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Kansas State University set to break ground on Bulk Solids Innovation Center

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Kansas State opens bulk solids innovation center

The university will celebrate the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.

May 13, 2015

The University will host a corporate open house on June 24 for those interested in collaborating with the facility or sponsoring research.

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People and Industry News

Jeremy Gerrard

May 13, 2015

Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions

People and Industry

People and Industry News: May 2015

May 11, 2015

Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions.

Leading food industry companies cut calories from store shelves

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High-processed foods lead consumer purchases, but organic prevails

A new study of grocery purchasing behavior in the US reveals consumers prefer highly processed foods.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 28, 2015

Organic product purchases are at an all-time high in the US.

Beer companies pop the top on their ingredients

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Beer brewed from food waste

A small Belgian brewery uses discarded bread as an ingredient to brew its latest beer.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 28, 2015

Thinking sustainably, the Brussels Beer Project has brewed up its latest beer after a year of R&D.

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Pepsi ditches aspartame in Diet Pepsi

The company made the decision to alter its traditional formula in response to growing consumer concerns regarding the safety of the sweetener.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 28, 2015

Beginning in August, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi in the US will be sweetened with a blend of sucralose and acesulfame potassium.

Farm bill on its last legs according to IDFA

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Food processing, packaging machinery exports soared in 2014

For the fifth year in a row, exports of German food processing and packaging machinery increased.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 28, 2015

The EU remains the strongest export region for German food processing and packaging machinery, which boasts a 34 percent share of the market.

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People and Industry News

Jeremy Gerrard

April 13, 2015

Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions

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Specialty food sales break $100 billion barrier

Retail sales of specialty foods were up nearly 22 percent from 2012 to 2014.

Jeremy Gerrard

April 13, 2015

The specialty food industry is stimulated by current trending cuisines and emerging buzzword foods like pickled, fermented, grass-fed, sustainable and smoked flavors.