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ProFood World February 2024

Pro Food World ProFood World February 2024

Cleaning and Sanitation

Equipment Evolves to Meet Cleaning and Sanitation Challenges

New technology is helping processors solve traditional and current sanitation problems while helping them address labor and resource issues.

December 7, 2024

Food safety equipment inspection

Thermal Imaging Generates Predictive Data to Reduce Waste

Yoran Imaging’s Process Analytical Monitoring system measures residual heat from sealing applications to predict problems on the line before they occur, leading to lower costs and increased food safety.

February 21, 2024

Food safety inspection thermal imaging Yoran

Processing Equipment

Innovative New Food Processing Technologies at PACK EXPO

PMG editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found in Food Processing Technologies.

February 20, 2024

Linking Strategy to Action: Another X-Factor in Employee Engagement

Only a small number of companies successfully link strategy to action. Here are some ways to make that link quicker, easier, more inclusive, and at multiple levels within your organization.

February 19, 2024

Get Big Results From Small Automation

As skilled labor becomes less available on the plant floor, more facilities are considering what benefits automation could provide. It doesn’t have to be as scary or expensive as a complete overhaul.

February 15, 2024

Getty Food Automation

The Artistry of Making THC Powders

Le Herbe has spent nine years mastering the art and science of nanoemulsions to create ready-to-mix cannabis powders. Help with scaling has come from specialized spray drying and mixing equipment.

February 14, 2024

Le Herbe THC drink packets easily dissolve in hot or cold liquids.

Cold Storage Construction Market to Increase in 2024

Though the market for cold storage facilities remains hot, industry experts forecast an eventual leveling off as available supply and demand even out.

February 1, 2024

Cold storage warehouse Nashville Karis Cold

Halal Meat Processor Halves Costs After Adding Inline Metal Detector

Solmaz Foods expanded its fast-growing operation safely with an upstream Fortress metal detector that helps reduce waste on the back end.

January 31, 2024

Halal meat Solmaz metal detector Fortress

High-Pressure Processing Preserves Baby Food’s Taste, Nutrition

HPP was an essential tool when GroGro's Malin Bruset set out to create a baby food that was as close to homemade as possible but could also be sold in stores.

January 21, 2024

GroGro explains to its customers how high-pressure processing preserves the texture and nutrients of the original ingredients while the taste, nutrition, and consistency of the raw materials are reduced with heat pasteurization.

How Lead Levels in Cinnamon Point to Need for Accountability, Incentives

As the FDA looks at whether a recent case of lead contamination in applesauce was economically motivated, a UCLA supply chain expert explains how to deter such suppliers.

December 19, 2023

Tests of the cinnamon supplied for these applesauce pouches was found to have 'extremely high' levels of lead contamination.

How Organizational Design Principles Can Boost the Bottom Line

Processors that incorporate all staff levels into decision making can create an environment where long-term greatness is achieved.

December 4, 2023

Designing for Greatness Darin Zehr

Paper-Based Carriers Help Coca-Cola Bottler Replace Plastic Multipacks

This Coca-Cola bottler says it will replace 200,000 lb. of plastic a year with the addition of a paper-based mulitpack solution. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages partnered with WestRock to replace plastic multipack rings with paper in this application.

December 4, 2023

The 12-oz (355-mL) and 16.9 oz (500-mL) products packaged with the durable, easy-to-hold carriers will be distributed throughout Liberty’s multi-state territory.

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