Inspection

Nut Producer Rethinks Inspection Strategy After Adding Packaging Lines

Bringing retail packing in-house prompted Andersen & Sons Shelling to add X-ray inspection along with its new packaging line. With improved user interface and detection levels, Mettler-Toledo Safeline’s X36 X-ray system is helping to ensure food safety.

March 26, 2023

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Sustainability

Kellogg Helping Rice Farmers Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The company’s InGrained partnership with Louisiana farmers has yielded positive results in its first year.

January 30, 2023

Industry News

SK Food Group Building $205.2 Million Tennessee Plant

The 525,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility will include state-of-the-art automation technology and environmentally forward-thinking designs.

January 24, 2023

Dry Processing

Automated Conveyor System Is a Dream Come True for Fairytale Brownies

Thirty years into a business started by two school friends, the introduction of the smaller Magic Morsel found the brownie maker searching for a happy ending to an end-of-line challenge.

November 21, 2022

Industry News

King’s Hawaiian to Spend $85 Million on New Georgia Facility

The 150,000-sq-ft bakery will be constructed with space for future expansion to enable the company to increase production.

November 18, 2022

Home

Snack Consumer Trends Shift, Industry Sees Increases

The COVID-19 pandemic brought lasting lifestyle shifts, spurring growth in several snack categories.

November 14, 2022

Industry News

Bimbo Investing Over $600 Million to Build 2 U.S. Facilities

Bimbo Bakeries USA is spending $430 on a new Ohio production facility, while Grupo Bimbo is investing $200+ million to build a site in Georgia.

November 7, 2022

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Pneumatic Depositors Provide Digital Precision

The +Series Depositors combine pneumatic machines with smart control, providing advanced features through the company’s cloud-based Total Care App.

November 2, 2022

Sustainability

Mondelēz Commits $600 Million to Sustainable Cocoa Program

The new funding of the program, which addresses systemic environmental and human rights challenges, will help increase cocoa volume at scale and the participation of 300,000 farmers in the program by 2030.

October 31, 2022

Industry News

Blue Diamond Growers President and CEO Leaving

After leading the agricultural cooperative for the past 12 years, Mark Jansen has decided to move on.

October 17, 2022

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What’s New at IBIE 2022

Innovation on the show floor ranges from electric diaphragm pumps to soft grippers that bakers are swarming to.

October 11, 2022

Sustainability

Build a Sustainable Manufacturing Facility

Sustainability in a facility includes and goes beyond duty to the environment. It extends to operations, scheduling, and people.

October 10, 2022

Dry Processing

FPS Showcases 72-in. Ambient Spiral Conveyor at IBIE

This spiral is designed for CIP and increased belt life, and conveys larger baked goods without needing to change their orientation as they exit the oven.

October 6, 2022