Authentic taste at a lower cost
30-Jun-2009
Savoury ingredients firm Synergy has launched a range of clean-label dairy ingredients for value-added savoury dishes. The range aims to help firms...
The demand for natural ingredients continues
30-Jun-2009
Recent research conducted by Create Flavours indicates that the demand for 'natural' flavours will increase by over 35% over the next three years....
Out with the mould and in with the new liquid food preservation
30-Jun-2009
Offering small dairies and sausage manufacturers a high level of protection against mould and yeast growth was key to the development of DSM Food...
Maximising milk
30-Jun-2009
Milk-derived ingredients are creating new opportunities in the dairy sector and beyond. Paul Gander finds out where they are ending up
01-Dec-2008 By Hayley Brown
Shadow secretary of state for agriculture and rural affairs, Jim Paice, talks to Hayley Brown about the major issues faced by food manufacturers
Compact heat exchanger speeds up pasteurisation
28-May-2008
Heat transfer specialist the HRS Group has launched its modular MX corrugated tube heat exchanger for food processing applications.All wetted parts...
Dairy Crest distribution centre improves its pallet labelling
28-May-2008
High volumes and continuous output in a chilled environment put great demands on the barcode labelling system at Dairy Crest's national distribution...
Yoghurt making plant comes to Telford
28-May-2008
Clegg Food Projects has started work on a scheme to create a new yoghurt production facility in Shropshire. Austrian dairy firm, the NOM Group, is...
Automated milk antibiotic testing cuts costs and time
28-May-2008
DSM has introduced the Delvotest Accelerator for the fully-automatic testing of milk control stations and dairies for antibiotic contamination. Used...
28-May-2008 By John Dunn
A new EU research project aims to improve the safety of unpasteurised, raw milk cheeses by developing friendly bacteria cultures to kill off any lurking pathogens. John Dunn reports
Factory sprays death to Listeria
29-May-2007
Control of Listeria is one of the major challenges facing the cheese industry. Now Cheshire-based cheese supplier J S Bailey has enlisted the help of...
Cheese maker aims for sustained growth
29-May-2007
Dale Farm co-operative, which is 100% owned by United Dairy Farmers, decided to look no further than Tetrapak company CPS when it wanted to invest in...
Floor scale is what the Butlers ordered
29-May-2007
Leicester-based weighing specialist Mettler Toledo has provided Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses of Lancashire with an industrial floor scale to provide...
Gravimetric feeder saves on costly ice cream ingredients
29-May-2007
The choice between a volumetric versus a gravimetric loss-in-weight (LIW) feeder for delivery of high value ingredients is based upon the need to...
29-May-2007
Dairy farmers are deserting the industry in droves, writes Michelle Knott. But others hope value-added products will boost their incomes
Compact plate heat exchangers
29-Mar-2006
German plate heat exchanger specialist GEA Ecoflex will be introducing new models at this month's Anuga Foodtec exhibition in Cologne, which have...
Mixing and filling systems offer full traceability
29-Mar-2006
Dairy mixing and filling systems are now available from CC Automation since being appointed the sole UK and Ireland agent for German manufacturer...
Energy efficient cheese
29-Mar-2006
The Cheese Company, part of Milk Link, has opted for an energy efficient turn-key compressed air solution at its Lockerbie creamery. The installation...
29-Mar-2006
Dairy processors face the dilemma of needing to invest to improve their productivity while cutting their costs, says Mike Spear
Scots ice cream investment
29-Mar-2006
Luxury ice cream maker Mackie's, based in Aberdeenshire, has placed an order for a new ice cream production line, worth in excess of £350,000, with...
Coombe Farm automates fat regulation
06-Oct-2005
Organic milk and cream products producer, Coombe Farm dairy in Crewkerne, Somerset, has replaced its manual standardisation equipment for regulating...
Detect heat exchanger cracks
06-Oct-2005
The dairy industry could benefit from a new tester from Easytest that can detect cracks within five minutes in heat exchangers used to pasteurise...
Retrofit block former makes sense for cheesemakers
06-Oct-2005
CPS is now offering a range of optional retrofits and upgrades for existing cheese block forming machines.The original Wincanton block former was...
Super-premium ice cream processing ensured
30-Jun-2005
Super-premium ice cream maker Hill Station has seen its production rate increase by 50%, thanks to a new technologically advanced freezer provided by...
Dairygold Ingredients invests
30-Jun-2005
Dairygold Ingredients UK is completing an investment programme at its main manufacturing site at Crewe. So far £300,000 has been signed off for...
Arla's London dairy installs new cleaning in place plant
30-Jun-2005
The Arla Foods Dairy in north London has installed a new stainless steel cleaning in place (CIP) facility. The project, undertaken by dairy...
Latvian dairy starts new cheddar plant
30-Jun-2005
Last month saw the operational start of a new large cheese plant at the largest producer of cheddar cheese in the Baltic States.Latvian company...
Novel piercing systems
13-Jun-2005
Blue cheese shows how to get a pierce of the action
Vats provide that finishing touch
13-Jun-2005
Joseph Heler and Belton Cheese invest in finishing vats for their cheddared and curd treatment production facilities
Cholesterol lowering cheese alternative
13-Jun-2005
Bespoke oil addition system produces cheeses that help maintain healthy hearts
New technology gets itself milked
13-Jun-2005
Dairy bag-in-box filler is built to European Hygienic Engineering Design Group specs
Lakeland dairy goes ahead
13-Jun-2005
High volume commodity cheddar cheese plant planned for Workington in Cumbria
13-Jun-2005 By John Dunn
Techniques are being developed to make money from the waste produced during milk processing. John Dunn reports on the science behind it
Butter packing automated
13-May-2005
The FMG range of bulk butter packing lines from APV has been developed for carton-filling applications in the dairy industry.There are three...
Joint venture set up to produce coated parts
13-May-2005
Spare parts and specialist coatings for equipment used in the dairy industry are offered as a result of a new agreement between Moody Direct and the...
Europe's largest cheddar- making plant is modernised
13-May-2005
Tetra Pak Processing has supplied a wide range of equipment to the new Dairy Crest plant in Davidstow, Cornwall, at which Cathedral City cheese is...
Faster sterility testing
15-Jul-2004
Culture-based methods are being superseded
Hole in one for cheesemaker
15-Jul-2004
Expert help is needed to get the best process efficiencies out of bespoke equipment
New fast filler aimed at dairy firms
15-Jul-2004
Filling flexibility is essential to maximise packing efficiencies
Creaming off the fat
15-Jul-2004
A better heat exchange
Full steam ahead in Welshpool
15-Jul-2004
Steam generation improves
Infusion system kills more bacteria
15-Jul-2004
The reduction of bacterial spores is crucial in the production of baby formula
Smoother choc ice production
15-Jul-2004
Poor synchronisation between high speed lines and packaging equipment can cause mayhem
Collaboration is the whey to go for smaller cheesemakers
15-Jul-2004
Pooling resources could help smaller manufacturers make money out of waste
Splash out now and save water
15-Jul-2004 By Susan Birks
Water is an increasingly costly resource and the dairy sector uses more than most. Susan Birks investigates the potential for reducing its consumption and the savings that are to be had by doing so
