Food industry manifesto targets obesity
Portion sizes will be cut as the food giants sign a seven step manifesto to tackle the sensitive food and health debate.
Archives for September 26, 2004
Fish sausage formula spears meat alternatives
Russian fish consumption is rising as consumers turn to healthier, safer and cheaper alternatives to meat, but with good quality fish products hard to come by in some parts of the vast country, a new fish sausage formula created by food scientists in...
IDC rolls out aseptic gravity flow valve for food industry
Packaging and dispensing solutions manufacturer International Dispensing Corporation has commercialised what it claims is the world's only aseptic gravity flow valve (GFV) for the food industry.
Rexam gains foothold in Mexican can market
Global packaging group Rexam, the world's leading beverage can supplier, has acquired the 50 per cent shareholding it does not own in the Mexican beverage can business, Vitro-American National Can SA de CV (VanCan), from its joint venture partner,...
Joint PET bottle coating venture formed
A new company dedicated to developing and manufacturing coating modules for use in beverage filling machines has been created through an alliance of SIG Corpoplast and technology group Schott.