Category: Topics
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Hapman is highlighting a feeder for controlled ingredient dosing applications. Its PosiPortion system combines gravimetric or volumetric operation, flexible-wall hopper design, and quick-clean construction for food plants handling powders and granules.
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Satiety begins before eating and extends long after digestion begins. Karsten Smet, CEO of ACI Group, explores how aroma, food structure, protein, and fibre influence appetite regulation and why formulation strategies increasingly focus on designing foods that trigger earlier and longer-lasting feelings of fullness.
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Sidel has launched a tunnel pasteuriser for beverage lines. The Swing Evo system combines counterflow thermal design with predictive control to reduce utility use while maintaining pasteurisation accuracy.
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NSF has launched a tiered UK food auditing service model. Discovery, Plus, and Advanced packages combine site audits, coaching, and cloud-based compliance analytics.
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European consumers want healthier diets, but cost still dominates decisions. EIT Food’s latest survey shows affordability and habit continue to blunt healthier and more sustainable eating.
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ABB has raised wall-mounted drive output for tighter plant layouts. New 315 kW and 355 kW frames extend compact drive options for compressors, refrigeration, pumps, and other high-load duties.
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Magtein has secured Great Britain authorisation for food supplement use. The approval covers adult-only supplement use under defined labelling, dosage, and data-protection conditions.
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Mondi has completed a major packaging investment programme across Europe. New assets in the Czech Republic and Poland are now central to its corrugated, barrier paper, and pet food packaging push.
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Busch has cut vacuum packaging energy use at Kepak site. ECOTORQUE retrofits on R5 pumps reduced idle-period demand sharply while easing wear on packaging-line vacuum assets.
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Heating convenience meals in plastic is facing sharper scrutiny now. A Greenpeace-backed review of 24 papers argues reheating in plastic trays can increase migration of microplastics and chemicals into food.