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Energy Efficiency Strategies for Food Processors

November 1, 2019

While food processors have to commit to using a certain amount of energy to meet production and food safety requirements, there are ways to be more efficient about how that energy is used.

Dry Processing Technology

Using vacuum belt drying to convert liquid sweeteners to powder

Sharon Spielman

June 21, 2019

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Malt Products Corporation recently invested $50 million to upgrade its production facility, including a $15 million Bucher Unipektin vacuum belt dryer purchase.

Natural Grocers eliminates over 300 million single-use plastic bags

Since Earth Day 2009, Natural Grocers has led the fight to reduce single-use plastic bags and end food insecurity in the communities they serve.

April 2, 2019

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Natural Grocers, Denver, Colo., eliminated more than 300 million single-use plastic bags across all 152 stores.

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Balancing Capital Investment with Long-Term Sustainability Goals

Casey Laughman

January 14, 2019

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When processors make major capital investments, a lot of questions have to be answered.

Sustainable Plant of the Year

Food Engineering's 2018 Sustainable Plant of the Year: How Dairy Farmers of America goes green

DFA's Garden City milk dryer operation is a tightly knit system of controls and machinery that eke out energy savings and make perfect product with little to no waste

Wayne Labs

November 14, 2018

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Any milk dryer operation uses a lot of energy, and when you have the biggest operation in North America, you use…a lot of energy.

Sustainability

Headquarters for Farmer Brothers coffee awarded LEED certification

Building earns Silver award for energy-saving features

Rose Shilling

September 7, 2018

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Coffee supplier Farmer Bros. Co. received a sustainability recognition for its Texas headquarters office for features including a reflective roof and an insulated building envelope.

How to Save Energy in Compressed Air Systems

Marina Mayer

August 1, 2018

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Here’s a step-by-step guide of how to achieve savings through improved energy management.

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How food processors can successfully manage water and utilities

Production demands are king, but processors can still find efficiencies

Casey Laughman

April 9, 2018

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Processors have options when it comes to managing water and utilities, and understanding how those options can be taken advantage of is critical to achieving savings in energy, water and the money required by both of those things.

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Lack of specific LEED certification for food processing creates challenges

The lack of a specific program means processors have to carefully determine which LEED certification is right for them.

Casey Laughman

January 21, 2018

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There’s a LEED for Schools. LEED for Hospitality. Retail. Data Centers. Warehouses & Distribution Centers. Healthcare. What there is not—at least not yet—is a LEED for Food Manufacturing.

Field Reports

Nestle's heat recovery success driven by Kobelco compressors

Water heated by recovered heat from oil-free air compressors

August 28, 2017

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Nestle's heat recovery system helps cut costs of heating process water.

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Saving Energy Without Capital Investment

On Demand Energy savings is a hot topic these days, and everywhere you turn, someone's got something for you to buy to improve energy efficiency in your plant. Yet there are practical things you can do right now, with minimal to no additional investment, that can yield big gains in energy efficiency...

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Key Essentials to Powder Handling: Increasing Consistency and Efficiency in High Shear Mixing

ON DEMAND: Getting a consistent and seamless flow of powder ingredients from your powder handling equipment to your mixing equipment can be a challenge. Product quality, capacity and energy use all suffer as a result of inconsistencies in powder flow. Inconsistencies can affect future steps in the production process and lead to unnecessary down time.

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