Processing Equipment

Cucina Fresca Reduces Downtime With Easy Washdown Thermoformer

Gourmet foods manufacturer installs Ossid machine to improve production efficiency and meet order timelines.

March 15, 2022

Cleaning, Sanitizing & CIP: Page 4

Cleaning and Sanitation

Efficient CIP Technologies Improve Food Safety, Costs

Comprehensive sanitation and hygiene practices are more important than ever. Improvements in several aspects of the equipment are making clean-in-place systems increasingly indispensable in food and beverage plants.

February 4, 2022

Food Safety

10 Common Food Safety Problems and Solutions for Processing Facilities

Heightened awareness of food safety problems and their mitigating solutions will advance a facility’s operational excellence, while helping to ensure public health goals are achieved.

February 3, 2022

Sustainability

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 5: Kraft Mac and Cheese Modernization

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. No. 5 comes out of ProFood World’s Manufacturing Innovation Awards, where we recognize outstanding food and beverage processing and packaging projects.

January 3, 2022

Sustainability

Kraft Mac and Cheese Modernization

Completed on time during the height of the pandemic, a multi-line expansion project for Kraft Heinz’s macaroni and cheese product increased production output without disrupting the Wausau plant’s existing production schedule.

November 30, 2021

Cleaning and Sanitation

Unibloc-Pump’s Swing-arm Design Makes Cleaning Easier

On display at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, QuickStrip® technology provided pump disassembly without the need for tools.

November 4, 2021

Industry News

PSSI to Acquire Safe Foods

Fortrex

The acquisition of the food safety performance management company will allow the industry’s leading food safety and contract sanitation provider to expand its offerings.

August 9, 2021

IIoT

Facilities Optimize Cost-Saving Sustainability With MnTAP | Digital Innovation Production Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

On this "Take Five" episode, editor Aaron Hand tackles how COVID-19 accelerated food and beverage producers digital transformation journeys. Melissa Griffen covers how an intern program's sustainable solutions drove cost saving for Minnesota companies.

April 9, 2021

Sustainability

MnTAP Identifies Sustainability Improvements for August Schell Brewing Co.

Intern program provides brewery with solutions to reduce wastewater and improve recycling efforts.

January 18, 2021

Pumps/Valves

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.

December 22, 2020

Cleaning and Sanitation

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.

December 22, 2020

Cleaning and Sanitation

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.

December 18, 2020

Cleaning and Sanitation

Paxton Products Targets Hard to Clean Cups and Trays

The Paxton Ionized Air Rinser Vac can remove dust and debris from inside or outside of container walls. Plus, a new Pouch Dryer removes water trapped in parts of the pouch that could damage secondary packaging.

November 10, 2020