employees take time due to the coronavirus.

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