Malta Dairy Products (MDP) has responded to criticism after launching a plastic screw cap on its Benna fresh milk range declaring the redesign ‘is here to stay’.
Loliware co-founders Chelsea Briganti and Leigh Ann Tucker have started a Kickstarter campaign to launch a Lolistraw, which you can eat after drinking.
Scientists in Ireland are working on a process to produce duckweed for use in animal feed by capturing essential nutrients in wastewater from dairy processing plants.
The Tetra Evero aseptic carton bottle and the Tetra Pak A6 filling machine have launched in the US where brands like Kahlua Coffee Creamers and Healthy Living dairy alternative beverages will be among the first to use the novel 1-liter bottle shape with...
By Iuliana Nita, Charles Golub, Joe Guesman and Mike Tzivanis, Saint-Gobain
Today’s dairy farmers need to understand all the critical aspects of raw milk production, including the processing equipment and materials the milk contacts.
Comet Group, which has partnered with Tetra Pak, Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence and Bühler on its x-ray, radio frequency and ebeam technologies, has released its 2017 earnings and 2020 forecast.
GEA has won a contract to supply an extended pasta filata cheese production line for BMI (Bayerische Milchindustrie) in Jessen, Germany, starting in March 2018.
Smurfit Kappa has opened its second Bag-in-Box Experience Center in Épernay, France, for liquid products including wine, dairy, juices and liquid eggs.
Graphic Packaging International and Graphic Packaging International Canada have agreed to acquire Seydaco Packaging Corp and its affiliates National Carton and Coating Co., and Groupe Ecco Boites Pliantes Ltée.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), along with 12 of its member farms, has opened a dairy ingredients facility in Kansas to help support the region’s growing dairy industry while meeting rising demand for US dairy both domestically and globally.
Klöckner Pentaplast Group (KPG) has launched a kp i.center in Spain featuring a Multivac MAP (Modified Atmosphere Package) and Erca Dairy Line and plans to expand with more equipment to follow.
Yeo Valley, UK organic dairy brand, has launched its fourth product competition campaign partnering with Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury (formerly Chadwicks) to produce coded printed lids.
Consumer demand for clean-label food and beverages has given rise to the use of HPP (high pressure processing) in dairy applications due to its ability to kill bacteria in a cold environment while preserving key nutrients and enzymes typically destroyed...
Innovation Foods juice and beverage manufacturer has parted ways with its sister company Cumberland Dairy with plans to expand its portfolio next year.
Tetra Pak has launched Tetra Fino Aseptic 100 Ultra MiM packaging, which converts liquid dairy and juice drinks into ice cream and frozen dessert products.
Homogenization is used to increase the shelf life of milk, reduce the use of stabilizers and other emulsifiers in low fat products such as low-fat mayonnaise, and give structure to products such as yogurt.
Almost 60% of the European plastics converting companies find it hard or very hard to get a supply of rPM (recycled plastics materials) in an acceptable quality, according to the European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC).
Smartrac has launched the Midas FlagTag, an RFID (radio-frequency identification) tag for consumer food and beverage goods and industrial components with metallic, plastic and cardboard surfaces.
Mimica is developing an award-winning food expiry label called Mimica Touch (formerly Bump Mark) that claims to disrupt the food packaging industry and challenge the impact of food waste.
‘Increasing appetite for cultured drinking products that have associated health benefits’
BV Dairy, a UK manufacturer of specialist dairy products has made an historic move into contract packaging after signing a long-term deal to produce bottled kefir cultured milk drinks.
Amcor Flexibles Americas (AFA), which supplies flexible packaging for bread, dairy, confectionery, snacks and coffee, has implemented a 5-10% price increase on its products.
Centrale del Latte di Brescia in Italy has partnered with Sidel to install an aseptic Combi Predis, doubling production of its UHT milk in PET bottles.
‘SoWrongItsNom’ food blogger, Annem Hobson, has realized her dream by launching the world’s first cheese Advent calendar, which goes on sale in Asda stores in the UK next month.
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America Inc. has introduced an oxygen-absorbing flexible packaging solution, NutraSave, to the North American market that is able to more than double the shelf life of food products - including pasteurized dairy.
Serac has seen growing success with Combox, its packaging production and filling technology in a single block unit, within dairy for cartons, pouches, cups and bottles.
Tetra Pak is making a $35.6m (€30m) investment in factory upgrades at its packaging material converting factory in Denton, Texas, to address the growing demand for screw-cap beverages in the US and Canadian markets.
SIG has doubled the number of carton packs carrying the FSC label from 42% in 2015 to more than 80% in September 2017, as customer demand soars for environmental responsibility.
The MAG-RAM magnetic separator designed by MAGNATTACK and distributed by Powder-Solutions Inc. has helped whey and lactose powder manufacturers avoid metal contamination by cutting down the number of risks that commonly occur in a traditional powder processing...
