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How two industry leaders invest to save the water supply as scarcity grows

Kraft Heinz and Nestlé Waters North America sustainability leaders say protection of the lifeblood resource will require looking outside the factory walls

Rose Shilling

October 28, 2020

With water stress a growing concern, food and beverage companies invest to cut usage, increasingly looking outside their factory walls to conserve a lifeblood resource for the industry.

Industry News

Nestlé Purina PetCare to build new factory in Ohio

Plant is Purina's first ground-up project since 1975

Sharon Spielman

October 26, 2020

Nestlé Purina PetCare has announced a $550 million investment to build a new factory in Williamsburg Township, Ohio.

Waste Management

Tips on cutting waste, a high-stakes priority for food manufacturers

A Q&A with 3 industry experts on waste disposal and recycling

Sharon Spielman

October 26, 2020

Experts give tips on how to cut waste in food manufacturing, explaining how sustainability efforts for waste disposal and recycling can save processors money.

Food Safety

How to avoid food safety and quality issues from employee error

Protect product integrity through training, security measures and prevention programs

Richard F. Stier

October 23, 2020

Avoid food safety and quality issues from employee error, protecting product integrity through training, security measures and prevention programs.

Frito-Lay freight facility project in Modesto, Calif.

Partner with utilities to cut costs, improve your corporate sustainability image

Learn about resources to save money on power and be a good steward of natural resources

Wayne Labs

October 19, 2020

Learn how food and beverage manufacturers partner with energy companies and utilities to save money on power and improve their sustainability image.

Plant of the Year

Submissions open for Food Engineering's 2021 Plant of the Year award

Submissions due by Jan. 31, 202

Casey Laughman

October 19, 2020

Submissions for the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award are now open.

Heat exchanger is used to pre-dry cheese

Heat exchangers

Cheese maker expands capacity with heat exchanger technology

A novel use of evaporation has increased drying capacity for a major European cheese processor

Wayne Labs

October 15, 2020

When a cheese processor wanted to increase production capacity, its first thought was to install an additional dryer, which was an expensive and energy-intensive solution. However, as the capacity of the dryer is determined by the amount of water it can remove per hour, another way to increase overall throughput would be to reduce the water content of the cheese products before drying, so that a larger volume could be dried at one time.

Food Safety

Solving the labeling crisis: The case for a cloud-based approach

Lee Patty

October 12, 2020

Centralizing and digitizing labeling in a cloud-based platform can drastically reduce recalls, make supply chains more transparent and ensure companies meet compliance.

Engineering R&D

Pneumatics give cakelike slurries an extra push in progressive cavity pumps

Spent grain from brewing among applications for pump assisted by compressed air

Wayne Labs

October 12, 2020

The SEEPEX progressive cavity pump assisted by compressed air handles spent grain in the brewing industry.

Foodborne illness outbreaks

When humanitarian food aid makes people sick

Queen’s University Belfast scientists, with a little help from FDA, found the actual source of tainted UN food sent to Uganda in 2019

Wayne Labs

October 9, 2020

In 2019, the World Food Programme (WPF), a United Nations humanitarian organization, distributed food to very needy people in Uganda. In March 2019, a major food-poisoning incident occurred in one region of the country, followed by a second outbreak, which occurred in a refugee camp in a completely different area in Uganda. In the first outbreak five people died and hundreds were hospitalized.