Testing reveals third of food products mislabelled
Testing from a UK public laboratory has revealed mislabelling in a third of products ranging from food supplements to meat.
Archives for February 11, 2014
Firms don't invest in seasonal machines
Poor processing facilities cause losses
Developing countries offer big opportunities for investment in food processing and packaging, if companies are prepared to take on the challenges.
FDA: You can't call HPP-treated juice ‘fresh'... (But can you call it ‘raw’?)
High pressure processing (HPP) has breathed fresh life into the US juice market. But if beverage firms are excited about the technology, so, it appears, are plaintiffs' attorneys, who are starting to take issue with the way some HPP-treated products are...
Bog Standard bag-in-box! Greek wine spoils more quickly than in glass
Greek scientists say that a Cretan white wine packaged in bag-in-box pouches loses its flavour and aroma far faster than in screw-top glass bottles.
Coke takes skids off special edition Sochi Olympics cans
The Coca-Cola Company has launched three special edition cans and bottles across 24 Eastern European countries in homage to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
AB InBev and Miller Coors adopt award-winning beer bottle carton
Graphic Packaging says its award-winning Tite-Pak paperboard beer bottle carton continues to gain market traction in the US after Miller Coors and AB InBev launched it in Q4 2013.