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Health and nutrition
If I had to pick two words to sum up Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) this week it would be ‘health and nutrition’. The event is the perfect opportunity to not only see the latest ingredient innovations in the industry, but also taste them.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Sustainability
Confectionery appointment at Baker Perkins
Food processing equipment supplier Baker Perkins has appointed Lee Fish as chief engineer for its continuous cooking and starchless depositing systems for hard and soft confectionery and lollipops.
Cargill to increase European sweetener options
Cargill is to invest €35 million ($37.7m) to increase its sweetener options across Europe in anticipation of the end of the European sugar quotas in October 2017.
Baker Perkins unveils depositing system
Baker Perkins has introduced a flexible depositing system capable of producing a range of hard and soft candy and lollipops at outputs of up to 10,800 pieces per hour.
Ingredion to acquire Thai rice flour business
Ingredion has entered into an agreement to acquire the rice starch and rice flour business from Sun Flour Industry Co, based in Banglen, Thailand.
ADM develops starch range for confectioners
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is expanding its starch portfolio by introducing a new line of starches that will offer high food-grade quality moulding capabilities to confectionery and gummy manufacturers.
ADM buys Morocco glucose mill
Archer Daniels Midland Company has agreed to acquire a Casablanca, Morocco based corn wet mill that produces glucose and native starch, from Tate & Lyle.
Sharing clean label expertise
Clean label is no longer the preserve of ‘healthy’ foods, according to Ingredion.
Training on starch sweeteners
Tereos Syral has introduced the Glucose Academy; a training programme for users of starch sweeteners that is designed to help them reinforce their knowledge and technological expertise. The 2015 calendar offers a face-to-face session on 10 September in Marckolsheim, France, as well as webinar sessions throughout the year. Tereos Syral’s team of application experts, technical […]
ADM acquires Eaststarch assets
Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced an agreement to purchase several assets of Eaststarch CV, ADM’s 50-50 joint venture with Tate & Lyle. Under the terms of the agreement, ADM will take full ownership of corn wet mills in Bulgaria and Turkey, and will own a 50 per cent stake in a wet mill in […]
More efficient anaerobic digestion
Nestlé’s Fawdon factory in the UK is using a new anaerobic digestion system to turn chocolate and sugar confectionery waste from the site into renewable energy and clean water. The system involves mixing rejected chocolates and sweets that are not suitable for sale with waste residues such as starch and sugar and partially dissolving them […]
Breathing life into waste
On the outskirts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the North East of England, a confectionery factory is using a centuries old technique to breathe life into waste. A new anaerobic digestion system at Nestlé’s factory in Fawdon is turning chocolate and sugar confectionery waste from the site’s manufacturing processes into renewable energy and clean water. Rejected chocolates […]
Pulse based flours
Ingredion has introduced 10 new pulse based flours to enable food manufacturers and retailers to produce new food products that are highly nutritious, protein fortified and certified gluten free. The Homecraft Pulse flours are made from faba bean, chickpea, yellow lentil or yellow pea. Available in different particle grades, the new flours have differing content […]
Recycling food waste
Paul Featherstone, group director of surplus food recycler, SugaRich, will be speaking about recycling food manufacturing waste at Resource 2015, Excel London, on Wednesday 4 March. The event will bring together professionals with a significant interest in keeping materials in the circular economy for a healthier environment and more sustainable economy. SugaRich works with food […]