Industry News

Swift Prepared Foods Opens $200 Million Missouri Facility

The new Principe Foods facility will help meet the increasing retail and foodservice demand for Italian meats and charcuterie.

April 7, 2023

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Industry News

Rich Products Spending $100+ Million on Facility Expansion

The expansion of the company’s Brownsville, Texas, manufacturing site will add more than 150,000 sq ft of space to increase the production of its appetizer products.

February 24, 2023

Food Safety

Top 10 Articles of 2022 – No. 5: Nestlé’s Buitoni Pizza Factory Raided Following E. coli Outbreak

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2022. At No. 5 was a report about a connection between Buitoni brand Fraîch’Up frozen pizzas and dozens of E. coli infections in children.

December 26, 2022

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The Top Trends Driving Food and Beverage in 2023

Consumers want fresh products with functional ingredients that will boost health, and they want to know that they’re contributing to a more sustainable food system. But they want it all at a price they can afford.

December 12, 2022

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Mepaco Highlights ThermaBlend Batch Cookers at PACK EXPO International

Energy-efficient and speedy batch cookers are ideal for volume sauces, stews and chilis, in sizes from 75 to 1,000 gallons.

October 28, 2022

Robotics

Barilla's Flagship Pasta Plant Showcases Integrated Robotics

Barilla’s flagship pasta manufacturing plant in Parma, Italy, boasts a fully automated, lights-out distribution facility, equipped with 120 laser-guided vehicles and 35 robotic systems.

September 23, 2022

Industry News

TreeHouse Foods Getting $950 Million for Portion of Meal Preparation Business

The move will provide the company greater management focus, improve its consistency of execution, and promote more concentrated growth of its private-label snacking and beverage business.

August 12, 2022

Sustainability

The Race to Save the Planet

The winners of ProFood World’s annual Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Awards are focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, electricity, and water, as well as food waste and materials management.

August 2, 2022

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

Industry News

Häns Kissle Breaks Ground on North Carolina Manufacturing Plant

The facility will expand the company’s production to meet the growing demand for high-quality, fresh-prepared foods, and extend its reach in new geographic regions.

June 10, 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

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

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