B2B Central

Food Processing Technology

30 Mar 2016

Ashland launches FDA-compliant coating for food packaging

By Staff Writer

Food packaging used to be focused on getting product on the shelf unspoiled and undamaged. Today, it is driven by consumer demand for choices and manufacturers’ desire to grow market share and buyer loyalty with line extensions and sub-brands.

14 Mar 2016

Kamboo presents PET and printing plate innovations at Propak Africa 2016

By Staff Writer

Kamboo Marketing (Kamboo), a leading southern African representative for Ferag, Manugraph, Quadtech, Fife, Klöckner Pentaplast, Toray/Dantex and Segbert, will be exhibiting its solutions for the printing and packaging industries at Propak Africa 2016.

02 Mar 2016

Detection problems sorted with Thermo Fisher Scientific

By Staff Writer

Thermo Fisher Scientific will be demonstrating its upgraded Thermo Scientific NextGuard X-ray system, VersaWeigh combo metal detector/checkweigher and Apex 500 metal detector at Propak Africa 2016.

15 Feb 2016

The inside story on heat treatment of particulate foods

By Staff Writer

The paper is relevant to all individuals who work in the food processing industry, and who are interested in staying abreast of how particles in food affect and are affected by heat treatment.

14 Jan 2016

Ishida showcases its solutions approach at Propak Africa 2016

By Staff Writer

The weighing, packing and quality control equipment on display from Ishida at Propak Africa 2016 will demonstrate the company’s ability to devise packing line solutions for a wide variety of food applications.

25 Nov 2015

Hands on insight into extrusion in the food industry

By Staff Writer

The third Food Extrusion Seminar, organised by Coperion in close collaboration with the German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL), took place in Germany recently. The in-depth seminar attracted 35 guests from all parts of the world. Most of the participants came from the production and product development departments of food companies.

10 Nov 2015

Optimum macadamia processing

By Staff Writer

Flip Potgieter and his son Philip started building Macridge in 2003. Since 2011, Philip has been in the driving seat at the company, a well established macadamia factory in Limpopo in South Africa.

03 Nov 2015

Retail-ready packaging is here

By Staff Writer

An audience of brand owners, retailers and manufacturers received an update on retail requirements on packaging at food & drink technology Africa’s second round of presentation meetings throughout South Africa in 2015. The trade fair’s organisers hosted the informative sessions together with the VDMA German Engineering Federation.

31 Aug 2015

Innovative approaches in food processing

By Staff Writer

Processing methods span the entire food chain ensuring safety and improvements in the nutritional value of food. Shock freezing vegetables shortly after harvesting can slow the loss of sensitive nutrients for instance, while heating or cooking releases certain beneficial bioactive compounds such as beta-carotene in carrots. Nutritional values in tomatoes are also improved by cooking and canning, which renders the bioactive compound lycopene more available to the body.

19 Aug 2015

Sirane packaging solution flavours food

By Staff Writer

A product using an innovative cooking bag solution from Sirane’s food packaging division has won first place in a UK competition, the Super Meat & Fish Awards 2015.

13 Jul 2015

Growing food science and technology for a sustainable future

By Staff Writer

SAAFoST is holding a three-day congress and exhibition at the Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani Hotel in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal from 7 to 9 September 2015 (registration starts on Sunday 6th of September). The theme this year is “Growing Food Science and Technology for a sustainable future.”

17 Jun 2015

Feast or famine?

By Staff Writer

For it or against it, we all have a strong opinion in the intense debate around the safety of, and even the necessity for, genetically modified (GM) foods.   Whatever side of the fence you sit on, the common denominator is the need to secure nutritious and meaningful sustenance for the earth’s booming population.