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Food Engineering

October 2025

Get all the insights from our 2025 State of Food Manuacturing! We also present tips to building food packaging lines, how carbon dioxide capture supports the food industry and much more.

The State of Food Manufacturing in 2025

While sales were largely down under dynamic economic and geopolitical conditions, some of the world’s top food and beverage manufacturers experienced revenue growth.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

October 14, 2025

Food and beverage manufacturers are investing in equipment and training despite difficult economic conditions.

Tips for Building Food Packaging Lines

Setting up a new line or incrementally adding automation is easier when you know your product and expectations.

Wayne Labs

October 28, 2025

Starting with a clean slate to build your packaging line may be easier than incrementally adding automation, but you must know your products intimately and define your wants and needs of the line — and in the future.

Chilling and Freezing: Are Temps on Spec in Your Freezer and Cold Room?

Wayne Labs

October 21, 2025

Regulatory bodies say you need to monitor temperature in your cold storage facilities and leave a lot of leeway in how and when to do it. Fortunately, the most rudimentary capabilities of today’s wireless temperature devices and data collection systems more than meet regulatory demands.

How Carbon Dioxide Capture and Liquefaction Supports Food Industry Revenue and Sustainability

Benjamin Burfeind

Manuela Hoellinger

August 28, 2025

An increasing number of North American food and beverage producers are focusing on the capture and liquefaction of carbon dioxide from their waste processes to reduce costs, generate additional revenue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Processing Room Sanitation: Understanding the Importance of Hygienic Air

Victoria Stevens Schaub

August 25, 2025

To establish a truly sanitary environment, food engineers must rethink the importance of hygienic air and its impact on both food products and the teams who manage these processes.

FDA seeks input to amend orange juice standard

Regulatory Watch

FDA, USDA Propose Modernizing Orange Juice Regulations to Benefit U.S. Growers

August 12, 2025

The proposed rule would reduce the minimum required Brix level – a measure of dissolved sugar content – in pasteurized orange juice from 10.5% to 10%, better reflecting the natural Brix level of American oranges.

Join Lynn Dornblaser, Client Advisor at Mintel, and Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD ENGINEERING, as they break down the 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies and discuss the factors affecting this year’s rankings.