Category: Processing
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Issue 3 of IN Food is live now for readers. The May/June edition brings together practical insight on packaging, processing, traceability, assurance, and cleaner heat.
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PPM Technologies and Key Technology have introduced a fully integrated potato chip processing line combining slicing, frying, optical sorting, seasoning, conveying, and production data visibility. The system targets raw-material variability, labour pressure, and high-volume snack production.
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EPAX Cetoleic 2040 reduced LDL-cholesterol by 7% after eight weeks in a randomised clinical trial of overweight and obese adults, adding human data to the emerging category of marine long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids.
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Researchers are demonstrating how modified QuEChERS methods can support faster testing for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in foods, offering laboratories a route to cleaner sample preparation and more routine contaminant monitoring.
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The global poultry processing equipment market is forecast to grow from $4.97bn in 2026 to $8.61bn by 2035, driven by automation, inspection systems, high-capacity lines, and demand for processed poultry products.
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Morrisons is exploring wider supply deals through Myton Food Group, its manufacturing arm, as the retailer looks to improve utilisation across a large food production estate while managing debt and retail competition.
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Greencore reported higher revenue and adjusted operating profit in the first half of 2026, but exceptional costs linked to its £1.5bn Bakkavor acquisition pushed the group to a statutory operating loss.
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Allround Vegetable Processing has appointed Manter Nordic as its dealer for Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, strengthening local access to vegetable and potato processing, weighing, packaging, palletising, installation, and technical support.
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MyriaMeat has developed a pluripotent stem cell line from roe deer and differentiated it into muscle tissue, extending its cultivated meat platform into venison and strengthening the case for premium-format cultivated meat development.
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OAL has secured £5m to scale food factory robotics. The Innovate UK loan will support fenceless systems designed for space-constrained production lines, repetitive handling tasks, and labour-challenged food manufacturing sites.