From first touch to final bite, innovative packaging is transforming snacks into experiences that engage the senses, conscience, and heart – a theme explored at London Packaging Week 2025.
Polish engineering firm N&N Nadratowski has established itself as a global leader in industrial mixing technology, offering solutions from 180-litre compact units to 12,000-litre heavy-duty machines. Their innovative approach addresses critical processing challenges across food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries, with the flagship MIX-S-4800SC mixer demonstrating exceptional capability in handling complex materials like collagen casings. This […]
Fish bone foreign bodies represent up to 84% of ingested contaminants encountered in emergency departments worldwide, yet many manufacturers still rely on inadequate manual inspection methods. Miriam Krechlok, Segment Marketing Manager at Mettler-Toledo, examines how advanced metal detection and X-ray technologies can transform quality control processes, ensuring comprehensive contamination detection whilst reducing product waste and […]
Advanced checkweighing technologies are revolutionising waste reduction strategies in food manufacturing through intelligent automation systems, writes Frank Borrmann, Market Manager for Checkweighing & Vision at Mettler-Toledo Garvens. Modern dynamic checkweighers, incorporating real-time feedback control and vibration compensation mechanisms, enable manufacturers to optimise fill accuracy whilst maintaining regulatory compliance and delivering measurable improvements in material efficiency.
Important new research published in Nature analyses six major staple crops across 54 countries and reveals that climate change will significantly reduce global food production despite adaptation efforts, with implications for food security and agricultural supply chains worldwide.
As volatile commodity prices and supply chain disruptions reshape the global food industry, Kerry Group’s scientifically engineered taste solutions offer manufacturers unprecedented resilience. Leigh Anne Vaughan, VP of Marketing and Strategy for Kerry’s Taste division, outlines how the company’s research-driven approach enables significant ingredient reductions whilst maintaining authentic flavour profiles and supporting sustainability targets across […]
INRAE researchers have documented how different dairy farming adaptations to drought affect cheese production from pasture to plate. Their comprehensive study reveals that while corn-based systems produce more milk, completely removing fresh grass severely compromises cheese quality. Conversely, supplementing hay in grass-based systems maintains product characteristics while improving environmental performance.
As the manufacturing sector faces critical workforce gaps projected to leave millions of positions unfilled by 2033, food producers are turning to advanced automation technologies to maintain production capacity and quality. TNA Solutions demonstrates how its integrated systems enable snack manufacturers to quadruple output whilst requiring fewer operators.
Jack Helm, Account Manager for Beverage, Bakery & Functional Snacks at ACI Group, explores the technical complexities of formulating high-protein snacks that maintain optimal sensory qualities. He examines how manufacturers can strategically select and integrate various protein formats to overcome the significant taste and texture challenges facing product developers.
By Paulo Teixeira, Product Manager at Melt&Marble Introduction The pressure to innovate in the global food system is omnipresent across sectors. However, the extent to which we need such innovation is often understated. Although the environmental and climate impacts of industrialised animal agriculture and the need to shift away from it are well understood, relatively […]
November 2025
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