2019 Manufacturing Innovation Award: HP Hood

The dairy processor converted a cultured dairy products facility into a technologically advanced plant that produces and packages fluid milk for extended shelf-life dairy beverages. The renovation included installing technology to upgrade and advance the facility’s control systems. HP Hood also upgraded the logging and tracking system for its raw milk pasteurizing systems to comply with FDA regulations. Packaging enhancements included putting accumulation on the packaging systems to maximize OEE and building a digital twin simulation model to right-size the accumulations.

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Eliminating Preservatives With Cold Pressure

All bacteria isn't bad bacteria and sometimes food additives can literally take guts.

Fiber-based cups will roll out for Kraft Mac & Cheese some time in 2021.

Fiber-based Cup for Mac & Cheese

Kraft Mac & Cheese, a beloved staple on American tables for more than 80 years, today announced it is developing and testing the brand’s first-ever recyclable fiber-based microwavable cup.

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Food Processing Sustainability Practices

How food processors are tackling sustainable operations. Watch this six-minute video with Bill Gill at Smithfield Foods as he chats with Joyce Fassl of ProFood World about Smithfield's 20-year, award-winning journey to sustainability.

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PepsiCo Pledges Net-Zero Emissions by 2040

The company is moving to build a more resilient, sustainable food system, while reducing its absolute GHG emissions worldwide.

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Doggie Desserts: New Ben & Jerry’s Line

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s enters the fast-growing pet food market

Utz Buying Vitner’s Brand

The transaction complements the company’s strategy of expanding in major metro areas and will secure a foothold for Utz in the Midwest and Chicago.

Maple Leaf Foods Expanding Plant Protein Capacity

The move promotes the company’s strategy to support its high-growth plant protein business through the effective deployment of capital.

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The Food Safety Modernization Act: Today and Tomorrow

A recent article by Frank Yiannas, FDA deputy commissioner for food policy and response, provides insights on the agency’s progress and what happens next.

MnTAP’s full-time technical staff provides 1-on-1 assistance to a broad range of industries.

MnTAP Provides Sustainable and Cost-saving Solutions

The intern program teams with Minnesota companies to reduce their environmental footprints.

A case study in the index also reports an escalated interest in trends for health products, such as immunity-boosting foods and drinks.

COVID-19 and the Consumer Landscape

Consumer priorities switch from the environment and general health-related issues to the pandemic, economic concerns, and food safety.

Mondelēz International Acquires Well-being Snacking Company

The purchase provides Mondelēz further growth opportunities in chocolate, cross-category potential in crackers, and opportunities to expand its distribution.

The recipe to reduce microbes.

The recipe to reduce microbes.

Meet the Synexis® BioDefense System, the pioneering technology that attacks viruses, bacteria, mold, odors, and insects in the air and on surfaces. Learn More.

The 2020 Index concludes that on-package information is a good medium for brands to get their transparency message across.

Transparency Is the Key to Consumer Trust

Blockchain technology, connected packaging, and other innovations use the packaging to build consumer trust.

UHT products—especially broth, milk, dairy alternatives, juice, and petfood—are seeing large success in e-commerce.

UHT, Connected Packaging, and Other Food Safety Technologies of the Future

UHT products see growing success in e-commerce; manufacturers continue to improve food safety.

McCormick Acquires FONA International

With the purchase, McCormick will accelerate its flavor platform in the Americas and strengthen its position in clean and natural flavors.

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Danone North America Regenerative Agriculture Program Helps Mitigate Climate Change

The company shares the 3-year achievements and impacts of its multi-year, multi-million dollar soil health research program.

“Food waste accounts for around 8% of total global GHG emissions. To put it another way, if food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third largest emitter of emissions.”

Solutions to Decrease Food Waste on the Consumer Level

Study shows that better labeling practices and innovative packaging to increase shelf life could minimize food waste.

Hormel Foods Opens New Production Facility

The Papillion Foods facility will make salami and dry sausage products under the Columbus Craft Meats brand, as well as the Hormel brand.

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The Beat of a Different Drum Motor

The drum motor has all drive components—electric motor, gear reducer, bearings—housed inside the drum, providing a safer, more sanitary design, and is capable of communicating with central plant control or other plant equipment.

COVID-19 has put new demands on sanitation procedures.

Challenges Amid a Pandemic

COVID-19 is changing the way food and beverage manufacturers manage their cleaning processes and products, accounting for social distancing and increased sanitation requirements.

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CDC Gives Meat and Poultry Workers High Priority for COVID-19 Vaccination

Following letters and appeals from the Meat Institute and other food industry groups, the CDC moves food industry workers closer to the top of the list.

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Godiva Appoints New CEO

Nurtac Ziyal Afridi takes on the leadership role as the company marks a new era of growth and accessibility.

Ecolab is using augmented reality from Microsoft to help service its customers remotely, particularly in light of pandemic restrictions on access.

Remote Access Technologies Help Keep Food Sanitation Workers Safe

Cloud services, augmented and virtual reality, and videoconferencing applications are among the latest tools that suppliers are using to keep food and beverage workers safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Resiliency of the Food Industry

Timelines skewed, international building plans delayed–yet as companies adapt, site search project work continues to move forward.

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Ferrero Group Buying Eat Natural

Adding the authentic product portfolio, with a strong market position in the healthier snacks segment, will allow Ferrero to fulfill the evolving needs and trends of consumers.

Utz Brands Acquires ON THE BORDER Tortilla Chips

The transaction strengthens the Utz’s national footprint and moves the company into the #3 position in the retail sales tortilla chip sub-category.

Hitting the Spot

Start early, do your homework, and determine what you can live with or without when searching for a new facility’s location. Leave no stone unturned in uncovering workforce assistance programs, tax and utility incentives, and potential operating costs.

Post Holdings Acquiring Almark Foods

The consumer packaged goods holding company will purchase the provider of hard-cooked and deviled egg products that are distributed broadly across retail outlets.

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Haribo Breaks Ground on U.S. Factory

The company is building its first-ever North American manufacturing facility, expanding its global manufacturing network and ensuring faster delivery to U.S. customers.

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Confectionery Market 2020

Join Larry Wilson, VP of Industry Affairs at the National Confectioners Association, as he covers all the latest and greatest in the confectionery industry.

Ebro Sells Riviana Foods U.S. Branded Pastas

TreeHouse Foods has bought the majority of Ebro’s pasta business, which will strengthen its portfolio and deliver greater value to its shareholders.

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Harpak-ULMA Appoints New Market Segment Product Manager

Josh Becker will lead the company’s newly launched North American initiative to help bakery and confectionery producers do more and go faster under adverse and rapidly changing conditions.