The FMT Blog
Opinion, analysis and musings from the FMT editorial team and expert guest writers about the food processing and manufacturing sector.
Vibrant Foods to acquire Cofresh Snack Foods
Vibrant Foods, the ethnic foods platform comprising the TRS Foods and East End Foods brands which was recently established by Exponent Private Equity, has acquired Cofresh Snack Foods (CSF) for an undisclosed sum. CSF joins a growing portfolio of sector brands at...
Industrial 3D meat printing sees world’s first ‘Alt-Steak’ go to market testing stage
Food technology company, Redefine Meat, has unveiled the world’s first Alt-SteakTM plant-based products, with market testing at select high-end restaurants to start later this year. Created using Redefine Meat’s patent-pending 3D meat printing technology, the...
Women in Meat Industry Awards 2020 nomination deadline approaches
The deadline of the 6th July for nominations for the annual Women in Meat Industry Awards is closing in. The initiative, organised by Food Management Today’s sister publication, Meat Management, has already seen a great response in its call for nominations. As the...
TU/e and Marel partner up in new AI lab
The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands has set up a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) lab, together with four industrial partners including Marel. The new lab aims to improve decision-making in manufacturing and maintenance using artificial...
Pandemic increases labour costs by 15%
An increase in labour costs by up to 15% is affecting the confidence of Britain's fresh produce industry and risks leaving growers in an unsustainable position, according to a new report. The report by Andersons and jointly funded by the National Farmers’ Union...
Alimentaria trade show moved to May 2021
Organisers behind the food trade show Alimentaria in Barcelona have moved the event to May 2021 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The trade show, which saw over 4,500 companies and 150,000 professional visitors attend its last event in 2018, was originally due to...
Palsgaard invests €100m in Danish facility to more than double production capacity by 2024
Emulsifier manufacturer Palsgaard A/S has announced the investment of 750 million Danish Kroner (100 million Euro) to more than double production capacity at its Danish facility by 2024. A new spray cooling tower will add a minimum additional 30,000 tonnes to the...
Britain’s foodservice spend was down 80% in April 2020
Global information company The NPD Group says weekly spend in British foodservice in April 2020 was just over £200 million, compared to April 2019’s weekly spend level of around £1 billion pounds – a fall of 80%. In addition, the decline in British out-of-home (OOH)...
Tetra Pak announces first Tetra Rex® plant-based, carbon neutral packaging
Tetra Pak has announced that dairy company Lee Strand’s fresh milk will be available in 1L Tetra Rex® plant-based packaging – the first in Ireland to be labelled as carbon neutral. The Tetra Rex plant-based package is claimed as the world’s first, and still only,...
Truss announces new Trade and Agriculture Commission
A Trade and Agriculture Commission to help inform a post-Brexit trade policy has been announced by international secretary, Liz Truss and broadly welcomed by the industry. Truss said the new Commission would not be another quango or regulator and would be strictly...