Industry News

Farbest Foods Expanding Indiana Plant

The $12.8 million, 22,000-sq-ft project will streamline deboning, while improving output and practices at the turkey processing facility.

January 13, 2022

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Industry News

Mondelēz International Names Karla Schlieper to Lead Canada Business

Schlieper will assume the role of president of Mondelēz Canada on January 17, succeeding current president Martin Parent, who will be leaving the organization earlier in the month.

January 12, 2022

Sustainability

EPA Releases Report on Environmental Impacts of U.S. Food Waste

The report focuses primarily on five inputs to the U.S. cradle-to-consumer food supply chain—agricultural land use, water use, application of pesticides and fertilizers, and energy use, plus one environmental impact—greenhouse gas emissions.

January 11, 2022

Software

ERP System Helps Startup TMRW Foods Grow in the Right Direction

Icicle Technologies’ enterprise resource planning system is helping the plant-based protein producer make sure it has the data it needs—for traceability, HACCP, costing, and more—to optimize its growth.

January 10, 2022

Robotics

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 1: CTI Foods Automates Its Hot to Handle Taco Packaging Line

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. Coming in at No. 1 is an article that introduced us to tacobots and what they could do to help a taco packaging line upgrade production—and win a Manufacturing Innovation Award.

January 9, 2022

Sustainability

Smithfield Makes USDA and EPA List of U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions

The company earned the distinction after announcing a new goal to reduce by half the overall food loss and waste at all its U.S. company-owned operations by 2030.

January 7, 2022

Sustainability

Danone-owned Business Unveils $55+ Million U.K. Investment Plan

The Alpro plan will increase production yield at its Kettering facility up to 300 million liters of plant-based drinks per year to keep up with soaring demand, while slashing energy consumption.

January 6, 2022

Food Safety

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2021 – No. 4: Building a Food Safety Culture

Join us as we look back at ProFood World’s most popular articles of 2021. No. 4 helps you understand how empowering your people is vital to building a food safety culture.

January 5, 2022

Industry News

New Action Plan to Offer Funding for Small Meat Producers

Administered by the USDA, the plan will make funds available to smaller meat producers to create a fairer, more competitive, and more resilient meat and poultry supply chain.

January 5, 2022

Industry News

New fairlife Facility in Arizona Now Open

The production and distribution facility boasts advanced manufacturing technologies and equipment to enable continued growth, and support increased demand for fairlife products.

January 4, 2022

Industry News

What Do You Think Sustainability in Food Packaging Will Look Like in 2040?

Smithers

Smithers are undertaking a new study to map the long-term future landscape of sustainable food packaging.

January 4, 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

Anheuser-Busch InBev Set to Minimize Beer Waste and Recycle Extra Product

The company will be upcycling used brewing grains, extracting their protein and fiber, instead of disposing of them, while promoting its eco-friendly practice to enter a range of food and beverage categories.

January 3, 2022