Through the Line: Packaging and Processing Podcast
Through the Line: Packaging and Processing Podcast
This podcast explores innovations and information across the packaging and processing landscape, from topics impacting consumer packaged goods and healthcare packaging, to the latest technologies in food processing operations. Join us for the latest insights, trends, and strategies shaping packaging and processing today.
Through the Line Podcast: New Year, New Food Safety Regulations
With the turn of the calendar to 2026, new laws and regulations are on the horizon.  Stricter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, and FSMA Rule 204 (Food Traceability Rule) are among some of the changes.
February 18, 2026
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Through the Line Podcast: What Food and Beverage Manufacturing Can Expect in 2026
What were the markers of 2025 and what does 2026 hold in store? Uncertainty was a driving force of 2025. Tariffs and AI gave many companies pause. Listen in to hear what ProFood World Editor-in-Chief, Derrick Teal, predicts will define 2026.
February 11, 2026
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Through the Line Podcast: California Dairies' High-Tech Valley Natural Beverages Plant
ProFood World editors Derrick Teal and Casey Flanagan discuss a recent visit to California Dairies recently constructed plant. Teal talks about how the company is strategizing to diversify beyond butter and milk powder and include premium dairy beverages for the more than 250 California farmers who own the cooperative and make up its membership.
February 4, 2026
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Through the Line Podcast: Unpacking the Humanoid Robot Hype Part 2
How do CPGs feel about adoption of humanoid robots? ProFood World's Derrick Teal and Casey Flanagan discuss how CPGs are viewing humanoid robot technology and what it might take for them to see widespread adoption in packaging and processing.
January 28, 2026
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Through the Line Podcast: Unpacking the Humanoid Robot Hype
ProFood World's Derrick Teal and Casey Flanagan discuss the potential for humanoid robots in packaging and processing operations. They cover some of the latest tech advancements and pilots across various industries for humanoid robots, and barriers to widespread adoption, like standards.
January 21, 2026
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Through the Line Podcast: Japanese Fungus Enhances Protein Processing
Nosh.bio—a Berlin-based food technology company who focuses on producing cost-effective, nutritious, and sustainable products—is specializing in alternative protein is using koji. The Japanese fungus will help achieve a reduced carbon footprint, save energy, and improve product quality.
January 14, 2026
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Through the Line Podcast: Driving Energy Efficiency in Dry Processing
Dry food processors can maximize energy efficiency by addressing core challenges in their operations, particularly in the most energy-intensive steps like drying. This involves evaluating existing processes for simple efficiency gains that may be overlooked, and investing in new equipment that incorporates features for heat recovery and optimized product handling.
January 7, 2026
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Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #1: Organizational Design Principles
The number 1 most downloaded episode of 2025: Organizational design principles as a mood for boosting the bottom line. Processors that incorporate all staff levels into decision making can create an environment where long-term greatness is achieved.
December 31, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #2: Sargento’s Product Development and Manufacturing Work Together for Natural Cheese
The number 2 episode: Casey Flanagan, Associate Editor with ProFood World, sits down with Rod Hogan, Senior Vice President - Innovations at Sargento to discuss how working with manufacturing from the earliest stages of development meets consumer expectations, retailer needs, and the company’s own business goals.
December 24, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #3: Land O'Frost Automates on a Budget
The number 3 most downloaded episode: Land O'Frost automates without high initial costs. Thanks to the RaaS offering from Formic, the company's able to avoid the typical upfront challenges of five palletizers. The rental of automation equipment has also solved Land O’Frost's struggle with having a qualified maintenance staff.
December 17, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #4: Upcycling to Combat Food Waste in Manufacturing
The #4 most downloaded episode: Manufactures repurpose food byproducts to reduce their waste as concerns about food waste grows. With so much of the waste happening before the food reaches the consumer, producers are finding new ways to make use of what previously went to landfills.
December 10, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #5: Rebellyous Foods Automates Plant-Based Meat Production
The #5 most downloaded episode: Rebellyous Foods' Mock 2 production line has a multi-faceted impact on the company’s alternative protein processing endeavors. It automates processes and enhances efficiencies that were absent when the company used traditional animal-based meat machinery.
December 3, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: Virtual Process Simulations for RTE Meal Producer
Uitgekookt, a Dutch company that prepares and delivers custom-made, RTE meals, is working with Visual Components to make use of a digital twin simulation. The simulation allows the company to see its factory processes, counter potential production issues, and reduce downtime.
November 26, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: Experts Urge Clear Framing on Ultra-Processed Foods
During the Chicagoland Food & Beverage Network's ‘Ultra-Processed Foods’ panel in Chicago on Oct. 22, food industry experts offered insight into the perception and handling of definitions, implications, and regulations of ultra-processed foods. They noted the importance of science-driven research impacting information and communication about such foods to consumers.
November 19, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: A Roadmap to Food and Beverage Power Transmission
Choosing the right motor, belt, or gearbox isn’t just a matter of specs. It’s about fit, function, and future-readiness. This ProFood World podcast details a 10 step checklist for power transmission product selection.
November 12, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: Increasing Potential from Existing Production Lines
Do you truly maximize the lines you already have? In most processing facilities, there’s a gap between what the line is doing and what it could be doing. That gap may be caused by inefficiencies in changeovers, unplanned micro-stoppages, inconsistent material flow, operator variability, or lack of real-time visibility.
November 5, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: How to Engineer a Production Line for Food Product Attributes
What factors go into creating a production line that produces food reliably, safely, and consistently to impact the bottom line?
October 22, 2025
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Through the Line Podcast: The Key to Effective Maintenance is Data
The key factor in maximizing uptime is data. Informed data helps to produce goods more productively across the value chain. By collecting additional data from the factory floor and combining that with other enterprise operational data, a smart factory can achieve information transparency and make better decisions.
October 15, 2025
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