Dry Processing

Cheese Expo Panel: Supply Chain Challenges Hit U.S. Dairy Exporters | Label Your Bioengineered Foods Correctly

With difficulties getting product to customers, a panel of cheese and milk makers discuss supply chain woes and post-pandemic realities during the Cheese Expo in Milwaukee. Also featured, AIB International’s course covers complying with NBFDS.

May 6, 2022

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Industry News

Conagra Brands Names Lucy Brady as President of Grocery and Snacks

In her new role, Brady will lead the ongoing modernization and growth of Conagra’s grocery and snack portfolio, focusing on products that reflect evolving consumer demand and trends.

May 6, 2022

Industry News

Barry Callebaut to Invest $104 Million in New Chocolate Factory

The site in Ontario, Canada, with an initial annual capacity of 50,000 metric tonnes of liquid and molded chocolate production, represents the company’s biggest capital investment in a factory in North America.

May 5, 2022

Regulatory

Proper Labeling of Bioengineered Food With AIB

AIB International provides a course in dotting I’s and crossing T’s in complying with NBFDS, applicable to the entire food and beverage industry.

May 4, 2022

Processing Equipment

Live at the Craft Brew Conference: Is the Pint Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

Pandemic-related channel shifts subsided in 2021, and on-premise sales bounced back, but there are both encouraging and concerning signs for the craft brew industry. Brewers Association's Bart Watson captures the landscape in his State of the Industry.

May 4, 2022

Industry News

Utz Brands Subsidiary Buys Snack Food Manufacturing Facility in North Carolina

The new facility will help the company meet increased demand for its products and help facilitate its growth and efficiencies.

May 4, 2022

Industry News

Jack Link’s Building $450 Million Facility

Scheduled to open in late 2023, Jack Link’s new meat snack plant in Perry, Ga., will be the company’s first U.S. location outside the Midwest.

May 3, 2022

Industry News

McCormick Names Brendan Foley as President and COO

In his newly created role, current President Global Consumer, Americas, and Asia Foley will have responsibility for all of McCormick’s business units and its supply chain worldwide.

May 2, 2022

Industry News

FDA Issues Draft Action Levels for Lead in Juice

The agency is moving to limit lead in ready-to-drink apple juice and other single-strength juices and juice blends, supporting its Closer to Zero action plan that sets forth the FDA’s science-based approach to reducing exposure to toxic elements in foods.

April 29, 2022

Industry News

Mondelēz to Pay $1.3 Billion for Mexico’s Leading Confectionery Company

Iconic chocolate and candy brands, including Ricolino, Vero, La Corona, and Coronado, will complement the Mondelēz portfolio and accelerate the company’s growth in the high-priority Mexico market.

April 28, 2022

Industry News

Mars to Build New Global Research and Development Hub

The multi-million dollar investment will create Mars Wrigley’s largest innovation center in the world for snacks and treats, inspiring the next generation of new products to support the company’s iconic global snacks and treats brands.

April 27, 2022

Sustainability

Hormel Foods Completes Solar Energy Project in Minnesota

Wind and solar projects, such as the one in Minnesota, are helping the company meet its 20 By 30 Challenge renewable energy goal of matching 100% of its global energy use with renewable sourcing.

April 26, 2022

Industry News

AquaBounty Building 10,000 Metric Ton Land-based Salmon Farm

The new Atlantic salmon farm will generate a lower carbon footprint compared to flying in salmon produced overseas, ease pressure on wild salmon stocks, and use natural resources responsibly and sustainably.

April 25, 2022