Sustainability

Finding the Right Mix for Plant-Based Alternatives

Both ingredient suppliers and CPGs are trying to discover the right proteins for the job as they play with plant-based formulations to get the taste, texture, mouthfeel—and scalability—they’re looking for.

August 1, 2022

Frozen & Refrigerated Foods: Page 4

Sustainability

McCain Foods Acquires Predictive Crop Intelligence Technologies

The technologies purchased from Resson will help McCain improve its decision-making on crop production and agricultural practices during increased climate volatility.

July 5, 2022

Industry News

Conagra Brands Opens State-of-the-Art Vegetable Processing Plant

The approximately $300 million, 245,000-sq-ft Waseca, Minn., facility will increase Conagra’s production capabilities while reducing its water usage.

June 29, 2022

Dry Processing

Sanitary Conveyor Improves Food Safety, Uptime for Co-Manufacturer

As the nutrition bar market took off and TruFood embarked on expansions, Luxme’s SaniLux conveyor provided an improved ingredient delivery system to speed production and sanitation, while reducing allergen cross-contamination.

June 3, 2022

Processing Equipment

Freezing Technology Saves Time and Labor for Pierino Frozen Foods

The family-owned Pierino Frozen Foods had relied on Messer freezers for the past 15 years, including its previous wave technology. Now the Wave Impingement Freezer is improving throughput and nitrogen efficiency.

May 27, 2022

Industry News

Nestlé’s Buitoni Pizza Factory Raided Following E. coli Outbreak

French authorities have confirmed epidemiological, microbiological, and traceability work revealed a connection between Buitoni brand Fraîch’Up frozen pizzas and dozens of E. coli infections in children.

April 21, 2022

Sustainability

Conagra to Offer Carbonfree-Certified Carbon-Neutral Meals

Conagra brand Evol has committed to be the first brand to introduce Carbonfree-certified carbon-neutral single-serve frozen meals, which will be produced in a TRUE-certified zero-waste facility.

April 18, 2022

Sustainability

Conagra Brands Issues Fiscal 2021 Citizenship Report

The report highlights Conagra’s progress on key environmental, social, and governance data, as well as the actions the company has taken to support the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

March 18, 2022

Processing Equipment

Wave Impingement Freezer Addresses Key Market Concerns

Messer’s new wave impingement freezer, introduced at IPPE 2022, reduces labor needs, provides an alternative to CO2, and enhanced throughput in a smaller footprint.

February 23, 2022

Industry News

M & M Carnot Acquires Industrial Controls Manufacturer Logix

M&M Refrigeration

The acquisition will provide M&M Carnot with unique capabilities to serve the industrial refrigeration market, as well as a physical West Coast location to better serve customers in the region.

February 23, 2022

Industry News

Stellar Publishes E-Book on PSM Training for Ammonia Refrigeration

Stellar

The free process safety management resource outlines the seven keys to an OSHA-compliant PSM training program for facilities operating an ammonia refrigeration system.

February 13, 2022

Regulatory

Step Up Against Foodborne Illness

Nonprofit emphasizes education and proper food safety culture as the means to reducing and preventing contamination.

January 24, 2022

Processing Instrumentation

CTI Foods Automates Its Hot to Handle Taco Packaging Line

Tacobots efficiently upgrade and automate production with a unique two-pick mechanical tool. The recent line integration project wins a 2021 Manufacturing Innovation Award from ProFood World.

July 23, 2021