Beverage

Top 25 Breakthrough CPG Product Innovations of 2019

Products on the list include those in the food and beverage, personal care, OTC, and petcare categories and reflect consumer trends such as good-for-you ingredients, convenience, and a move away from traditional beverage products, among others.

January 13, 2020

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PFW): Page 148

Beverage

Tetra Pak U.S. and Canada Names New President and CEO

Jeff Fielkow takes over leadership

January 11, 2020

Beverage

FDA Issues Final Guidance for Packaged Foods Manufacturers

Clarifies serving sizes, dual-column labeling

January 7, 2020

Beverage

Coca-Cola Company Buys Remaining fairlife LLC Stake

Now company’s sole owner

January 6, 2020

Beverage

Danone Signs Renewable Energy Deal

Will receive energy from new Enel wind farm

January 5, 2020

Beverage

Borden Dairy Begins Reorganization Proceedings

Will continue operating as normal

January 2, 2020

Cleaning, Sanitizing & CIP

Getting a Consistent, Repeatable, Validated Wash

Automated systems abound as legacy systems get the boot. New cleaning and sanitizing technologies help food and beverage manufacturers keep workers and food safe while minimizing water usage.

December 24, 2019

Beverage

Admix Founder Lou Beaudette Announces Retirement

Mike Rizzo named chief executive officer

December 23, 2019

Processing Equipment

HP Hood Takes the Fast Track to Expansion

An idle cultured dairy products plant is converted into a technologically advanced plant that produces and packages fluid milk for extended shelf life dairy beverages by installing technologies to advance the facility’s food safety and control systems.

December 23, 2019

Beverage

Craft Breweries and Distilleries Machinery and Automation Trends

A review of the trends, machinery, and growing use of automation in the craft beer and craft spirits industry in the U.S.

December 20, 2019

Food Safety

Dr. Stephen Hahn Named FDA Commissioner

Senate confirms nomination

December 17, 2019

Beverage

Ease of Use, Recyclability Push Growth of Flexible Plastic and PET Bottles in Western Europe

In 2018, food packaging accounted for a 55% share of the market in the region, followed by 37% for beverage packaging. Both the food and beverage categories saw the demand for smaller, lighter, and easy to store and handle pack sizes.

December 16, 2019

Beverage

Food Packaging Dominates China Market

According to “Global Packaging Trends,” a new report compiled by Euromonitor International for PMMI Business Intelligence, food packaging accounts for more than 50% of the total packaging market in China.

December 11, 2019